M.Elise MacDonald

Movement artist&scientist 🩰 PhD(c) Biomechanics, Dynamic balance, Parkinson's disease @uOttawa | BSc Exercise science&Dance @OaklandU

[Leen Jabban @leen_jabban]

We are seeking upper-limb prostheses users to participate in a 6-week #study on sensory feedback for upper-limb #prostheses🦾.

To know more, and register your interest please follow this link https://t.co/tKG7kgO7aB

[just E @redhotdisabled]

a short and incomplete thread of common ableist microaggressions and why they’re bad 🧵:

[M.Elise MacDonald @melisemac]

POV: you TA a first-year class and feel a bit outnumbered

[Dr. Jen Wolkin | ADHD + Trauma Therapist @drjenwolkin]

Rest is NOT a reward.

(It’s a neurobiological imperative)

And, does NOT need to be earned.

[Bas Bloem @basbloem]

1/2 Nice summary in Pulse Magazine of my recent lecture on (often unexpected) benefits of #art for #health, larded with compelling & touching examples from #Parkinson field. With remarkable role for #dopamine replacement in shaping #creativity.

[M.Elise MacDonald @melisemac]

Conference break = writing time #NACOB2022 @NACoBiomechs

Fuelled by my fav Byward coffee and work spot: Planet Coffee ☕️

[M.Elise MacDonald @melisemac]

Solo recharge tonight after more comprehensive exam writing today (🫠) and before #NACOB2022 tomorrow! 💃🏻

Come visit me at P1-70 to talk walking, slips/trips, PD, and visual search! 😊

[M.Elise MacDonald @melisemac]

Screenshot here; pdf and video (yes, I explain the visual search dual task there!) in the PheedLoop app! 😊

[M.Elise MacDonald @melisemac]

Had some great conversations yesterday re: arm swing 💪🏻, visual search 👀, & trips🚶🏻‍♀️⚡️ in Parkinson’s disease when presenting my current PhD work at P2-H-60! #ISPGR2022

[M.Elise MacDonald @melisemac]

*lecturers in the replies like* Also, gatekeeping accessibility just so students show up to your class isn’t the win you think it is? Providing [a condensed version of] foundational info IN TEXT better facilitates high level discussion in my experience

[Your PhD pal @yourPhDpal]

Dear Lecturers,
If you're teaching an academic course, please add some sentences to your slides. Students find it really hard to decipher the context from pictures, when preparing for exams. Thank you!
Struggling grad student
@AcademicChatter
@PhDVoice
@PhD_Genie #phdchat

[E Krebs, PhD 🧂 @SaltySicky]

One way to be a disability justice ally right now:

Keep wearing your mask.

[M.Elise MacDonald @melisemac]

And what is a ballet class, really, if not an informal biomechanics lecture replete with strange analogies? 🩰

[M.Elise MacDonald @melisemac]

We’re no stranger to protests of various causes in this neighbourhood, but not like this.
Pure hate being upheld by its bystanders.

[M.Elise MacDonald @melisemac]

So I will also share here, with whom it may actually concern, my first FIRST-author article 💃🏻 I’m excited to finally get the work from my master’s out which investigated arm swing and walking on simulated rolling-hills
https://t.co/jNWGlF0AnJ

[M.Elise MacDonald @melisemac]

Today my best friend, who has never attended post-secondary, linked to my recent pub on her social media just as a show of pride… the level of unexpected, wholesome support is unmatched. 💛

[Academic Chatter™ @AcademicChatter]

Backup your work.

[Amy W Schwartz @lizardschwartz]

Normalise saying 'wow, it seems like you really need to work on your time management skills' to people who brag about how long they work

[M.Elise MacDonald @melisemac]

I don't care how long the train ride, I absolutely ✨will✨ spend the vast majority of it listening to music and staring out the window. Top-tier brain buffering time 😌