Chronically Academic
@chron_ac
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We are a network of scholars w disabilities & chronic illnesses across all academic disciplines ([email protected]). Tweets from multiple tweeps.
Joined February 2016
The Chronically Academic Twitter team are taking a break while we look for new volunteers to join our team and try to find some spoons for ourselves. Wishing our #ChronicallyAcademic community all the best.
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The daily struggle as everything transitions back to in-person *only* events, competitions… Do I attend and risk potential long term detriment to my (already shaky) health, or Do I not attend and risk undermining my career development, prospects etc? @DisabledAcadem @chron_ac
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@chron_ac @DisInHigherEd Does anyone have any references for creative methodologies that are inclusive of one's disability/chronic illness (i.e as a disabled researcher with little spoons)? Big bonus if it's in anthropology or at least qualitative research. #disabledresearcher
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Can any @DisabledAcadem @chron_ac recommend a text to speech programme that works on windows that can cope with academic pdfs without reading all the headers/footers/web address along the side of the page etc in amongst the text
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@chron_ac I had no idea about this app which connects visually impaired people with volunteers
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We understand that you are studying and/or working, have other commitments, and disability/health conditions. The volunteering would be quite flexible. Please comment below or DM if you are interested in becoming a volunteer or would like to know more. Thanks! 3/3
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Tasks include monitoring the Twitter account, scheduling Twitter takeovers, and social media planning and strategising. We communicate with each other quite regularly so you would have support if you have any questions. 2/3
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[Admin]: Hi all, we are looking for volunteers to help us with running our Twitter account. We feel that the team works best when we can share the workload, and so we would like to grow our team. 1/3
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Advice I wish I was given during my PhD. Especially that if academia doesn't fit for me (being a #DisabledInSTEM #postdoc is *hard*) that's not my failure #PhDlife #PhDvoice #PostdocLife @PostdocVoice @PhDOffTheRails @DisabledAcadem @chron_ac
This excellent thread captures something I've seen so many times when mentoring young academics through career choices: the sense of guilt and failure that often comes with deciding to leave academia. Academia is *built* to reinforce this sense. It's hard to fight it.
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The UK Parliamentary academic fellowships are now open! We need greater #representation amongst #policy makers, this would be a great opportunity for a #DisabledAcademic or researcher. #DisabilityInclusion #RepresentationMatters #Ableism #Diversity #DisabledInSTEM .@chron_ac
📢 Applications are open to the Parliamentary Academic Fellowship Scheme – Directed Call! Academics and knowledge exchange professionals working in universities can apply to carry out projects put forward by teams at UK Parliament. It’s a great opportunity to have impact.
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Ich bin auch Mitglied und Vorsitzende bei @chron_ac - wir haben eine Facebook und Slack Gruppe und versuchen so langsam den Blog und unseren Twitter Account wiederzubekommen
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Forced medical leave also violates the Americans w/ Disabilities Act b/c it deprives disabled students of equal access to education & essential disability accommodations:
insidehighered.com
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Neurodivergent people, what did you learn about yourself this year that has helped you in any way?
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Information people from marginalised groups should understand about Allies in #Academia &/or #Employment A short thread. #AcademicTwitter #phdlife @AcademicChatter @chron_ac @DisabledAcadem
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Also sorry if we've we haven't responded to your "@"s/tweets/questions over the past few weeks, we hate to let you down, but life 🤷🤷🤦
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I've been one of these volunteers for about 4 yrs now. It's been an incredible experience & I've learned tons. So grateful for this community! My workload recently has made it has diff 4 me 2 contribute at my usual capacity so I'm stepping back 4 now. I hope others will join in!
The Chronically Academic Twitter team are taking a break while we look for new volunteers to join our team and try to find some spoons for ourselves. Wishing our #ChronicallyAcademic community all the best.
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Check out this event 👇👇
I am really excited that the event for the book Ableism in Academia focused on policy and practice and hosted at Kent is now open for registration! https://t.co/SxjngosTEL free download book https://t.co/REP7ybLAcv
@ncjbrown @AbleismAcademia @nadsn_uk @chron_ac @JosieCaplehorne
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I am very happy to announce that our book Ableism in Academia is now *freely available* from the UCL Press website https://t.co/8TfdKWva5v
@ncjbrown
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Just a reminder that I'll be speaking about the podcast today at 2h15pm GMT! DM for Zoom details 🌟
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