Toward an Anti-Ableist Academy Conference Virtual Sessions

Toward an Anti-Ableist Academy Conference invites the campus community to learn more about creating a welcoming University climate that actively works toward embracing disability culture and experiences.

The Conference encourages open dialogue and discussion with students, staff, faculty and disability experts, providing opportunities to learn about best practices that ensure the disabled community can fully participate in campus life at the University of Michigan.

In addition to our kick-off and keynote speaker event on Tuesday, October 29, (https://diversity.umich.edu/events/anti-ableist-academy-conference/toward-an-anti-ableist-academy-conference-2024/), there will 4 virtual sessions held on Wednesday, October 30 and Thursday, October 31 to further encourage open dialogue and discussion with students, staff, faculty and disability experts, providing opportunities to learn about best practices that ensure the disabled community can fully participate in campus life at the University of Michigan.



Cripping the Syllabus: Using Crip Theory to Redefine Access and Accommodation

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Kitty Geoghan, GSI/Graduate Student/E&E

This presentation demonstrates practical applications of crip theory in the classroom with the aim of cultivating a radically inclusive and accessible course environment. Seated at the intersection of queer theory and disability studies, crip theory positions itself as a critique of compulsory able-bodiedness and an interrogation of the compulsory systems which enforce upon students the expectations of a normatively abled body. Through examples from my own English 125 course syllabus, I will explore how crip theory can be used in the classroom to resist these compulsory systems, moving beyond individual accommodations toward redesigning the fundamental structure of our academic spaces.

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