writing about disability in an academic sense is so funny because in four separate places i have had to cite medical journals and/or the NHS website about POTS, a condition i very much have and am very much diagnosed with

Really excited to announce that I’ve been awarded Associate Fellow status by Advance HE!

Thank you to the various folk who have invited me to guest lecture, and to Newcastle University Geography for the wonderful teaching opportunities over the last few years!

#PhD #AcademicTwitter

American Grammy-winning rapper Macklemore has released a new track, “Hind’s Hall,” which highlights the ongoing conflict in Gaza and challenges the music industry’s response, including a jab at fellow artist Drake.

For #HigherEducation and #EDI -interested folks: a review that I worked on all about #WideningParticipation practice post-entry in #HE has recently been published on Advance HE's website - feel free to check it out below!

#Education #Access #University

advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/…

He’s now doing the crying thing and saying the situation is “complicated” — it’s not complicated. Listen to the call of Palestine civil society and drop out of Eurovision. Do the right thing. And take a stand.

Some facts about #PIP

1. It is NOT an out-of-work benefit
2. The assessment & application process is hard. It is not 'easy to claim'
3. Only 40-45% of claims are successful
4. Getting the correct reward is difficult. Challenging it can take months.

Say it with me politicians

PIP IS NOT AN OUT OF WORK BENEFIT

Lots of uproar in response to this but this is genuinely a relatively common experience (for many people with #TouretteSyndrome ). I’ve had this all throughout my education from GCSE to PhD, and in employment too. The stigma sucks, so don’t be sad for me, be angry!

Shoutout to the staff at ASDA tonight who saw me tic and decided that it meant I must have stolen. They kept me for 45 mins whilst they ‘made calls’ to see if #TouretteSyndrome existed. All I wanted was coriander and I ended up trying to prove my diagnosis to strangers? 🤯

Non-disabled people: this euphemism makes me feel warm and fuzzy and nice

Disabled people: please for the love of God just utter the word disabled without flinching

Non-disabled people: BUT MY WARM AND FUZZIES

I’m always hesitant about these ‘superpower’ narratives because us neurodivergent folk should be allowed to be ordinary too... to not be called an ‘inspiration’ for going to the shop alone would be a lovely change. Also we shouldn’t be exploiting ✨ anybody ✨ right? RIGHT?!

This is your reminder not to ask people (read: me) when they’re submitting their #PhD thesis. Please. PLEASE. 🥲

Hi #TouretteSyndrome researchers! I'm trying to find published statistics on the number of TS diagnoses amongst BAME/global majority ethnic people, or differences in diagnostic numbers based on ethnicity. Does anybody have any suggestions of papers?

#AcademicTwitter #Tics

Gov said some lovely words about disabled kids but what happens when they become disabled adults? What are the government doing to keep them alive as disabled adults #CRDP24

Landlord threatened to up the rent by £75 if we made him repair the literal hole in our roof that was causing water damage immediately. We waited 2 months. He still upped the rent... by £150 a month. Safe to say we're moving, + also that there's no such thing as a 'good' landlord

Contracts are signed and I can now announce that I'll be joining iHuman as a Postdoctoral Research Associate this May! Feeling very grateful for the opportunity, and I'm looking forward to getting stuck in with the Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Culture project! 🤩

Bro please come to the conference. Registration fee $1000 ($950 early bird), flights & accommodation $3000. You'll present for 6 minutes and get roasted. You can't present virtually because...look you just can't ok. There's a yoga session. You'll get a point on your CV bro please