Instructors have a responsibility to make their courses accessible to all students, as not everyone who would benefit from accommodations are able to file for them. Taking advantage of on-campus instructional resources and practices like uploading Panopto lectures or slides will improve the educational experience for both students and teachers.
Whether a person’s rant would classify as venting or trauma dumping doesn’t negate the hardships they are dealing with. What matters is that you respond in a way that respects your boundaries while protecting the other person from being emotionally vulnerable.
It’s important not to feel ashamed of having ableist perspectives, but we must confront them; I learned that I can’t beat myself up for making misguided assumptions about the disabled community so long as I recognize and change my biased thinking to be more inclusive.
Organized by members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, the march was held in support of DEI. “When they strip DEI from our education, they are telling us that diversity does not matter, that equity is optional and inclusion is negotiable. But we know better,” said Nayah McKenzie, a third-year studying criminology and one of the march organizers.
Shatha Boaj, a third-year studying political science and a member of the committee, expressed concern about the renaming of diversity-focused offices to emphasize “equal opportunity,” arguing that it fails to acknowledge existing societal inequalities and may worsen circumstances for marginalized students.
Another major topic of discussion was the uptick in challenged and banned books within the past several years that have disproportionately affected books written about or including LGBTQ+ characters. Summers said the increase requires a new way of looking at Banned Book Week.
June 9, 2019. Ali Stroker wins Best Featured Actress in a Musical at the 73rd Annual Tony Awards. An actor, singer, and wheelchair user, Ali Stroker has been a trailblazer for disability representation on the stage. She was the first wheelchair user to graduate from the Tisch School of the Arts Drama Department at New York University. In 2015, she was the first wheelchair user to appear on Broadway, starring as Anna in the musical, Spring Awakening. For her performance as Ado Annie Carnes in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Oklahoma!, Stroker became the first wheelchair user to win a Tony Award in 2019.
Being Young and Disabled
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I Was a "Student of Concern"
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In My Moment of Distress
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