#Accommodations

Marc Olivier

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Ad a professor, a brief thread on accommodations letters:1. Get one if you qualify, whether or not you think you’ll need it.You are not a lesser person because you get

Dr. L.D. Burnett

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For any academics whose employer is forcing you to apply for a waiver in order to avoid face-to-face teaching this fall: consult the @AAUP Website, which has links to CDC,

autistictic

autistictic

I understand this professor’s need to be respected by her students...but she included accommodations and that is not okay.There should be NO requirements to get accommodations.Accommodations are a human right.There

Christa Marie

HeyChristaMarie

*ADA Accomodations in College: a thread*At the beginning of each semester, ADA Services at my school sends my accommodation letters to each of my professors. Their response is typically a

AutisticSciencePerson

AutSciPerson

I can't get over this tweet. You know why?Because neurodivergent students, and many other, do NOT have any of this information. There's no sign that says "Use "Dear____" or else

Karen Muriuki

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Happy New Year y'all, so.... school children are back in class amidst the pandemic which ok in my opinion as long as the observe the laid down protocols. But I

Snodgrass for WI

SnodgrassforWI

Let’s talk the realities of the WI State Assembly not enforcing COVID workplace protections. Each legislator is impacted in a unique way based on their personal circumstances. Here are some

MD or Bust - The Equitable Autist-Knowledge Magpie

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#MedTwitter it's time for a little story of how the MCAT fines Disabled students for being Disabled and gatekeeps medicineBuckle up because this is pretty horrific /20 Accommodations are ways

Karen Moroski-Rigney, PhD

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If you require your students to share formal uni paperwork to receive disability accommodations in your class, lemme just tell you this right now: that is a ridiculous, ableist, unfair

Sejal Shah💃🏽FKA fictionalsejal

SejalShahWrites

I'm realizing how much gaslighting goes on when one is a Brown woman in a white institution and the institution doesn't acknowledge anything about your racialized or gendered work experience--just

Brooke Vittimberga

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#ADA30 calls to action I wrote a thread about how difficult my experience was accessing my education in college, and here's what I wish would have been different +

The Lesbianic Éilis Harney

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I often see trans people and allies respond to "trans people deny biology" with extensive explanations of how trans people don't deny biology. I suggest in the future a different

Bridget Velez

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Adapting the bar exam to an online format has created many hardships for applicants with disabilities. Here is a thread on the problems I noticed: Disclaimer: SO many disabilities can

Brianne Benness

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[med trauma]Sometimes people talk about internalized ableism in the undiagnosed/recently diagnosed community as if it's a character flaw and not a common side effect of a lifetime of medical neglect

Kat Macfarlane

KatAMacfarlane

My latest paper, Disability Without Documentation, is available on SSRN. It examines reasonable accommodations in the workplace, and how the interactive process requires medical documentation to prove disability. I argue

Rachel Charlton-Dailey

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Back in January one of my disabled pals made the difficult choice to quit her degree because her university wouldn't allow her to study from home. Then, two months later

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