Invisible disability, unacknowledged diversity

Finesilver, Carla; Leigh, Jennifer; Brown, Nicole

doi:10.2307/j.ctv13xprjr.14

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“…Disability can affect physical health, and/or mental health. Disability can be visible or invisible . Disability, and the impact of disability, can fluctuate .…”

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The Future of Laboratory Chemistry Learning and Teaching Must be Accessible

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This commentary is a call to make the future of chemistry laboratories accessible and inclusive. We draw from research and lived experience to put forward a list of recommendations for laboratory-based teaching. Our authorial team includes undergraduate and postgraduate chemistry students, graduate teaching assistants, teaching-focused and traditional research and teaching academics, and a Diversity Equality Inclusion (DEI/EDI) academic expert. We all have lived experiences of disability, chronic illness, neurodivergence, and other marginalizations related to race, religion, sexuality, or other characteristics. We believe that laboratory-based chemistry learning environments, teaching, assessment, and resources should be accessible to all students and staff.

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“…Disability can affect physical health, and/or mental health. Disability can be visible or invisible . Disability, and the impact of disability, can fluctuate .…”

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“…Disability can be visible or invisible. 12 Disability, and the impact of disability, can fluctuate. 13 Disability can be something that an individual experiences from birth, or acquired at any age.…”

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“…The majority of disabilities are invisible and many conditions fluctuate. [8] The nature of the disability, whether it is visible or invisible, and fluctuation of “symptoms” affect how likely an individual is to declare a disability.…”

Section: Disability: Hidden and Excluded Diversitymentioning

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Nothing About Us Without Us – Towards Genuine Inclusion of Disabled Scientists and Science Students Post Pandemic

Sarju

2021

Chemistry A European J

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Scientists and students with disabilities have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and this must be urgently addressed to avoid further entrenching existing inequalities. The need for rapid decision-making, often by senior colleagues without lived experience of disabilities, can lead to policies which discriminate against scientists with disabilities. This article reflects on disability declaration statistics and research in critical disability studies and social science to explore the challenges experienced by disabled scientists before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights recommendations and examples of good practice to adopt in order to challenge ableism in STEM communities and workplaces. It is vital that disabled staff and students are fully involved in decision making. This is particularly important as we continue to respond to the challenges and opportunities associated with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and plan for a post-COVID-19 future. This time of great change can be used as an opportunity to listen, learn, and improve working conditions and access for scientists with disabilities, and by doing so, for everyone.

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“…Requests for accommodations can be met with hesitancy because accommodations are sometimes perceived as giving disabled people an advantage over their nondisabled peers, despite the fact that accommodations are merely adjustments to work environments that make it possible for a disabled person to perform tasks related to his or her job function. For disabled researchers at academic institutions, there are other unique challenges in getting adequate accommodations ( Finesilver et al. , 2020 ).…”

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“…This can be further complicated for graduate students who rely on support from their advisors, as there is the added uncertainty of whether the university or the advisor is responsible for financing certain accommodations. Like graduate students, faculty face additional challenges securing accommodations, stemming from the fact that accessibility offices at many universities are student-centered ( Finesilver et al. , 2020 ).…”

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We need to address ableism in science

Peterson

2021

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In science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, disabled people remain a significantly underrepresented part of the workforce. Recent data suggests that about 20% of undergraduates in the United States have disabilities, but representation in STEM fields is consistently lower than in the general population. Of those earning STEM degrees, only about 10% of undergraduates, 6% of graduate students, and 2% of doctoral students identify as disabled. This suggests that STEM fields have difficulty recruiting and retaining disabled students, which ultimately hurts the field, because disabled scientists bring unique problem-solving perspectives and input. This essay briefly explores the ways in which ableism—prejudice against disabled people based on the assumption that they are “less than” their nondisabled peers—in research contributes to the exclusion of disabled scientists and suggests ways in which the scientific community can improve accessibility and promote the inclusion of disabled scientists in academic science.

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Invisible disability, unacknowledged diversity

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The Future of Laboratory Chemistry Learning and Teaching Must be Accessible

The Future of Laboratory Chemistry Learning and Teaching Must be Accessible

Nothing About Us Without Us – Towards Genuine Inclusion of Disabled Scientists and Science Students Post Pandemic

We need to address ableism in science

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