Recently, #TREE published a TrendsTalk piece 📜 on disability in ecology and evolution to which our PI @DenisMeuthen contributed with his personal career experiences and viewpoints. The article is available here: https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(25)00095-3

For more context, you are also welcome to read through related articles from our PI @DenisMeuthen in #Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00230-3 and in #Science https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.znt8xow

#ableism #AcademicAbleism #Inclusion #disability #deaf #DiversityEquityInclusion #Inklusion #Academia #University @academicchatter

I’m getting increasingly irate about my university’s subtle, quiet move to removing online & hybrid access for staff. Talks/training were almost always hybrid when I started. A few months on, more and more is ‘in person only.’ Universities, you have disabled staff working remotely for multiple access reasons. Our access matters. #AcademicAbleism

I'm at a fantastic webinar on the Politics and Practices of University Exclusion, sharing findings from #SocialResearch with/led by marginalised researchers in universities - beginning with a research project on LGBT+ staff on the rainbow lanyard & experiences of support/exclusion in universities. Talks coming up from racially minoritised & disabled researchers on their work/networks. One theme coming through is the extra labour of #MarginalisedResearchers that #Academia relies on from them but doesn't compensate. Another is a lack of accountability e.g. when trying to navigate anonymous systems. Loved one participant's call for solidarity between academics from many oppressed groups. #AcademicRacism #AcademicTransphobia #AcademicAbleism

@elduvelle Ableism is what slants it. Right now people comparing in-person and online conference options are comparing apples and road apples.

Ableism ensures that all of society makes as little investment as possible into accessible options (as you can see by how we're not learning lessons from the pandemic, rolling back most online options & training & development of online pedagogy/event planning). #Conferences #Ableism #Pedagogy #AcademicAbleism

Are Universities Failing the Accommodations Test?

As instructors struggle to meet the complex needs of students, schools are leaving both to fend for themselves

by Simon Lewsen, published 2024-08-13

https://thewalrus.ca/accommodations/

#Universities #DisabilityJustice #AcademicAbleism #UniversalDesignForLearning #AdministrativeBloat #InstructorPrecarity #AcademicFreedom #Collegiality

I brought a couple of complaints to my HR recently & damn, I'm happy. They confirmed what I thought (yes, this looks an awful lot like disability discrimination) & are investigating. Fingers crossed folks. HR is not always the friend of disabled folks in #HigherEd so I had to share the news.

Also, to all of my disabled friends in academia, document the heck out of everything.

#AcademicAbleism #DisabledInSTEM #Disability

yay another episode of #AcademicAbleism !!

So we had our retake times and dates back, and my retake for Clinical Biomedicine is going to be at 9am on the 16th. This is in spite of the fact that I have an adaption that stipulates that all my exams must be taken in the afternoon.

Its pointless complaining, as I know what they'll say: "No disability adaptions are guaranteed".

#Academia needs change and those within it need to be held accountable for #Accessibility .

#disability

It's 2024 and we're still doing laptop bans in classrooms, huh?

For the millionth time, technology bans are incredibly ableist. There's no discussion to be had.

Requiring disabled students to out themselves as disabled in order to use their technology in class makes you a poor educator.

#AcademicAbleism #HigherEd #InclusiveTeaching #Accessibility #College #Inclusion

Your regular reminder to document everything, especially everything from those holding any sort of power over you. One of them will inevitably discriminate against you for being disabled, dig their heels in, and you will need to go to HR.

If you've got it all documented, it's easier.

#AcademicAbleism #Ableism #Disability #ADA

Apparently the expectation that PostDoc applicants have been a Co-PI on major grants is now popping up. Have you advertised for a PostDoc position that required Co-PI on major funding? Congratulations on contributing to toxic work expectations, shutting out minorities, and showing that you're an asshole.

#AcademicAbleism #AcademicChatter #Academia #HigherEd

As the semester has ended for most folks, I want to remind all disabled students about the US Office of Civil Rights. If you were discriminated against for your disability or denied an accommodation, you have 90 days since the incident to file a complaint.

More info: https://theadhdacademic.weebly.com/learning--adhd-blog-posts/if-youre-denied-your-rights

#Disability #DisabledInSTEM #CivilRights #HigherEd #AcademicChatter #AccessIsLove #AcademicAbleism

The amount of time I have spent teaching others about disability, accommodations, HIPAA, ableism compared to the amount of time I have spent doing my actual job is ridiculous. It's a form of #AcademicAbleism. I spend more time advocating for student rights and the rights of neurodivergent people in #STEM and #HigherEd. Not because I want my advocacy to be such a large part of my identity. I actually would prefer to do more science & research, publish more, submit more grant proposals. (1/n)

Timely reminder that disabilities are fluid. A person may be symptomatic one day and fine the next. A student may not need accommodations during the semester, but the end of the term rush may make accommodations very necessary. This does NOT mean the student is faking it or taking advantage of you.

#AcademicAbleism #AcademicChatter #InclusiveTeaching #HigherEd

Yesterday, #Bielefeld University published a press release (in German) to showcase my recent achievements in leading a workgroup as a disabled researcher (https://fediscience.org/@DenisMeuthen/112214413011902871 and https://fediscience.org/@DenisMeuthen/112214365691580334 ): https://aktuell.uni-bielefeld.de/2024/04/16/personalnachrichten-aus-der-universitaet-bielefeld-23/ #AcademicMastodon
#ecology #evolution #ableism #AcademicAbleism #Inclusion #disability #deaf #DiversityEquityInclusion #Inklusion #Academia #University @academicchatter

Check out this recent poster, "ADHD Assessment and Treatment Policies among a National Sample of US Colleges and Universities". Two main points I'm taking away from this review of 200 institutions: <20% offer clinical #ADHD diagnoses and 25-50% do not allow their docs to prescribe stimulants.

Poster link that worked for me: https://mdpsych.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AluriJames_Poster.pdf

#AcademicAbleism #HigherEd #Academia

Also, I'm happy to share that a #WorkingLife piece on the strategies that I use to lead an academic workgroup as a lip-reading scientist was published today in #Science
https://www.science.org/content/article/why-i-foster-multiple-lines-communication-students-my-lab

For more context, you can also take a look at my 2022 piece in #Nature where I describe my personal challenges and solutions in more detail https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00230-3

#ableism #AcademicAbleism #Inclusion #disability #deaf #DiversityEquityInclusion #Inklusion #Academia #University @academicchatter

Any other neurodivergent folks get every question wrong in the university's cyber security training or is that just me? I can almost always think of an exception to an answer and am currently failing mine.

#HigherEd #DisabledInSTEM #AcademicAbleism #Neurodiversity #Neurodivergent

Another day, another Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion invite for an event that is in-person only. Glad to see the consistency in the ableism...

#AcademicAbleism #Ableism #InclusionMatters

@cavyherd Any chance you are registered with the disability office or it's a quick process to do so? This is such blatant #AcademicAbleism that it should get shut down pretty damn quickly.

Having zero folks on your staff roster with a background in disability studies is a red flag for a university disability services/ accessibility services. Just my two cents.

#AcademicAbleism #Disability #HigherEd