Host Cathy Hannabach interviews disability media studies scholar Meryl Alper about the digital lives of diverse young people on the autism spectrum.
Resources: disability studies
Navigating the Faculty Disability Accommodations Process
Making the case for faculty disability accommodations that go beyond individualism and toward structural change.
Liat Ben-Moshe on Community beyond the Carceral State
Cathy Hannabach interviews Liat Ben-Moshe about the intersections of disability justice and prison abolition.
La Marr Bruce on Renewal, Loss, and Black Creativity
Cathy Hannabach interviews La Marr Bruce about how loss shapes academic research and the role of madness in Black creative expression.
Aimi Hamraie on Sustainability and Disability Justice
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Aimi Hamraie about how disability culture practices like slowness and mutual aid build collective sustainability.
Anusha Kedhar on the Limits of Flexibility
Cathy Hannabach interviews dancer and scholar Anusha Kedhar about the limits of flexible labor regimes in dance and higher education.
Adrienne Shaw on Accessible Online Teaching by Design
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews professor Adrienne Shaw about building online courses that are accessible for both faculty and students.
Dorinne Kondo on Reparative Creativity
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews scholar, playwright, and dramaturg Dorinne Kondo about liveness, theater accessibility, and theorizing vulnerability.
Mental Health in Academia: How Departments Can Support Faculty, Staff, and Students
Strategies and tactics for improving mental health in academia by providing resources to students, faculty, and staff and prioritizing wellness.
Aimi Hamraie on the Politics of Disability and Design
Aimi Hamraie and Cathy Hannabach discusses the politics of universal design, accessibility, and disability justice activism.
Sami Schalk on Black Women’s Speculative Fiction
Sami Schalk and Anastasia Kārkliņa discuss the racially gendered politics of disability and speculative fiction’s radical potential.
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha on Disability Justice
Host Cathy hannabach interviews Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha about the history and present of the disability justice movement.
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha on Radical Memoir
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha about how queer brown and disabled people write themselves into history.
Shanté Paradigm Smalls on Hip Hop’s Queer Aesthetics
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Shanté Paradigm Smalls about queer hip hop, Shambhala Buddhist meditation, and disability.
Tala Khanmalek on Femme of Color Healing Justice
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Tala Khanmalek about how to incorporate healing justice and disability justice into academic workflows.
How to Make Your Academic Event Accessible
Accessibility is a social justice issue. Here’s how to make your academic event accessible to a wide range of attendees, speakers, and staff.
Mimi Khúc and Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis on Asian American Mental Health Activism
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Mimi Khúc and Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis about Asian American publishing and disability activism.
Elizabeth Ellcessor on Disability Media Accessibility
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Eliabeth Ellcessor about media accessibility, closed captioning, and disability media activism.