Towards an Accessible Academy
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Towards an Accessible Academy

Perspectives from Disabled Medievalists

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eBook - ePub

Towards an Accessible Academy

Perspectives from Disabled Medievalists

About this book

Higher Education is a rich and diverse environment which allows so many different types of people and disciplines to flourish. Medieval Studies is a particular confluence of this, with the meeting of history, literature, history of art, archaeology, and more. The contributors describe their lived experience of disability and how this intersects with the discipline of Medieval Studies, embracing both the challenges and the joy this can bring. They discuss teaching, research, and just existing within the university, bringing in theoretical approaches as well as linking to medieval texts. Towards an Accessible Academy provides a unique perspective on the state of accessibility within this field and in the university environment more broadly.

This volume sits between work which centers the experience of disabled academics and which provides guidance for supporting disabled students. While providing real-life testimonies of disability in the academy, many chapters also include practical advice on best practice in supporting disabled scholars and students, as well as how the authors feel connected to the medieval sources we study.

The book is also a call to action for all of its readers to actively practise allyship, providing clear examples of how we might all implement the advice given by contributors to improve the accessibility of our academy.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Frontmatter
  5. Content Note
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction: Towards an Accessible Academy
  8. Chapter 1 Hidden Disabilities in Academia
  9. Chapter 2 I Can’t Do Stairs: The Perks of Being a Fire Hazard
  10. Chapter 3 Challenging the Status Quo in Academic Practice: Increasing Accessibility in Higher Education
  11. Chapter 4 A Self-Harmer and Suicidal Plans: My Experience as a PhD Student
  12. Chapter 5 Stopping the Clock(s): Precarious Times in the Academy
  13. Chapter 6 Access, Accessibility, Attitude, and Structural Ableism
  14. Chapter 7 Stories out of Order: Autism and Medieval Studies
  15. Chapter 8 Narrative Leaks: Reflections on Incontinences
  16. Chapter 9 “Autism-Like?” Neurodivergence and the Premodern World
  17. Coda
  18. Appendix
  19. Index