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disabledacademicco

Feb 24, 20237 min read

Crip temporalities and a doctoral journey: A Study of the “Ethics of pace”

By Kazi Ashraf Uddin, University of New South Wales This piece accounts for the first 18 months of my doctoral studies as an academic...

disabledacademicco

Apr 15, 20226 min read

Repetitive stress: a beginner's guide to navigating chronic pain & injury during a PhD

By Rebecca Traldi, University of Maryland-College Park "So, will this condition affect you for the rest of your life?" The coordinator of...

disabledacademicco

Oct 8, 20205 min read

COVID-19 and Remote Work: Access for Whom?

By Cait S. Kirby, Vanderbilt University and Ada Hubrig, Sam Houston State University In the wake of the COVID-19 global pandemic, on...

disabledacademicco

Sep 18, 20206 min read

Accessing Academia: Strategies for (Self)Advocacy and Study Abroad with a Disability

By Mark Bookman As a wheelchair user, I always try to anticipate barriers to accessibility before traveling abroad. In practical terms,...

disabledacademicco

Aug 28, 20205 min read

No Place for Disability in Special Education

By Cole Sorensen Anyone who looks at me can tell that I’m autistic. I pace, rock, jump, hum, flap, and over the last few years, I have...

disabledacademicco

Aug 14, 20206 min read

Learning to Embrace a Disabled Identity: Reclamation and Negotiation

By Nicole Schroeder It’s been a while since I started identifying with the “fellowship of the invalid” – an amazing term, in my opinion,...

disabledacademicco

Aug 6, 20202 min read

Call for Submissions

We welcome blog post submissions from anyone who identifies as a disabled academic. Blog posts can focus on experiences within the...