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Episode 24: Damn, are we... disabled?!

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Ever wondered what it's like to do a PhD while have a neurological disability? This episode, the PhDamn ladies speak about our relationships with disability, from the way we define it to our experiences with our university's disability support services. Listen in!

Useful tools that we referred to in the episode that you can use (whether you're disabled or not):

  • Talk Type - dictation software that is sensitive to niche terminology and has dyslexia-friendly features (https://talk-type.com/dictation-software/)
  • MindView - mindmapping software that integrates with multiple other apps and organises citations (https://www.matchware.com/education-mind-mapping-software)
  • Scholarcy - summarises academic papers, book chapters and reports, organises your reading, has enhanced notetaking software and recommends more papers to you based on your needs (https://www.scholarcy.com/)
  • Glean - a notetaking tool that records classes and events; combines transcripts, notes, audio and slides (https://glean.co/)
  • Text Help Read&Write - a literacy support tool that uses text-to-speech and specific highlighting tools. Perfect for those who are dyslexic, neurodivergent or speak English as a second language (https://www.texthelp.com/en-gb/products/read-and-write-education/)
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