Lived Experiences of Ableism in Academia

Nicole Brown is Director of Social Research & Practice and Education Ltd and Lecturer in Education in the Department of Culture, Communication and Media at the UCL Institute of Education.

Introduction: Being ‘different’ in academia ~ Nicole Brown
PART I: Ways of knowing
A leg to stand on: irony, autoethnography and ableism in the academy ~ Laura L. Ellingson
“There’s no place for emotions in academia”: experiences of the neoliberal academy as a disabled scholar ~ Angharad Butler-Rees
Embodiment and authenticity: how embodied research might shed light on experiences of disability and chronic illness ~ Jennifer Leigh
What’s in a word? Rephrasing and reframing disability ~ Sharon Smith
Intermezzo
PART II: Lived experiences
Colour blindness in academia: the challenges of an invisible impairment ~ Oliver Daddow
Stammering in academia: voice in the management of self and others ~ Robert H. Mann and Bryan C. Clift
Losing my voice (physically and metaphorically) ~ Jeanne Barczewska
Deafness and hearing loss in higher education ~ Nicole Brown
Living with collagenous colitis as a busy academic: chronic illness and the intersection of age and gender inequality ~ Rosalind Janssen
Three cheers for Access to Work partnership: two cheers for Two Ticks and one question about a university-wide self-disclosure scheme ~ Chris Mounsey and Stan Booth
“I’m not saying this to be petty”: reflections on making disability visible while teaching ~ Emma Sheppard
#AutisticsInAcademia ~ Chloe Farahar and Annette Foster
“I’ve always wanted to be a nurse …”: challenging academic ableist assumptions ~ Jo Sullivan
Ableism in music academicism ~ Ben Lunn
Teaching with and supporting teachers with dyslexia in higher education ~ Jennifer Hiscock and Jennifer Leigh
Depressed academics: building a group blog community ~ Mikael Vejdemo- Johansson and Ian P. Gent
Cancer, bereavement and work ~ Nicola Martin
Invisible disabilities and (re)negotiating identity: life after major traumatic injury ~ Clare Lewis
Conclusion: Disability imaginary of the future ~ Nicole Brown