To everyone in #highered acknowledging that the pandemic has put undue stress on students and our expectations need to change - that is how disabled students feel fighting systemic ableism on campus every single term. 1/5
The precarity of being disabled in the academy is especially high for those undiagnosed or seeking a dx as they cannot access formal accommodations without a doctor's recommendation. And yet we often expect them to perform perfectly with no support. 2/5
Universal Design for Learning matters. It can help remove SOME barriers to access for students struggling to secure medical care, accommodations, and belonging on campus. We cannot expect students to perform well while coping with trauma. 3/5
Unfortunately finding out you are disabled or embodying disability in a new space without existing care networks is often traumatic. Finding the right medical team, finding the right resources, or securing resources in a new space is exhausting and wearing and time consuming. 4/5
I find that many academics are acknowledging the stress of the current moment. And yet we hold disabled academics to impossible standards all the time. #AcademicChatter #PhDChat #AcademicTwitter #HigherEd 5/5
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