Disability Cultural Center

Books

Ableism in Academia Edited by Nicole Brown and Jennifer Leigh

Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education by Jay T. Dolmage

Crip Spacetime by Margaret Price

Lived Experiences of Ableism in Academia by Nicole Brown

On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life by Sara Ahmed

The Disabled Anthropologist Edited By Sumi Colligan, Anna Jaysane-Darr

The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy by Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber

Articles

Nishida, Akemi. 2016. “Neoliberal Academia and a Critique from Disability Studies.” In Occupying Disability: Critical Approaches to Community, Justice, and Decolonizing Disability, edited by Pamela Block, Devva Kasnitz, Akemi Nishida, and Nick Pollard. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9984-3.

Organizations

Autism Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN)

California Association of Postsecondary Education and Disability

That Deaf Zinester

• https://ko-fi.com/thatdeafzinester
• https://instagram.com/thatdeafzinester

Disability Research Interest Group of the American Anthropological Association

Tips and Hacks

• Virtual Conferences and quiet spaces
  • Gathertown
• Audio Translating Apps
  • Otter
• DREAM (disabled students club) at SF state
• For educators/teachers, lot of multimedia presentations, gamifying presentations. Instead of written work, audio/video conversations to be submitted. Also looked into art, music dance representation/interpretation of the topic instead of written material. Someone once taught algebra through music (drum circle type)
• Lesly University- Disability Advocacy & Education Group CharterGroup Charge
  • Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Justice (EDIJ) initiatives often unintentionally overlook or misrepresent disabled individuals, contradictorily contributing to systematic ableism. If left unchallenged people with disabilities will continue to face stigma, discrimination, and lack of acknowledgement of their identity. The Lesley University Disability Advocacy and Education Group (DAEG) aims to combat systemic ableism through events and initiatives that serve to educate the community while advocating for increased awareness, visibility, and representation across the university experience and beyond. The DAEG aims to foster a judgement-free environment where individuals with and without disabilities learn and grow from discussing systemic and personal barriers.

  Group Goals

  1. Educate the Lesley University community on the importance of understanding disabilities and the impact of ableism.
  2. Foster a community climate which prioritizes agency and elevates voices of disabled individuals.
  3. Center the goal of disability competency in students, faculty, and staff daily operations.
  4. Review university structures/systems regarding equitable access to all aspects of the university experience.
  5. Foster an environment where individuals with disabilities are respected, valued, and acknowledged.

  Group Objectives

  1. Create greater visibility within Lesley University for the issues affecting the disabled community.
  2. Create opportunities for the Lesley University community to learn about disabilities and the ways they can impact lived experiences.
  3. Increase competency within the Lesley community around discussing and understanding disabilities and individuals with disabilities.
  4. Provide workshops to help empower people with disabilities and their allies to advocate for the disabled community.
  5. Support and develop efforts to make the Lesley University campus and its operations more accessible.

Websites

https://disabledacademicco.wixsite.com/mysite

https://x.com/DisabledAcadem

https://disstudies.org/

Disability Cultural Center Links

• Discord
  • https://dcc.page/discord
  • There’s specifically a new “Disgruntled Academics” thread that you can access here: https://discord.gg/ZqcMHDbH
• Website
  • https://disabilityculturalcenter.org/