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Category: Disability
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In our most recent "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: Should someone recently diagnosed with PTSD disclose this to hiring committee. When they are not military but a refugee and the PTSD comes from violence and other sources experienced as a kid and growing up in an environment like that (so not…
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, Tomas Albergo writes: Are there any significant scholarships for disabled graduate students? I kind of fell apart over the last year because of my neuropathic pain (in my dominant arm and hand, sustained from a surgical error 12+ years ago) and am concerned I’m eventually going…
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On Twitter, A.H. Rheaume shared the following reading list in philosophy of disability and Crip theory, and kindly offered to allow me to share it here: Feminist, Queer, Crip by Allison Kafer Brilliant Imperfection by Eli Clare Foucault and the Feminist Philosophy of Disability by Shelley Tremain Foucault and the Government of Disability by Shelley…
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, Javier writes: There have been many posts about isolation, anxiety and mental health issues, and professional instability, all due to covid or not, and mostly between graduate students. Does anyone know of online social initiatives that are created to bring people together and have a conversation…