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6 Ways to Dismantle Barriers for Disabled Faculty on Campus
This is a repost from Dr. Stephanie Cawthon’s blog, where she explores topics such as educational access, equity, attainment and deafness. ‘6 Ways...
Eloquence is Overrated…and Exhausting
–Hi there. I’m Sara, and I’m almost deaf. As folks with hearing loss, we have been trained to speak clearly so that we...
Cochlear implants are not my thing… yet
Now, only after I had kept (and still keep) hearing from my peers with hearing loss who now wear cochlear implants and are...
Making your in-person and remote workplaces accessible for your deaf/HoH colleagues
The Mind Hears annual post on how to make your in-person and remote academic workplace accessible to deaf/HoH colleagues.
What is the impact of mutual mentoring networks such as The Mind Hears?
Decreasing representation of disabled academics through the academic ranks correlates with decreasing levels of support for accommodations.
Accommodating a Pandemic
Can we apply innovations in accommodating this pandemic to help us build a more inclusive long-term post pandemic academic workplace? I hope so.
To Hear, or Not to Hear? The Mental Gymnastics of Hearing Device Use
I had planned to write this post about listening fatigue, but as I began writing I realized that a related yet rarely discussed...
Navigating a masked world when you are deaf/HoH
While the pandemic rages around the world, I know I have been incredibly lucky. Like many, I have struggled to keep my kids...
How much listening is too much?
As academics, our jobs require us to listen to others all the time—in our classes, in faculty meetings, in seminars, and when meeting...
I owe my career to the invention of email
Academics even a few years my senior had to rely on telephones for networking.
