In this episode of Dear Grad Student, Elana chats with Cait Kirby and Kayden Stockwell, of @DisInGradSchool, about being disabled in grad school. This is PART 1 of 2. You can find Part 2  HERE.

In this episode they discuss: what 'disabled' means, defining and diagnosing, how the Twitter account was born, National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), and academic rigor, accessibility, & accommodations in grad school during COVID.

Mentioned in PART 1 of this episode: 

• 'Candidates with Disabilities Running for Elected Office'
• A wrap up of the polls they ran during NDEAM
• A Twitter thread about the blog post by Cait and Adam Hubrig
  • The blog post: COVID-19 and Remote Work: Access for Whom?

@DisInGradSchool has a list of Disability Advocates on Twitter -- this list is always growing!

Academia-related Disability accounts on Twitter to follow: @DisInHigherEd, @DisabledStem, @DisabledAcadem, @chron_ac, @ChronInvisSTEM, @ND_in_STEM, @AcademicAbleism, @DisMHMatters, @StemDisabled, also: #DisabledinSTEM

Cait's website --> CaitKirby.com
Kayden's website --> kaydenstockwell.com

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