Writing and Media
Essays and interviews on disability, structural ableism, and accommodation system design.
Writing
Essays and written interviews on disability, structural ableism, and the design failures that shape accommodation systems.
Why Your Accommodation Process Is Costing You Top Talent
Article · LinkedIn
An analysis of how workplace accommodation systems drift from collaborative problem-solving into adversarial compliance, and what effective institutional design requires instead.
Ableism Nearly Killed Me — Recognizing It Saved My Life
Essay · Medium: Human Parts
An account of living with Just-Right obsessive-compulsive disorder, navigating failed accommodations in two institutions, and reframing those failures as structural rather than personal.
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Karin Boxer
Written interview · Dialogues on Disability
A wide-ranging conversation on moral responsibility, structural ableism in academia, accommodation failures, and the institutional norms that shape exclusion.
Media
Podcast and media appearances on disability, ableism, accommodation systems, and institutional reform.
Start Where You Are — Understanding Ableism
Podcast Appearance · Start Where You Are (conversation with Kim Lloyd)
A conversation on ableism as a structural belief system, how it shapes workplace and academic expectations, and the costs of accommodation failure for both disabled people and institutions.
Adding Structure to the Interactive Process
Video Interview · Disability Idea (conversation with Myles Wallace of Peak Performers)
A recorded conversation on why the ADA interactive process fails in practice and how structural redesign — including employer-led identification of accommodations, consultation with appropriate expertise, and structured iteration and follow-up — changes outcomes.
Karin Speaks to Morgan About “Just-Right” OCD
Audio Interview · StoryCorps (More About Us Disability Visibility Oral History Project)
A conversation with a former student, who also lives with Just-Right obsessive-compulsive disorder, on navigating academia, disability, accommodation, and the structural consequences of ableism.