Writing and Media
Writing
Is Your Accommodation Process Built to Evaluate Requests or Find Solutions?
Article — SHRM
An analysis of how workplace accommodation processes can fall short when they focus on evaluating employee requests rather than actively identifying effective accommodations.
The article proposes three structural changes: starting with functional limitations rather than specific requests, systematically exploring accommodation options, and drawing on outside expertise when needed.
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Karin Boxer
Written interview — Biopolitical Philosophy
In this written interview with philosopher Shelley Tremain, I discuss my academic career, my experience of disability and ableism in higher education, and the institutional barriers that led me to leave academia.
The conversation explores how those experiences shaped my advocacy for more effective workplace accommodation processes, broader recognition of scholarship, and disability inclusion in higher education.
Ableism Nearly Killed Me — Recognizing It Saved My Life
Essay —Medium (Human Parts)
A personal account of living and working with Just Right obsessive-compulsive disorder, navigating failed accommodations in higher education, and eventually recognizing those experiences as structural rather than personal failure.
The essay examines rigid definitions of productivity and professional success, the harm caused when ableism remains unnamed, and the importance of creating alternative ways for disabled people to contribute.
Video & Audio
Adding Structure to the Interactive Process
Video interview · Disability Idea with Myles Wallace
A conversation about why the ADA interactive process often fails to function as collaborative problem-solving and what a more structured accommodation search would require.
We discuss the burden placed on employees to identify solutions, the limitations of relying primarily on medical expertise, the analysis of essential functions, and the need for continued iteration when an initial accommodation does not work.
Understanding Ableism
Podcast interview · Start Where You Are—Stop Thinking, Start Doing with Kim Lloyd
A discussion of ableism as a structural system, how assumptions about normalcy and competence become embedded in institutions, and why barriers produced by institutional design are so often interpreted as individual weakness or failure.