Disabled in Grad School (DIGS) is run by @caitskirby and @KaydenStockwell. We're trying to dig past barriers to uproot academic ableism and reform higher ed.
Poll results are in:
Q: Have you ever considered reporting a faculty member for abuse/discrimination/inappropriate behavior, and you were worried about how it would impact YOUR career?
8% said No
18% said Yes - reported anyway
74% said Yes - did not report ‼️
@AcademicChatter
Anonymous poll:
Have you ever considered reporting a faculty member for abuse/discrimination/inappropriate behavior, and you were worried about how it would impact YOUR career? 1/
A new academic year approaches!
Disabled grad students, what are the best resources that your colleagues should know about?
Share below and tag your friends.
A new academic year approaches!
Disabled grad students, what are the best resources that your colleagues should know about?
Share below and tag your friends.
I will move on but I'm hugely pissed off that the reason my name wasn't called at graduation is because the grad team put a mark next to my name to indicate that I'd be slow (something they assumed) and the person reading names thought it meant I wasn't there.
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So that grad school doesn’t #BreakMySoul:
What advice would you give your former selves if you could repeat your 2nd year of grad school?
Particularly interested to know from other BIPOC and disabled individuals.
@DisInGradSchool@AcademicChatter#AcademicTwitter
We've been on a long hiatus because personal, professional, and health stuff has gotten in the way.
But we're here to boost your stuff.
For the marginalized and minoritized folks in (and outside of) the academy.
For those who are being pushed out.
You belong.
You matter.
💜
Anonymous Question
"5th year grad student here, I had to switch labs last year so I'm essentially starting over. This year I was diagnosed with a chronic condition & I can barely get around the lab (I use a wheelchair but the lab isn't wheelchair friendly). How do I graduate?"
Any recs for presenting qualitative research? My work is on the lived experience of college students with disabilities during the pandemic (fall 2020 - spring 2021) and want to tell it like a research oriented story @NoStigmas@DARN_disability@AcademicAbleism#DisabilityRights
The @UMassECo DEI committee recently hosted a panel sharing the experiences of disabled/chronically ill folks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 who do field work to educate on making field work more #accessible. I was honored to be part w some other AMAZING folks. #disabledinSTEM
https://t.co/ljJpvHuf85