sasha_feather (
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I was interviewed for this great article by s.e. smith at xojane.com:
Where are all the disabled scientists?
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sasha_feather
2012-05-02 03:21 pm (UTC)
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I waded into the comments and there is a) a lot of privileged defensiveness and b) a lot of concern about getting sued by "assuming" people might have a disability in a university setting. Ugh.
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meloukhia
2012-05-02 04:10 pm (UTC)
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Ugh, SERIOUSLY. Those comments make no sense to me. Have these people not heard of universal access?!
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trouble
2012-05-02 04:22 pm (UTC)
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It really pained me because access is for EVERYONE.
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sasha_feather
2012-05-02 04:25 pm (UTC)
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I think part of it is the culture of scientists treating their bodies like robotic machines.
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