Beyond Random Acts of Diversity

The Disability Tax and the Accessibility Tax

“…The expectation that women and women of color are only capable of certain tasks showcases the ways in which they are forced to navigate a workplace or educational setting that was not built for nor welcomes them with open arms. Another example is the composition of any type of "diversity work" (Cork et al 2019). Committees, event planning, working groups, and other facets of unpaid equity-focused labor are often the purview of those who inhabit these intersections.…”

“…And it needs to care about things like mobility (issues) (Anders 2019). Through making diversity more inclusive at institutional levels (Cork et al 2019;Jaeger and Bowman 2005), post-secondary institutions can help those taxed by disability and accessibility in an ableist world be more successful. One space in which this could occur is grant funding.…”

“Why Not?” Creating Sustainable Cross-Disability Communities

“…Instead, many of these barriers to building large influential cross-disability communities are rooted in the disconnected ways by which disability is framed by researchers, educators, governments and advocacy groups. Fields that study and teach about disability issues often do so in a highly siloed fashion, separated by type of disability, profession, and academic discipline, if not all three (Anders et al, 2022;Cork et al, 2019). The field of Disability Studies itself, ironically enough, does not actually study disability holistically; rather, it focuses on a small range of issues that are important but are far from comprehensive.…”