#phdadvice USE 🎤MICS🎤 EVERY TIME YOU PRESENT Never say 🚫”I don’t need a 🎤, I’m loud enough”🚫 Talking loud emphasizes vowels, not consonants. You can’t make f/s/th as loud as ah/oo/ee #HardOfHearing people need 🎤 for #accessibility #a11y #ThingsDisabledPeopleKnow #PhDlife

I finally got to see the printed version of my first disability history zine, and it looks amazing. Buy it or download it for free here : seditionist.uk/distro/readabl…

Crowdsourcing: Are there any deaf education materials being sold by a Deaf person, aside from businesses like Language Priority and Adventures in DeafEd? Thank you. #DeafEd #Deafeducation

Saving this Jon Henner gif for those times in our lives where his wisdom is required.

Had a WONDERFUL week at the @AmAntiquarian researching archives for #DisabilityHistory visual materials. My focus searched for artifacts to tell the story of audism and impact of AG Bell on oral education history in Mass (did not have a deaf school using sign language until 1970)

Tell members of the House Appropriations Committee not to sneak in a rider that will allow for the continued torture of youth with disabilities via shock devices. It's past time to ban this horrific practice #StopTheShock autisticadvocacy.org/2024/06/action…

Access, civil rights and justice for disabled people should not be at the discretion of nondisabled people

Unconscious bias (which is rubbish anyway) isn't unconscious if you know about it. So here goes... yet again. I've only watched about half an hour of gymnastics so far, but I've clocked "elegant, graceful, elegant and smooth, full of grace, etc." for white gymnasts and...

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As we explore Tim Walz's record on disability, it's worth noting that Minnesota recently passed a law protecting the rights of disabled parents. #CripTheVote kare11.com/article/news/l…

gift link to share: Inside the worst three weeks of the Trump campaign nytimes.com/2024/08/10/us/…

.Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley applauded the Biden-Harris Administration for finalizing its proposed rule to improve access to medical diagnostic equipment for disabled people. “Disability rights are human rights, & every policy is a disability policy issue” - Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley pressley.house.gov/2024/08/14/aft…

His last tweet.

A brief video explaining this from the FORRT youtu.be/mzEdTyA06cU?si…

I am trying to find an open access search engine that will locate all articles that cite one specific paper. My university does not have access to Web of Science. Is there another alternative? Accessibility description: a sign that says Nerd Alert in red.

A powerful wake-up call to educators & policymakers: “Despite teacher dedication & high quality professional development, [teachers’] use of spoken language during simultaneous communication presents barriers for deaf learners who do not have auditory access.”