Enabled in Academia

In this episode I talk to the positively dynamic Miranda Melcher who has just submitted her PhD thesis. She chats about her research into learning differences and her important teaching primer. Her Three basic principles for all teaching are:
Be specific
Be transparent
Be mindful

An overview of Miranda's principles of inclusive teaching: https://accessibility.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2021/02/08/low-effort-high-impact-how-small-changes-to-your-teaching-can-create-a-more-inclusive-learning-environment/

The full inclusive teaching primer: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g-4uH_FyU5M5yX4DFUJVIJGKN1qwc9su81kLYgM64dE/edit#heading=h.2e24rti9ma4w

If you are interested in inclusive training workshops, there are more at King’s and maybe more to come elsewhere

A talk and discussion about disabilities and neurodiversities in UK higher education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqLprpMZnC4

The book Miranda's a co-author of: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030561079

In this episode, I chat with Anne about her research around experiences of chronically ill people in the workplace, especially around disclosure. We have a look at how COVID-19 has impacted reasonable adjustments, and some worries we have for the future of chronically ill and disabled people in the workplace post-COVID.

Some more resources from Anne (if it's paywalled, feel free to email me at: [email protected] and I'll send it through):

‘Controlled by food’– lived experiences of coeliac disease, Sverker  G. Hensing  C. Hallert- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-277X.2005.00591.x

Quality of life in coeliac disease: qualitative interviews to develop candidate items for the Coeliac Disease Assessment Questionnaire, Helen Crocker, Crispin Jenkinson, and Michele Peters- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6038864/

In this episode, I chat with Anne about her research around experiences of chronically ill people in the workplace, especially around disclosure. We have a look at how COVID-19 has impacted reasonable adjustments, and some worries we have for the future of chronically ill and disabled people in the workplace post-COVID.

Some more resources from Anne (if it's paywalled, feel free to email me at: [email protected] and I'll send it through):

‘Controlled by food’– lived experiences of coeliac disease, Sverker  G. Hensing  C. Hallert- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-277X.2005.00591.x

Quality of life in coeliac disease: qualitative interviews to develop candidate items for the Coeliac Disease Assessment Questionnaire, Helen Crocker, Crispin Jenkinson, and Michele Peters- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6038864/

In this episode, I speak with Dr Nicoletta Fossati, consultant anaesthetist at St. George's hospital, and honorary reader in clinical education and anaesthesia at St. George's University of London. We chat about navigating one's 'new' identity after becoming suddenly disabled later in life, and the grieving process that accompanies this process. Nicoletta tells us about the perks of being a 'reformed perfectionist' as a disabled clinician and academic. 

In this episode, I speak with Dr Nicoletta Fossati, consultant anaesthetist at St. George's hospital, and honorary reader in clinical education and anaesthesia at St. George's University of London. We chat about navigating one's 'new' identity after becoming suddenly disabled later in life, and the grieving process that accompanies this process. Nicoletta tells us about the perks of being a 'reformed perfectionist' as a disabled clinician and academic. 

I chat with the amazing Nicole Schroeder, a PhD candidate at the University of Virginia, about her incredible collective. We also discuss the importance of representation of disabled academics in tenure and high-level positions in the academy.

Important links mentioned:

Nicole's website: https://www.nicoleleeschroeder.com/

DAC website: https://disabledacademicco.wixsite.com/mysite

Nicole's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nicole_Lee_Sch?s=20

DAC Twitter : https://twitter.com/DisabledAcadem

DEHEM Twitter: https://twitter.com/DisInHigherEd

Academic Ableism: https://www.press.umich.edu/9708836/academic_ableism

Ableism in Academia: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/123203

I chat with the amazing Nicole Schroeder, a PhD candidate at the University of Virginia, about her incredible collective. We also discuss the importance of representation of disabled academics in tenure and high-level positions in the academy.

Important links mentioned:

Nicole's website: https://www.nicoleleeschroeder.com/

DAC website: https://disabledacademicco.wixsite.com/mysite

Nicole's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nicole_Lee_Sch?s=20

DAC Twitter : https://twitter.com/DisabledAcadem

DEHEM Twitter: https://twitter.com/DisInHigherEd

Academic Ableism: https://www.press.umich.edu/9708836/academic_ableism

Ableism in Academia: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/123203

I chat with Ahou, a fellow PhD candidate at King's,  about the implications of Covid crisis for disabled scholars and the importance of placing anti-ableist reflexivity at the centre of good research practice.  

I chat with Ahou, a fellow PhD candidate at King's,  about the implications of Covid crisis for disabled scholars and the importance of placing anti-ableist reflexivity at the centre of good research practice.  

In this episode I speak to Abbie Russell, the co-chair of Access King's, the Staff Disability Inclusion Network at King's College London. We speak about the importance of peer support and official disability networks for the disabled academic community. 

Key links from the episode:

• Access King’s - https://www.kcl.ac.uk/hr/diversity/get-involved/networks/access-kings
• Top tips for communicating whilst wearing a face covering
• Top tips for accessible online meetings
• IoPPN Disability Inclusion Working Group (internal only) - https://internal.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/diversity/disability/Disability
• Neurodiversity Toolkit (internal only) - https://internal.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/diversity/disability/neurodiversity-toolkit