Thread by @DisInHigherEd

I think that trauma informed communication is not thought of enough with the disability community. @DeathCab4Callie, I appreciate your candor about 12 years of traumatic experience. Being abled, there is the privilege to just get lab experience. Yet being #DisabledInStem, so
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https://twitter.com/DeathCab4Callie/status/1445463712194650112

many of us are survivors of trauma. @StemDisabled @DisabledAcadem @Disabled_Docs @DisabledStem and many others call out the ableism and toxicity of being a disabled researcher in STEM. I started today talking about trauma anniversaries & I want to thank you for being here for
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my first trauma anniversary. It has been a hard day emotionally and physically, but it has been refreshing to see that I am not alone. I forgot to ask in my earlier polls, so here are some bonus polls and a question:

Do you have a trauma anniversary?
#DEHEM21

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If yes, is your trauma anniversary a harder day than others in your emotional and physical health

#DEHEM21
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What would be your advice to someone who has newly been the victim of medical trauma or cut down by an ableist professor/PI?

#DEHEM21
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What do you wish that academia, medicine, psychology, and your family understood about trauma within disability?

#DEHEM21
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I know that today has been a heavy day, but it has been really beautiful too. I think I will come back a bit later after eating.

To check in: How have you enjoyed this takeover? Any last burning questions before a final thread a bit later?

#DEHEM21 @nolan_syreeta
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