Working Against Academic Ableism

Time: April 5, 2019, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Location: 606 Bird Library

Jay Dolmage (University of Waterloo)

In this collaborative workshop led by Dolmage, participants will address ableist attitudes, policies, and practices built into higher education. The group will interrogate the minimal and temporary means we have been given to address inequities, and the cost such an approach has for disabled students and faculty.

Those comfortable with sharing should bring examples of “accommodations” that you may have asked for yourself, or made available to students, to consider what was effective about them and what may have limited their effectiveness. The session ends with a broader look at ableism as we try to come up with ways to move forward.

RSVP to Erika Dwyer by March 25 and include any accessibility accommodation requests.

Supporters include:

• Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition
• Cultural Foundations of Education
• The Burton Blatt Institute’s (BBI) Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach
• Disability Cultural Center
• Syracuse University Humanities Center

Patrick Berry, Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition