Thread by @Nicole_Lee_Sch

I think a lot of people presume that I'm not as sick as I am because I don't fall behind in my work. That's not true. I am just excessively good at overworking and I'm obsessed with working ahead. 1/6

I always have next week's lectures done, I am always on top of grading, I am always saying "well what if I have a week where I'm just out, will this course fall apart?" And no it's not healthy to work like this. 2/6

It means I work every single day, over 40 hours a week, just because I'm always so worried about actually being disabled. Because lots of people embrace my DEI work. 3/6

But I don't trust the same people to protect me if I actually dare to show how symptomatic I am. And I don't trust higher ed to protect me if I fall behind. I see how other profs talk about disabled students. 4/6

I have a decade of worrying that rest or taking time off means I'm unfit or unproductive or incapable of doing the work. None of that is true. I can't change the stigma, I can just make sure my classroom is safe for disabled students and I don't perpetuate the same ideology. 5/6

I'm really tired of wondering how disabled people fit into higher ed. Because I don't get to be disabled in any way that upsets the norms of the academy. So am I really supposed to be here or not? 6/6 #AcademicChatter #DisabilityTwitter