Enabled in Academia

Insightful internships mentioned and strategies as well as Yinka's own career and higher ed story 

Bernadette Dudley - KCL mature and neurodiverse King's College London philosophy student .we speak about DISADVANTAGED student life too .women power

This episode is so interesting as MIchal and i chat about the journey and transition of being an international disabled student at a higher ed uni like King's ,we spoke about deadline extensions ,travel advice ,visa's and the kcl disabled students society etc 

Transcript of audioSpeaker 10:00Hi, Remy, thank you so much for appearing on today's enabled and academia podcast episode. We're really excited to have you. And it's my first time recording in person and like a studio in a way. So it's really cool. Fantastic. Okay, so normally the first question I ask all my guests is, can you tell us about your research interest in sort of a bit of information about yourself?Speaker 20:21Yes, thank you very much. My name is Remy up at sea. And I moved up to a researcher at King's College London, my research interest is exploring the accessibility of DAW and did a blaming digital audio workstation to blind music producers visually impaired producers. And the inspiration behind these area of inquiry is that a lot of the digital audio workstation we have I mean, these are audio workstation as simply music software, the software in which you're using composing, mixing and mastering sound audio production generally. So these software's are quite visual based, I mean, they are graphic based is a graphical representation of sound wave, if you see what I mean. So, graphical representation of sound waves. And the screen reader that blind people use in accessing digital content content are usually not compatible with this graphic element of anything at all. Although in this context, we are talking about digital audio workstation. And that is why I'm so keen on finding, exploring that aspect. Because when we talk about inclusivity a lot of people brag about how technology has revolutionised the music industry, and how it has democratised the industry that the big money of some sort have been broken. But in this context, if you talk about democratisation, and you still have a demographic of the industry, not given the opportunity to play their role, like every other regular person inclusivity is not there. And what is the essence of democracy? democratisation that ostracise on people. And my argument in this position of customers is not to dismiss the democratisation of the industry, by technology best that has happened. But I think I am had gained that. democratisation in in in the context of music production should be seen as a process rather than a true reflection of what the industry is about. So maybe I'm okay. That's, that's, that's the about my work for that. Yeah.Speaker 13:07Okay. That's so amazing and insightful. And it's so interesting about music and creativity as well, because we tend to have guests that are more like for like, law backgrounds or like STEM background, like humanities. So having a creative is so interesting for Yeah, okay, so my second question is, How has kacl King's College London Disability Services helped you?Speaker 23:33Whoa, yes. I'm there. They have been of immense help. Yeah, you know, sometimes I wish I could find something to criticise them about it, but I have I have none actually have known because they, I mean, I've been well support. I've received immense support by the disability service. Every contact I have there have been very responsive and responsible. So they have really made my study. quite encouraging, because, as a blind researcher, you have to go through a lot. Yeah, it's a tough one, you know, you have to do more. I mean, doing more than the regular is the social currency, that blind people using transact in navigating around the so the Disability Support has been really helpful from my first contact with them before my enrollment, you know, the necessary advice I needed and guiding me through the available resources and making the space encouraging me mean, I mean, we are speaking in my little space in the library. Of course, I use it more than a lot of people. So and I get this as part of the accessible measure that KCL app put in place for folks like me to have explosive study, because I use screen reader, I cannot be using these in the middle area in the library

Really exciting episode - learning about Disability inclusion from a staff member's viewpoint , Academia is a journey that involves both student and staff , so switching up perspectives is always great !!!! ENJOY  8th February is finally here for updates please visit @EnabledinAca on X aka Twitter 

In todays episode i had the pleasure of chatting with James about positive disabled role models throughout history but we also mention ideas about higher ed and disability inclusion and representation maintenance

During todays episode i had the pleasure of interviewing Caroline , we mention many topics ranging from self advocacy to the importance of disability educational inclusion within a variety y of Ed spaces ranging  from high school up to phd level .we mention Carolines Makefest project that aims to get young people involved  in tech , the events often attract thousands of attendees .we talk about the appreciation of  disabled teachers and the importance of seeing positive disabled  role models , TES teacher awards and her brave NhS uk magazine piece https://twitter.com/Ka81

in this episode i had the pleasure of interviewing Becca jiggens who is a TWIP company founder ( the work inclusion project ) who help academics apply for the access to work scheme to for example travel to work co with ease this company  deals with over 50 universities and has amassed over 40 employees .Becca is also a prominent legal and disability focusing academic from the university of Leeds , we discuss some of her published works 

From York university Canada , I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr Ameera Ali to discuss possible solutions to higher access for the disabled, we speak about disabled parents .

This episode features Pauldy Otermans who provides us with insight about how educational and conversational style AI tools like her own creations Teddy AI and the Otermans institute can assist with reducing exclusion in education towards  marginalised students such as the disabled .

In today's Enabled in academia episode we discuss the Adjust KCL campaign witch aims to improve the university life of disabled students at Kings college London , and we discuss the student life in general and share tips on how to excel in studying !

During today's Enabled in academia episode we discuss Emily's advice for disabled Students and her amazing  charity work involvement .

In today's Enabled in Academia episode we discuss how to access a specific learning difficulty form at KIng's College London KCL and the assistive technology offered by KCL for disabled students .

This episode of the enabled in academia podcast provides insight into some of the potential alternative arrangements that disabled students can claim for instance PAA exam adjustments .

Hosted by Heena Sobhani this episode will be discussing weather or not the access for disabled politicians  and academics is adequate enough in the UK and European  parliamentary  settings .

To celebrate the International Day of Disabled Persons I'm releasing a special episode with the wonderful Richard Cartwright. As Richard says in our chat, 'Be ambitious. I have a story tell: I'm going to tell it and see what happens'.  To get in touch with Richard, please send him an email at: R.J.Cartwright@soton.ac.uk or follow him on Twitter @insightfulrich. 

In this episode I talk to the positively dynamic Miranda Melcher who has just submitted her PhD thesis. She chats about her research into learning differences and her important teaching primer. Her Three basic principles for all teaching are:Be specific Be transparentBe mindful An overview of Miranda's principles of inclusive teaching: https://accessibility.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2021/02/08/low-effort-high-impact-how-small-changes-to-your-teaching-can-create-a-more-inclusive-learning-environment/The full inclusive teaching primer: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g-4uH_FyU5M5yX4DFUJVIJGKN1qwc9su81kLYgM64dE/edit#heading=h.2e24rti9ma4wIf you are interested in inclusive training workshops, there are more at King's and maybe more to come elsewhereA talk and discussion about disabilities and neurodiversities in UK higher education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqLprpMZnC4The book Miranda's a co-author of: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030561079

In this episode, I chat with Anne about her research around experiences of chronically ill people in the workplace, especially around disclosure. We have a look at how COVID-19 has impacted reasonable adjustments, and some worries we have for the future of chronically ill and disabled people in the workplace post-COVID.Some more resources from Anne (if it's paywalled, feel free to email me at: enabledinacademia@gmail.com and I'll send it through):‘Controlled by food'– lived experiences of coeliac disease, Sverker  G. Hensing  C. Hallert- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-277X.2005.00591.xQuality of life in coeliac disease: qualitative interviews to develop candidate items for the Coeliac Disease Assessment Questionnaire, Helen Crocker, Crispin Jenkinson, and Michele Peters- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6038864/

In this episode, I speak with Dr Nicoletta Fossati, consultant anaesthetist at St. George's hospital, and honorary reader in clinical education and anaesthesia at St. George's University of London. We chat about navigating one's 'new' identity after becoming suddenly disabled later in life, and the grieving process that accompanies this process. Nicoletta tells us about the perks of being a 'reformed perfectionist' as a disabled clinician and academic. 

I chat with the amazing Nicole Schroeder, a PhD candidate at the University of Virginia, about her incredible collective. We also discuss the importance of representation of disabled academics in tenure and high-level positions in the academy. Important links mentioned:Nicole's website: https://www.nicoleleeschroeder.com/DAC website: https://disabledacademicco.wixsite.com/mysiteNicole's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nicole_Lee_Sch?s=20DAC Twitter : https://twitter.com/DisabledAcademDEHEM Twitter: https://twitter.com/DisInHigherEdAcademic Ableism: https://www.press.umich.edu/9708836/academic_ableismAbleism in Academia: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/123203

I chat with Ahou, a fellow PhD candidate at King's,  about the implications of Covid crisis for disabled scholars and the importance of placing anti-ableist reflexivity at the centre of good research practice.  

In this episode I speak to Abbie Russell, the co-chair of Access King's, the Staff Disability Inclusion Network at King's College London. We speak about the importance of peer support and official disability networks for the disabled academic community. Key links from the episode:Access King's - https://www.kcl.ac.uk/hr/diversity/get-involved/networks/access-kingsTop tips for communicating whilst wearing a face coveringTop tips for accessible online meetingsIoPPN Disability Inclusion Working Group (internal only) - https://internal.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/diversity/disability/DisabilityNeurodiversity Toolkit (internal only) - https://internal.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/diversity/disability/neurodiversity-toolkit

In this episode, I speak to Barry Hayward, the head of student disability services at King's College London. We speak about disability as a verb rather than a noun -- it's something done to you by an inaccessible environment. 

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