UT_CDS

UT Austin’s Critical Disability Studies program housed in the Texas Center for Disability Studies (UCEDD). See pinned post thread for additional information!

[UT_CDS @CdsUt]

This page posts disability studies/ justice recommendations as well as updates related to our CDS program!

We understand access as a process, not a destination! Please feel free to dm us with accessibility suggestions or fill out our access survey (link in the comments)!

[UT_CDS @CdsUt]

Mark your calendars-- this is happening tomorrow at 2pm CST! We hope you'll tune in for this exciting conversation!

[UT_CDS @CdsUt]

We are so excited for our upcoming event: A Panel on Sex Work and Disability Justice", happening on Wed, Sept 22 from 2-3:30pm CST! Register here: https://t.co/NvwFbycj2M

ACCESS INFO: This event is a Zoom Webinar. ASL and CART captioning will be provided.

[hijade2madre @HijaDe2Madre]

Disability representation =/= disability justice

[UT_CDS @CdsUt]

This is happening next week!

[UT_CDS @CdsUt]

We are so excited for our upcoming event: A Panel on Sex Work and Disability Justice", happening on Wed, Sept 22 from 2-3:30pm CST! Register here: https://t.co/NvwFbycj2M

ACCESS INFO: This event is a Zoom Webinar. ASL and CART captioning will be provided.

[Allilsa Fernandez @AllilsaF]

If you don’t talk about psychosis when addressing suicide prevention then you are part of the problem.

Many “awareness” discussions leave out “severe” mental diagnoses because “those people are scary and monsters”. This in itself is stigmatizing.

[UT_CDS @CdsUt]

Special thanks to @LatinostudiesUT , @utcwgs , @TexasSteveHicks , @swopatx , @TCDS_UT , the Gender, Race, Indigeneity, Disability, and Sexuality (GRIDS) advocacy initiative, and LGBTQ Studies for helping to make this event possible!

[UT_CDS @CdsUt]

We are so excited for our upcoming event: A Panel on Sex Work and Disability Justice", happening on Wed, Sept 22 from 2-3:30pm CST! Register here: https://t.co/NvwFbycj2M

ACCESS INFO: This event is a Zoom Webinar. ASL and CART captioning will be provided.

[UT_CDS @CdsUt]

ID (cont): ...the experience of navigating ableism and social exclusion, and dreams for a world that shows love to disabled sex workers. This event is a Zoom Webinar. ASL and CART captioning will be provided. Link to register: https://t.co/NvwFbycj2M. (4/4).

[UT_CDS @CdsUt]

ID (cont): ... The image on the right has a purple gradient background; inside of the wheel of the wheelchair is a yellow circle with a purple ring inside it. (3/3).

[UT_CDS @CdsUt]

Exciting things are in the works! Make sure to stay tuned for more details about our #DisabilityStudies events this upcoming semester!

Image description in alt-text and comments!

[UT_CDS @CdsUt]

ID (cont): ... are signing the ASL symbol for sign language interpretation. A neurodiversity infinity sign is coming out of the back of both wheels. the image on the left has a red gradient background with a graphic of an umbrella inside the wheel of the wheelchair. (2/3)

[Tinu Abayomi-Paul aka Empress of Twerk. NO DMs @Tinu]

A livable wage is a huge disability issue. we're choosing between food and meds. Phone bill or doctor bill.

If you receive disability benefits you are on a forced poverty program.

If you are #DisabledAndWorking, there are the hurdles of being ABLE to work. #BeLoveDay

[@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin]

If we teach children consent regarding their body but take that ability and need to consent when it comes to, idk, ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY, then what message does that send to those kids?

That your consent and autonomy only holds weight as long as your disability doesn’t impact me?

[Kathy Flaherty @ConnConnection]

I do not think enough people really understand what it means to be subjected to involuntary psychiatric treatment and to have your personal freedom and bodily integrity taken away. This psychiatric survivor does.

[UT Asian/Asian American Faculty Staff Association @AAAFSAUTAUSTIN]

Formal Statement to Affirming Asian Students & Colleagues at The University of Texas at Austin
The report summarizes data summarizes how UT’s Asian Pacific Islander community is experiencing the rise in Anti-Asian discrimination and violence in the last year.

[Tyla Grant @TylGrnt]

I received my autism diagnosis in my late teens but for many people my age (23) getting a diagnosis is hard / impossible and going private isn't an option.

The B+ND fund will provide grants for young black people who suspect they are neurodiverse.

https://t.co/T0poZ46pOY