Event organizers keep saying that accessibility would drive costs up SO HIGH that it would just be IMPOSSIBLE to hold hybrid conferences. Like please I've been paying for everyone else to drink and have shitty appetizers for years. 1/6
Here's what I've been paying for for years at conferences:
- food options with no ingredient lists and/or allergy alerts
- walking tours I can't ever take bc I use a cane and cobblestone is a nightmare 2/6
- food options with no ingredient lists and/or allergy alerts
- walking tours I can't ever take bc I use a cane and cobblestone is a nightmare 2/6
I've been paying to watch everyone:
- stand and mill about networking while I sit at a table on the fringe somewhere bc I can't stand for an hour of small talk (or even 15 min)
- catch up with people they already know and treat the conference as some kind of reunion 3/6
- stand and mill about networking while I sit at a table on the fringe somewhere bc I can't stand for an hour of small talk (or even 15 min)
- catch up with people they already know and treat the conference as some kind of reunion 3/6
I've been paying to:
- watch panels that aren't captioned where no one brings a large print copy of their talk and I can't always follow for a number of reasons
- sit in an uncomfortable folding chair for hours until I get back to my hotel room and cry over a heating pad 4/6
- watch panels that aren't captioned where no one brings a large print copy of their talk and I can't always follow for a number of reasons
- sit in an uncomfortable folding chair for hours until I get back to my hotel room and cry over a heating pad 4/6
I've been paying to:
- fight airlines to fly with the medications I need to take every day
- forego bulkier assistive devices bc I can't trust airlines not to damage or lose them
- debate between what conference clothes to pack vs what braces and supports 5/6
- fight airlines to fly with the medications I need to take every day
- forego bulkier assistive devices bc I can't trust airlines not to damage or lose them
- debate between what conference clothes to pack vs what braces and supports 5/6
I've been paying for YOU to have the conference experience YOU enjoy. I have never enjoyed the same benefits. Now when I ask you to make a sacrifice you claim it's impossible. This isn't about the $ it's about who makes the sacrifice. 6/6 #AcademicChatter #DisabilityTwitter
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