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same opportunities as a result of the unspoken stigma that disability disclosure brings. There is absolutely no reward for disclosure on the pathway to professorship. Disclosing disability as a doctoral student almost always harms students irreparably, with only 50% of disabled getting their PhDs.

Nowhere in higher education is it more damaging to disclose a disability than a PhD program. Particularly "invisible" disabilities. Students who disclose out of necessity are often viewed as a liability, are scrutinized as to whether they "belong" in the program, and ultimately aren't offered the

at colleges and universities. Lastly, Horowitch does everyone a disservice by ending with a quote that paints a rosy picture: "The reward for saying you have a disability, versus the stigma--the balance between those two things has so radically changed." I suggest Horowitch enrolls in a PhD program.

with "non-apparent" or invisible disabilities, are "gaming the system." doi.org/10.1111/lasr... Pryal's recently published "A Light in the Tower: A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education" disproves Horowitch's claims, evidencing the increasing difficulty of obtaining accommodations

eloquently against Horowitch & others like her in "Dangerous Over-Accommodation Myth" in @psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/livi... In it, she cites law professor @dorfmandoron.bsky.social who has studied the ways in which society inaccurately fears that disabled people, especially

This ableist take wistfully longs for the days that things were "simpler", fewer students had disabilities, and if they did, the accommodations were "uncontroversial, such as universities outfitting buildings with ramps and providing course materials in braille." @katiepryal.bsky.social writes

You know what that sounds like, @theatlantic.com @rosehorowitch.bsky.social? The gaslighting techniques that student services offices for accommodations deploy in intake interviews with disabled students, in which counselors tell students they do not really need xyz accommodations for 45 mins.

“It’s almost like it’s part of their identity,” Lindstrom said. TRAGIC! She continues: "By attributing all of their difficulties to a disability, they are pathologizing normal challenges," with Lindstrom quoted as saying: “When it comes to a disorder like ADHD, we all have those symptoms sometimes”

"Will Lindstrom, director of theRegents’ Center for Learning Disorders at University of Georgia, told me that the fastest-growing group of students who come to him seems to be those who have done their own research and believe that a disability is the source of their academic/ emotional challenges."

science professor who claims that since his model of human behavior is "people will act as they are incentivized to act", that's what's happening viz students and accommodations. Horowitch also frames the increasing number of students who have DONE THEIR RESEARCH on disabilities as 'problematic':

Which researchers? What are your sources? Horowitch misleads readers with claims like "No one is more skeptical of the accommodations system than the academics who study it."She then mentions one psychology professor's research in total, zero references to studies. She quotes a cognitive

diagnosed with conditions such as ADHD, anxiety, and depression, and by universities making the process of getting accommodations easier...more than 20 percent of undergraduates are registered as disabled...Not all of those students receive accommodations, but researchers told me that most do."

of ableist and inaccurate claims in your article. There are too many to include them all, but here are a few of them: You claim the process of getting accommodations at universities has become EASIER based on "researchers who told you" so. "The increase is driven by more young people getting

Accommodation Nation America’s colleges have an extra-time-on-tests problem.

@theatlantic.com @rosehorowitch.bsky.social No thank you for being the first this year (Jan 2026 print edition) to publish a misleading, misguided, and completely inaccurate take on disabled students in colleges who require accommodations: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... Rose, you make a number

Once you have called disabled people a burden, you have facilitated the devaluation, dehumanization and death of disabled people.

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Incredibly important article by @juliametraux.bsky.social: Reproductive autonomy is a disability justice and reproductive justice issue

Video Autism advocate on RFK Jr.’s promised autism study Colin Killick, executive director of the Autism Self Advocacy Network, joins ABC News Live to discuss how HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s comments about autistic people impact the community.

So proud of my friend @colinkillick.bsky.social resisting RFK's ableist, eugenic bullshit on national news! abcnews.go.com/US/video/aut...

Of course! Thanks for posting it!

Their jobs vanished. These historians want to ensure their stories don’t. An oral history project aims to document the stories of the federal workforce cuts. The project is open to all feds and contractors — even DOGE and Musk.

I'm really proud of Jason Chernesky for creating this oral history initiative with @oah.org We will need to understand the full ramifications of these months and these decisions 🗃️: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Please share with any and all federal workers and contractors! #oralhistory #laborhistory #histmed

Oral History Journal: Public History Editor - Oral History Society INVITATION FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TO JOIN THE EDITORIAL TEAM AS AN EDITOR OF THE PUBLIC HISTORY SECTION Oral History has included a separate section on the making, doing and presenting of oral hi...

Opportunity to join the editorial board of Oral History, working with me on the Public History section. Full details here, please share! www.ohs.org.uk/volunteering...

Include your memories, songs, photographs, etc. of Jonathan Sterne in #SCMS25 - details below. Thank you @askjerseth.bsky.social

It is with great sadness that I learned that Devva Kasnitz has past away. She was a disability champion and anthropologist extraordinaire. Devva, you were the first disabled anthropologist I had ever met (aside from myself) and a true friend and role model. I will miss you more than you can know.

#DisabilityAnthropology folks: this Wednesday, a panel on "Cripping Ethnography" with @erindurban.bsky.social @mirandadj.bsky.social @sumicol.bsky.social @kikiyates.bsky.social via Zoom! If you'd like to attend, please DM @erindurban.bsky.social for details.

Would love to be included! Thanks

Very sad to learn of this news.

I'm feeling heartbroken this morning after waking to the news that the brilliant Jonathan Sterne has passed. Even knowing he was sick, this is way too soon. We worked together on www.dukeupress.edu/the-audible-... a genius rethinking of what sound is & on the MP3 book. Field makers. A huge loss. RIP

**Black UK PhD students**

Fully funded PhD study - fees and stipend

-Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences
-Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

**Tell everyone**

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