Thread by @DisabledAcadem

Many students and staff with disabilities simply do not apply for accommodations. So when claims are made like "well no one else has ever needed this" or "this seems excessive, another student only needed x" they are way off the mark. 1/5

Oftentimes we need far more than we ask for, and we ask for only the things we absolutely NEED in order to scrape by, rather the things we could use to thrive in the system. Why? 2/5

Because the accommodations process is expensive, exploitative, degrading, and exhausting. We're asking for accommodations because our resources are stretched thin in an ableist system. 3/5

And then we're told that in order to fight for the resources everyone else has access to, we need to undergo scrutiny, medical examination, and assessment about the validity and extent of our disabilities. In a medical system that has practiced eugenics since its founding. 4/5

So just because an accommodation request seems novel, doesn't mean it hasn't been needed by many people, for many years. We just know to pick and choose our battles. 5/5 #DisabilityTiwtter #HigherEd #AcademicTwitter

For everyone mentioning they're not sure what accommodations exist, or what are available to apply for, you can use the tools at askjan.org to get full lists of helpful accommodations sorted by disability