give your input by Oct 15 on the restructuring of IES: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... #Research #HigherEd #Academia

New Pub alert! A project during my transition from Florida State University to The University of British Columbia, from doc student to assistant professor was spent on the project that is now finally live: journals.sagepub.com/eprint/RP6TA... #Blind #Disability #HigherEducation #Career

Autumn is my fav. It is hard to focus on gratitude when the world is imploding but today my building showed me why I need to be intentional #StayInGratitude #FallIsMyFav

Happening in Canada- under-funding public schools and taking supports from children with disabilities #PublicSchools #Disability #UnitedNations #RightToEducation #Academia #Inclusion ????

My colleagues are losing funding left and right: and its not just research it is to train specialists teachers. It was a quick Friday afternoon dump that got my field on fire, here is a mainstream article #Disability #DEI #TeacherPreparation #Academia #Blind #LowVision #TSVI #COMS #Braille #Deaf

1/4 An American company has made an application for 77 long term leases of Crown Land along the coast of BC, Vancouver Island, and Gulf Islands! Comments are open until October 5th latest at comment.nrs.gov.bc.ca #NotaState #KeepCanadianLand #Outdoors #BuyCanadian #ProtectCanadianLand

As a family of history and documentary lovers we watched Churchill’s war in the spring, and this weekend the Turning Point. I was raised in Eastern Europe most history we learned were ‘local’- so to learn more about from a US point is fascinating. 🧐 #HistoryRepeats #WhenWillWeLearn

A new practitioner oriented article for training vision professionals #Blind #LowVision #PersonnelPreparation #TSVI #COMS #TeacherPreparation #Disability #HigherEducation #Academia

Another great book I learned a lot from: The Inconvenient Indian by King Now I need to watch the documentary. #MyPriviledge #MyResponsibility

Calling on people in #EarlyLiteracy #Academia A colleague due to the recent funding shake-up in the USA is now looking for a new position. She is not on socials so I am posting for her. She is currently at Boston Uni in MA #HigherEdSky #EduSky #PhDChat www.researchgate.net/profile/Sen-...

Excited to share that I was recently featured in Teaching in Focus! Happy to have recently celebrated two-years at UBC. It's the perfect way to recognize the progress. ubctoday.ubc.ca/news/july-07... #InclusiveEducationm#TeacherPreparation #Accessibility

Some know that I have been working on research around consent. Recently -as a follow up to a 2022 TASH conference presentation- I was asked to talk about this near and dear topic. 1/2 #Consent #ConceptDevelopment #ForcedCompliance

As an european born, american educated person teaching in higher ed- this was an amazing read for many reasons. 1. Amazing history lesson that reflects many of today’s college student 2. Importance of DEI in education. #HigherEd #Education #DEI

I feel worn out, but we got 16 of the 17 of the teachers of students w. visual impairments cohort to graduation- submitted all grades to make it happen. It is the the first time that I taught the same people for two years. I hope to see them all walking for graduation. #MyFirst #Cohort13 #TSVI

"Out of sight, out of mind ..." When this practice becomes policy, #disability communities die. Watch, listen, learn, share. Honor #disabled pioneers who came before, so the Next Gen can learn from past mistakes #ChangeNotCharity 3/25 on @amexperiencepbs.bsky.social, dir by @jimlebrecht.bsky.social

I am a teacher & have worked with children with #disabilities for decades. There are so many #discriminatory practices I learned of in BC in just 1.5yrs of living here- and no real legal protection. If you can support this family pls. We are pre-ADA times in 🇨🇦 www.gofundme.com/f/help-james...

Wisdom www.instagram.com/reel/DG5_66K...

About 3 or so years ago, we stayed at a friends’ house while we attended a conference in SF, and I took a pic of a book: Unworthy Republic. It is my current read. Its a must read for those who want to learn about colonialism and gaslighting. #EDID #HumanRights #IndegenousRights Link below

Forgot about the time change and thought #Sàndor was very polite waking me up this morning. Nope, he was right on time.

Check out the lyrics #RenMakesMusic #MoneyGame “Of fear when they support the ideas that keep us separate When the make us believe that everybody is coming to terrorise you in the streets they say proudly through gritted teeth “Its my right to hate, thats freedom of speech” youtu.be/0ivQwwgW4OY

Even my cat things we are living in a dumpster fire Faces of #Sàndor an hour before dinner within a span of 15 minutes

I am so grateful to have a job, where I can take half a day to tend to my health and live in a place where I can take public transport and walk. (Now if i could also score a family doctor - its been nearly 2 yrs of waiting) #Vancouver #BC #grateful

Drove south, by the 99 you can often sight eagles.They make me irrationally happy and remember when in N.CA at camp seeing one was a treat. Learning how salmon and eagle ate essential local first nations makes them even more cool. #Eagle #WinterInBC #SnowInTheClouds

"It’s difficult to understand why someone who has a car factory in both China and in Germany, whose rocket business is ultra-dependent on relationships with sovereign nations and who is busy cutting $2 trillion in US government expenses and running five companies, is obsessing about [a] ... ."

Maybe this is why there is no way to disable copilot on Mac. Been so frustrated. I need cloud for collab but might need to switch away from 365. No notice from MS makes this shady as F* Check your subscription! Ps: Adobe discontinued standalone software going to subscription model #Monopoly

I was in a training this week and a quote was shared in the chat, which I promptly shared on the weekly discussion board in my asych course. It has been fascinating to see how the students- for whom this is the last course (on multiple disabilities) before their MEd have reacted. 🧵1/3 #Autonomy

Some of my students at FSU looked at me weird and some were triggered when I spoke about emergency preparations for our k-12 students. Talking about active shooter and fire drills for students with multiple impairments often caused a stir. 🧵 1/4 #Disability #Accessibility #HumansMatter

In the last year, teaching in Canada, having moved from the USA, I have been praising the USA disability movement and laws that provide some recourse and protection for families. When companies create something new…. 🧵1/2

The rain stopped, and I finally felt good enough for a walk #BoxingDay walk #PointGrey

Merry christmas everyone

On my LinkedIn I reposted a post around accessibility shaming. Now, without shaming, how does one inform a colleague who works in special education, that the terminology ’special needs’ ‘special needs student’ are not kosher?! It hasn’t been for a while. 🧵1/4 #EdySky

The skies are on fire #Sunset #PointGrey

Took me nearly 4 hours to set up a simpler CV for organizations outside of UBC. The academic template we are required to use is anything but accessible nor is it user friendly. #DifferentExpectations #Accessibility #AcademicSky

Does anyone ave access to 1998 summer Vol 12, No 4 Rethinking Schools: "The History of Sexuality Education" By Priscilla Pardini #EduSky #AcademicSky

Highlights of the week thus far 1. Missed a meeting because a random zoom link only to me with no date or time did not trigger me to go back to previous email chains to see when that mtg was supposed to be #CalendarInvitesWork 1/3

I do not feel bad about my review (I got copied on dec. email; reviewer 1 wasn't kind either). "I hope you find the reviewers' comments helpful as you revise this work. In particular, Reviewer #2 has provided you with detailed and contemporary recommendations to improve your work." #AcademicSky

Please clap: I submitted an article review 10 days before its due date. Took me two days because I hate being Reviewer 2, but I should just tattoo it on myself and own it. #AcademicSky

#Disability #UnitedHealthCare May she rest in peace.

Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart. medium.com/nightingale/...

This article is so upsetting, especially as two weeks ago ai saw the swelling and bruising on my best friends ankle/leg caused by a 9 year old. #EduSky #Disability #AcademicSky School special education staff are sometimes hurt by the students they serve www.npr.org/2024/12/05/n...

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Good morning December 2024- sunrise

And there... grant #3 is submitted within my first 15 months at UBC (2 granted). Now if the articles that were submitted would just get through the review processes and my ethics would get be approved to start the actual work. #AcademicSky #HigherEd

how many times do u attempt to put lights on a xmas tree? Because i did it correctly, then second guessed and removed it, then did it wrong, so third time was the charm. No wonder it feels like too much work. #Christmas

Working on a conference abstract and returned to one of my fav's "To persuade is more trouble than to dominate, and the powerful seldom take this trouble if they can avoid it. Charles Horton Cooley "

When you have your writing group at 6am, you catch the sunrise beyond UBC over the mountains #PointGrey #UBC

Set your settings to make yourself #AltText proof. No post is so important that one does not have about 5 seconds to write one- you are scrolling on socials anyways. #Disability #HigherEd #EduSky #Academia

Question for a home for my article: it is sex ex/healthy relationships/disability with how to think of it in a new way and approach it with practical examples for teachers of all kinds- very much practitioner/caregiver oriented but TEC wont go for it… Ideas? #HigherEd #TeacherPrep #Academia

Not sure why, but this video on IG of this young child in a fairy outfit and tiara with botched make up which looks like an even dark pink blush all over- but mostly the emotion and words- make me think of my research agenda #Research #Academia www.instagram.com/reel/DCUzwUs...

Much earlier snow then our first winter last year. Thankfully no freeze to go along to cause complete havoc #PointGrey #Vancouver