Erin Anderson (she/her) from the University of Toronto

Institutional policies positioned as removing barriers to access and inclusion among disabled students rarely, if ever, go beyond scratching the surface. In fact, Brown (2021) argues that the benefits of disclosure decrease in relation to the increased potential risks as disabled individuals move through the pipeline, as evidenced by statistics on the rate of graduate student and faculty accommodation requests. This presentation will argue that systemic ableism and neoliberalism underlie the culture of the academy and create further harm for disabled grad students and faculty members.

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