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I've been thinking about this a lot tonight. So, as someone who is autistic, ADHD, & generally neurodivergent/neurodiverse, I heavily struggle with executive functioning. Executive dysfunctioning might be my biggest barrier in life 🧵#DEHEM21 #DisInHigherEd
In college, I noticed that I really struggled in my classes when I was taking classes that had no relation to one another. For instance, if I took biology & English together, it was a nightmare. I had trouble switching topics & even thinking styles. (2/) #DEHEM21
After a few semesters, I started trying to plan my semesters so that I took similar courses & courses with similar cognitive styles together because task-switching became a nightmare for me. I got an accommodation to register early for classes (3/) #DEHEM21 #DisInHigherEd
I fully support #CripTime and it almost took me a full day to reply to the #DEHEMChat this week. I think that this also applies here for this topic about trauma to think of the impact intersectionality and identity has on how we experience our disabilities. I think that if I
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was not Black, a lot of the trauma that I experienced would not be my story. I may have felt more supported in #Academia. I might have a balance with more privileges rather than a crippling amount of barriers that hit me in the classroom, in the clinic, and in my life. Having
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invisible disability that are dynamic with infrequent cane use, I sometimes feel #ableism from within our disability community. With that here is a thread of all of the #DEHEMChat questions, if you haven’t answer yet feel more than free to answer during my takeover and I will
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I'm so excited to be able to attend @jcmankoff keynote at #Tapia2019.
@jcmankoff getting on stage in #CripTime <3 😍
<3 <3 I'm supposed to live tweet but all I can do is make heart noises in my throat.
Hi Rumpus. Hi Hope. This term has been used by disability activists & scholars for quite some time now and it would be great if this essay was updated to acknowledge that.
I recommend checking out Alison Kafer’s book Feminist Queer Crip and @ehlastigirl’s essay “6 Ways of Looking at Crip Time” available here: dsq-sds.org/article/view/5…
And another from @queerfutures_ : queerfutures.com/sundaysentimen…
