Higher Education Workshops
Higher Education
Most campuses treat disability as an accommodation and compliance issue rather than a dimension of diversity reflected in institutional policy and campus life. Responsibility is concentrated in disability services and HR, while the everyday policies, practices, and routines that shape campus life for disabled students and faculty, and the ableist assumptions behind them, go largely unexamined.
I work with colleges and universities to identify and redesign those systems to improve access, strengthen belonging, and increase retention.
WorkplaceWorkplace policies and
practices often reflect assumptions about how work should be performed rather than what it needs to accomplish. Those assumptions create unnecessary barriers for disabled employees and narrow the accommodations organizations consider possible.
I work with employers to redesign the policies, expectations, and practices that produce those barriers and to restructure accommodation processes to more reliably identify and implement appropriate accommodations where they exist.
WorkplaceWorkplace policies and
practices often reflect assumptions about how work should be performed rather than what it needs to accomplish. Those assumptions create unnecessary barriers for disabled employees and narrow the accommodations organizations consider possible.
I work with employers to redesign the policies, expectations, and practices that produce those barriers and to restructure accommodation processes to more reliably identify and implement appropriate accommodations where they exist.
Higher Education
Most campuses treat disability as an accommodation and compliance issue rather than a dimension of diversity reflected in institutional policy and campus life. Responsibility is concentrated in disability services and HR, while the everyday policies, practices, and routines that shape campus life for disabled students and faculty, and the ableist assumptions behind them, go largely unexamined.
I work with colleges and universities to identify and redesign those systems to improve access, strengthen belonging, and increase retention.
Articles & Essays
Ableism Nearly Killed Me — Recognizing It Saved My Life
Essay · Human Parts (Medium)
A personal account of living with Just-Right Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, being denied accommodations on the tenure track, and coming to see that what nearly broke me was not personal failure but ableism, in both its institutional and internalized forms.
The essay examines rigid definitions of scholarly productivity, the harm of believing you don’t belong, and why institutions need more than one path to success.
Is Your Accommodation Process Built to Evaluate Requests or Find Solutions?
Article · SHRM
Organizations invest heavily in finding and developing talent, only to lose it through accommodation failures that are entirely preventable. This article explains how accommodation processes fall short when they focus on evaluating employee requests rather than actively identifying effective accommodations.
It proposes three structural changes: starting with functional limitations rather than specific requests, systematically exploring accommodation options, and drawing on outside expertise when needed.
Ableism Nearly Killed Me — Recognizing It Saved My Life
Essay · Human Parts (Medium)
A personal account of living with Just-Right Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, being denied accommodations on the tenure track, and coming to see that what nearly broke me was not personal failure but ableism, in both its institutional and internalized forms.
The essay examines rigid definitions of scholarly productivity, the harm of believing you don’t belong, and why institutions need more than one path to success.
Is Your Accommodation Process Built to Evaluate Requests or Find Solutions?
Article · SHRM
Organizations invest heavily in finding and developing talent, only to lose it through accommodation failures that are entirely preventable. This article explains how accommodation processes fall short when they focus on evaluating employee requests rather than actively identifying effective accommodations.
It proposes three structural changes: starting with functional limitations rather than specific requests, systematically exploring accommodation options, and drawing on outside expertise when needed.
Employment Workshops
Higher Education
WorkplaceWorkplace policies and
practices often reflect assumptions about how work should be performed rather than what it needs to accomplish. Those assumptions create unnecessary barriers for disabled employees and narrow the accommodations organizations consider possible.
I work with employers to redesign the policies, expectations, and practices that produce those barriers and to restructure accommodation processes to more reliably identify and implement appropriate accommodations where they exist.