This thread is about to be a massive disclaimer. I am going to use today to speak as if I were speaking to friends, which means I am going to be completely honest, but it also means some of the advice I am going to give really, really sucks. (1/)
No one, not a student, not a professor, not a post-doc, should be forced to advocate for themselves and their accommodations. Is it a useful skill? Absolutely. It should not be a necessity, and it often is. There are a range of experiences to be had in #HigherEd. (2/)
Some people are wonderful and some offices and departments and folks in power are truly doing their best, trying to help disabled people, and working on their ableism. They're life-savers in my opinion. (3/)
But there are also horrific people in #HigherEd. People who believe disabled people are faking it, are too much work, are not worth their time, and are an unnecessary burden. There are people who believe being #DisInHigherEd means you can't cut it. (4/)
It may be a single person in your department with this ableist view, but they can ruin your experience, which means a lot of the advice I am going to give is based on protecting yourself, conserving your energy, and trying to balance research, publishing, classes, etc. (5/)
I wish this wasn't my advice, but I am honestly going to treat everyone like they're my friend asking for help. I wish #HigherEd was better. I wish more people spoke up about #AcademicAbleism. I wish #WhyDisabledPeopleDropOut didn't exist. (6/)
So, my advice and all of my tweets today are my experiences. They're my own and they're based on what I've learned from other disabled friends and scholars. I am not a disability scholar. I am also not a lawyer. (7/)
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