Podcast: Navigating Invisible Disability | Syreeta Nolan
The second episode of the Voices of Academia podcast is live!!!
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Episode 2: Navigating Invisible Disability
TW: Suicide attempts, medical trauma, and rape
Summary:
In this episode of Voices of Academia, Emily chats with undergraduate senior, Syreeta Nolan (@nolan_syreeta), about the mental health impacts of navigating disability within universities.
This episode is essentially distilled down into two parts – Entering and progressing in academia after a mental health crisis, and the mental health impacts of trying to be accepted as a person with disabilities within academia.
Resources:
- Crip Camp – YouTube
- Kubler Ross – change curve
- https://www.blackinneuro.com/perspectives/i-am-black-and-disabled
- https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/11/12/could-disability-be-further-included-diversity-efforts
- Students with disabilities address the Board of the University of California for the first time to advocate for adjustments and support (includes personal stories) – YouTube
- Alice Wong – Disability Visibility
- The Black Disability Framework
- #MyDisabilityMadeMeGoodAt and the inverse of #AbleismTellsMe
- #NEISvoid
The full transcript for the podcast is available here.
For mental health support, please contact your GP or use the appropriate support for your country at https://checkpointorg.com/global/
Recorded 19/11/2020.
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