Nancy E Hansen, PhD, Professor, Director, Interdisciplinary Master's Program,Disability Studies Accessibility is not an optics issue or a choice it is a necessity If you say I have special needs ... then just say the word disabled. Euphemisms only fuel ableism. Disability is not a dirty word. Haben Girma 128 Education Building University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2 Email:Nancy.Hansen@umanitoba.ca<mailto:Nancy.Hansen@umanitoba.ca> Chapter 18: DisAppearing Disability: Disability MAiD Invisible, by Nancy Hansen https://canadianscholars.ca/book/disappearing/ ________________________________ From: Valerie Williams <Valerie.Williams@umanitoba.ca> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 8:58 AM To: Reg Urbanowski <Reg.Urbanowski@umanitoba.ca>; Nancy Hansen <Nancy.Hansen@umanitoba.ca>; Diane Driedger <Diane.Driedger@umanitoba.ca>; Tina Chen <Tina.Chen@umanitoba.ca>; Leanne Leclair <Leanne.Leclair@umanitoba.ca>; Cade Kuehl <Cade.Kuehl@umanitoba.ca> Subject: Please share below widely [Logo Description automatically generated]Ableism in the Academy: Who’s Listening? May 15, 2023 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (CT) Online Zoom Session<https://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/healthsciences/location/036CB4B1-1CDF-4FE8-AAAF-F5F28CAE97E1/> The academy is very comfortable with the level of oppression experienced by disabled people. The assumption that a disabled person shows up is exceptional. “We are letting you in, but we are letting you in on our terms.” The colonial bias of disability is based on a medieval notion; the presence of disability compromises the elite nature the academy has built up over hundreds of years. Ableism has been reinforced by the medicalization of disability and the medicalization of suffering. Disabilities studies sees the presence of disability as a human rights and social justice issue. The purpose of this panel discussion is to discuss these concerns and provide concrete solutions to these substantive issues. Moderator: Valerie Williams, Director, Office of Equity, Access & Participation, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Panellists: Dr. Melanie Thorley, University of Greenwich Alicia Pauld, Montreal-based activist, public speaker, writer, content creator, organizer, artist and sociology and sexuality studies graduate Dr. Wesley Crichlow, University of Toronto, Critical Race Intersectional Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Decolonization (CRIEDID) scholar For more information, contact: Elizabeth.Markwart@umanitoba.ca<mailto:Elizabeth.Markwart@umanitoba.ca>