Usually, I’m like, “Don’t people know that the social sciences are important? Some of our best elected leaders have degrees in the social sciences.” STEM is absolutely critical, but let’s remember the social sciences as well b/c our work matters. 2/2

I sometimes question Republicans in Congress who have MDs, why did they even become doctors in the first place…

One of the accommodations, she denied was a note-taker and instead recommended I use a recording pen for note-taking, which I pointed out to her was not ideal for a deaf student who also has visual impairments. 🤷🏼‍♀️

That @theatlantic.com article made me cringe so hard, especially when one of the ppl quoted was a service provider who denied me all of my accommodations over ten years ago, when I was deciding btwn 2 different colleges.

Lastly, one of the ppl quoted was one of the service providers who denied me my accommodations over a decade ago, when I was deciding btwn two different colleges for undergrad. Publications like @theatlantic.com need to do better in including disabled voices. 6/6

The author fails to recognize both of these critical components for accessibility in #highered. Articles like this are harmful to disabled students in higher education. #disabledinhighered 5/6

In my research on #endo & #highered, participants shared about how difficult it was for them to obtain any kind of accommodation. Plus, service providers describe the process of obtaining accommodations as an “interactive process” with the student. 4/6

The author should have included more perspectives from disability advocates and students with disabilities. Additionally, they overlook the many steps and effort required to obtain accommodations. 3/6

While I agree that there are concerns to be raised about one “faking” their disability, especially w/ the 2019 #VarsityBlues scandal, however, that rarely happens. In most cases, it is still challenging for any person with a disability to obtain accommodations. 2/6

In addition, opportunities for us to be able to “boost” our applications are non-existent. For example all of the federal grants for disability policy research I had tabbed and saved for when I was ready to apply are gone because of this administration’s attacks on DEI. 2/2

This is one of my biggest fears right now. While academia is a whole another ball game, the Trump administration has made it so much for worst for us. 1/2