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Navigating academia while distracted by shiny things. Advocating for meaningful diversity & inclusion. linktr.ee/theadhdacademic

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the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 09/09/2024
Higher ed friends: students are hit with a lot of rules, deadlines, and policies when classes started. Reminders don't mean they aren't taking college seriously. Your ADHD students will appreciate the reminders and I'm guessing they won't be the only ones. Extend some grace these first few weeks!
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Karen Costa (she/her) @karencosta.bsky.social · 30/08/2024
It's really interesting when you get accommodations letters for disabled students and you can say to them (and yourself), "All of these are already addressed in my course for all students because I run an accessible classroom." Just sayin! #HigherEd #FacDev #AcademicSky
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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 09/09/2024
Our Education Pathway maps paths through our immense website for those seeking to challenge existing systems and build neuroaffirming education. stimpunks.org/pathways/edu...
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Education Pathway
What might education look like in a system in which the acceptance, inclusion, and accommodation of every sort of bodymind represents an unquestioned baseline? This pathway guides us through the ablei...
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the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 29/08/2024
Folks in higher education, on September 3rd there's a virtual discussion of @margaretprice.bsky.social's new book "Crip Spacetime" organized by the Society for Disability Studies. Panelists include Aparna Nair, Benjamin Reiss, and Helen Rottier. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Back to School with Margaret Price & Friends. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Please join us this September 3rd from 12-1:30 EDT for the Society for Disability Studies' Back to School celebration with a discussion of Margaret Price's Crip Spacetime: Access, Failure, and Account...
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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
This is a public health failure. Again. The public health emergency (which provided funding) was rescinded with Biden saying “we have the tools” to manage COVID. But the tools are inaccessible. Vaccines are expensive. Masks are being banned. Support & get mutual aid, including free n95s and tests:
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COVID Action Map - Google My Maps
Mapping COVID action groups worldwide. Groups are not pinned to exact addresses. On Instagram and Twitter as @covidactionmap.
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ariel gordon @arielgordon.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
This is story is one of the nearly 200 (that we know about) of cops exploiting young people they encounter through the "Explorer" program. The program is supposed to foster an interest in policing in young people, but the cops are using it to recruit victims. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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How police officers preyed on teens in the Boy Scouts’ police Explorer program
Explorer posts, overseen by the Boy Scouts, are supposed to foster an interest in policing. They have faced nearly 200 allegations of misconduct.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 29/08/2024
Enraging and exhausting. I hate it here.
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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 29/08/2024
I'm glad this little tip resonated with lots of people. I do want to clarify a couple of things. 1) I meant this tip for people who actually have ADHD. Not in that way that people sometimes use it informally to just talk about forgetting or being a little scatterbrained. bsky.app/profile/polo...
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Ada Hagan, Ph.D. @dradawrites.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
How do you organize your sources? Mine were a hot mess until I discovered citation management software in grad school (back when Mendely was good). Now that it's not, what systems/software do you use? #PhDsky #AcWri #AcademicSky
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the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
#ADHD students, there are a whole bunch of formal accommodations that can help you, even in classes without exams. Don't assume test accommodations are it in higher ed. See this table of potential accommodations by type and how each may be useful: theadhdacademic.weebly.com/learning--ad...
Accommodations for ADHD go beyond tests! Yes, there are accommodations such as 1.5 time for tests, but there are a range of accommodations that can help with long lectures, big assignments, and even meeting with your advisor.
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Karen Costa (she/her) @karencosta.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
This is one of my favorite resources that I'm sharing with students so far. From Slow Factory. There are so many ways we can contribute. Our activism doesn't have to look like their activism. #HigherEd #FacDev #ClimateAction
Callings and Roles for Collective Liberation includes a list of ten possible roles including Analyst and Writer.Callings and Roles for Collective Liberation includes a list of ten possible roles including Abolitionist and Healer.
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Open Access Tracking Project @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2024
Retraction Dashboard retraction-dashboard.netlify.app
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Human Restoration Project @humanrestorationproject.org · 27/08/2024
We've just released an updated version of our AI Handbook! This work centers critical media literacy. (co-created with Trevor Aleo) Updated version includes information on digital humanities, AI incidents, and more. Download for free: www.humanrestorationproject.org/res…
A page from our AI Handbook focused on environment impact (page 27.)A page from our AI Handbook on digital humanities (page 19).A page from our AI Handbook on sexual misconduct & abuse (page 29).
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Maximum Mary @maximummary.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
I think “twice exceptional” created because too many people thought someone who was a strong reader or good student couldn’t have ADHD or some other learning issue. So many people denied ADHD diagnosis because they were in college! But, yes, people have made it very weird.
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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
🆓🔓Horlin, C., Hronska, B. & Nordmann, E. (2024) I can be a “normal” student: The role of lecture capture in supporting disabled and #neurodivergent students’ participation in higher education. doi.org/10.1007/s107... #bskySPEECHIES
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I can be a “normal” student: the role of lecture capture in supporting disabled and neurodivergent students’ participation in higher education - Higher Education
After the return to on-campus teaching post-Covid, reports of student disengagement and low attendance are common and anxieties over the relationship between lecture recordings and attendance have re-...
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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
"ADHD does not erase the awareness that you are making mistakes all the time. I do not exist in a carefree but chaotic bliss where I am unphased by the impact my actions have on other people. I exist in a constant state of deep anxiety..." YES
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the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 27/08/2024
I think EVERY student, graduate students included, should register with the disability office, and here's why. #HigherEducation #ADHD #Neurodivergent theadhdacademic.weebly.com/learning--ad...
Register with the disability office because

•Your circumstances may change. •The process can take time. • New technology may be available. to already be registered. wouldn't have thought of.

•If anything goes wrong and you need help, it's better • They may have ideas for accommodations that you

Graphic by the ADHD Academic. Do not reuse without permission.
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Chris Bogle @chrisbogle.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
I want to put together a feed for useful #adhd info & support for people here in the UK. Who should be on this list please? @theadhdacademic.bsky.social can you help? Seems most people still on the 'other place'?
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the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 26/08/2024
Oh right, I made an Instagram account. I remember that.
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the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 26/08/2024
Google forms that automatically email you a copy of the answers you just submitted = #ADHD -friendly. My brain is ten steps ahead in multiple directions and no, I have no idea what I just entered in that damn form 2 min ago.
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Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
“Campus administrators who think that they can appease right wing politicians by ostentatious abuse of their own students and faculty aren’t just abandoning the mission of higher education and betraying their purpose for existence — they are also wrong.” abuaardvark.substack.com/p/a-new-acad...
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A New Academic Year Confronts Gaza
On Gaza's universities and ours, plus this week's MENA Academy roundup and a very special offer.
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the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
Higher education friends, if you include 988 on your syllabus, maybe rethink this. Include a warning about the risk of using 988 and having the police show up without the caller's consent. Alternatives include: Trans Lifeline, Black Line, and Samaritans. theadhdacademic.weebly.com/other-bits/9...
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Simon is on strike ✊🏻 @simonxix.com · 19/08/2024
New post in my newsletter about open source software. This post discusses what to use instead of Microsoft Office and how you're using Microsoft Word for things it shouldn't be used for. opensauce.simonxix.com/microsoft-of...
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open source Microsoft Office alternatives
Let’s start with software that nearly everyone uses and just as many people hate: Microsoft Office. The Microsoft Office suite [1] is ubiquitous as word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation softw...
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 18/08/2024
I will be on a panel at the NSF AGEP Conference happening on October 8-10, 2024 in Arlington, VA! If you are interested in supporting the next generation of scientists from historically excluded and underrepresented backgrounds, learn more & register www.eventsquid.com/mobileapp.cf... #WomenInSTEM
Photos with short bios for Dr. Valerie Shears Ashby, Dr. Jasmine Crenshaw, Dr. Albert Gonzalez, Dr. Roosevelt Y. Johnson, Dr.Kat, Dr. Karl W. Reid, Dr. Brooke Coley, Dr. Lisa Merriweather
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the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
Well, that was short-lived.
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Dr. Sebastian A. Echeverri, PhD @spiderdaynightlive.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
oooh the title of this article makes me so mad "[ADHD] hasn't adapted to modern life" implies a failure on the part of ADHD genes/ppl with them. 'modern life' has been designed piece by piece, both consciously, subconsciously, and accidentally, to be incredibly hostile to ppl with ADHD
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 15/08/2024
Teachers! Some advice “about how to get ready for an autistic child who might be coming into your class, [plus]key tips that can make a classroom autism friendly and yet suitable for all children.” By Lynn McCann: reachoutasc.com/preparing-an...
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Preparing an autism friendly primary classroom. - Reachout ASC
Photo from Ann Memmott www.annsautismblog.com showing what visual hyper-sensitivity can be like in a classroom. “The classroom is each teacher’s mini-kingdom and the ‘home’ of your pupils for most of ...
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 08/08/2024
The US Access Board has partnered with @cendemtech.bsky.social & the AAPD and they're soliciting public comments on the topic of developing "AI" from a disability-centered perspective, working in the vein of "Equity, Access & Inclusion for All." So check here if you have something you'd like to add:
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U.S. Access Board
The U.S. Access Board is a federal agency that promotes equality for people with disabilities through leadership in accessible design and the development of accessibility guidelines and standards for ...
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the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
You've probably heard that ADHD may have been useful for our ancestors in their environment. In new research, they asked folks to virtually pick berries and looked at foraging efficiency. The folks who scored above a threshold for ADHD did better. www.discovermagazine.com/mind/prehist...
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Prehistoric Humans Had ADHD, Too, But the Trait Hasn't Adapted to Modern Life
Research shows that people with ADHD are better at foraging, an essential skill for prehistoric Homo sapiens.
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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
"the legal system will traumatize you for no reason*" is a pretty accurate lesson, tbh. *to flex power
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the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
I brought a couple of complaints to my HR recently & damn, I'm happy. They confirmed what I thought (yes, this looks an awful lot like disability discrimination) & are investigating. Fingers crossed folks. HR is not always the friend of disabled folks in #HigherEd so I had to share the news.
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the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 12/08/2024
There's a new paper titled, "Contributors to Underdiagnosis of ADHD among Asian Americans: A Narrative Review" focusing on the reasons for the disparity in estimated prevalence rates of #ADHD. (1/n) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 12/08/2024
Multi-part questions, inconsistent deadlines, and other seemingly harmless choices can make a BIG difference for ADHD students, even in higher education. Check for ADHD-unfriendly practices in your course. #AcademicSky theadhdacademic.weebly.com/teaching--ad...
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Ways you unintentionally create hell for your ADHD learners
Little things that can make a huge difference
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the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 26/07/2024
Here's my advice on how to design your course to be more ADHD-friendly. Strategies like scaffolding for projects and being very consistent with instructions will likely help all students, not only those with #ADHD #UDL #HigherEd #Teaching #DisabledInSTEM theadhdacademic.weebly.com/teaching--ad...
Check your assumptions.

Instructors may assume ADHD students are lazy, immature, rude, inattentive, or not taking the course seriously when the reality is often ADHD students are overwhelmed when given poorly organized instructions, excited to learn, making many connections very quickly, struggling to remember and work with all of their creative ideas, and frustrated because their brains don't fit the system.
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Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · 11/08/2024
This is ridiculous. It's all ridiculous. And cruel.
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Jordan Chiles Stripped of Olympics Bronze Medal Win, Her Sister Responds: ‘Racism Is Real, It Exists, It Is Alive and Well’
On Saturday the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled the inquiry filed on behalf of the American gymnast came four seconds too late
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the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 12/08/2024
Some folks see #ADHD as a superpower, others find it to be incredibly disabling, and plenty of people fall somewhere in the middle. All of these experiences are valid. ADHD is very heterogeneous.
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the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 10/08/2024
Call for Chapters: Decolonizing Universal Design for Learning –Innovations, Promising Practices, and Calls for Change from the Global South and Indigenous Communities. #UDL #Education #Educators #Decolonization #Teaching #Pedagogy www.csmflpublications.com/cfp-decoloni...
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Call for Chapters | Decolonizing Universal Desing for Learning –Innovations, Promising Practices, and Calls for Change from the Global South and Indigenous Communities | CSMFL Publications
The book also specifically seeks out scholarship that challenges the current whiteness of the UDL discourse and documents the need to develop a UDL literature that is specific to non Euro-Caucasian co...
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Gabrielle Plastrik @gplastrik.bsky.social · 09/08/2024
🗺🍎 I have been making classroom contracts for 19 yrs. Last year, I switched things up: I used this FHAO framework, a Lauren Porosoff values lessons, and a value sharing sheet idea from @marcusluther.bsky.social We truly used our contract and values all year. www.facinghistory.org/resource-lib...
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Contracting
Develop a classroom contract to create a community of mutual respect and inclusion.
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shaka 🦁👑 @beejonson.me · 10/08/2024
The rhetoric of decolonisation is supposed to make, even the most progressive white person, feel super uncomfortable. The rhetoric of decolonisation is one that understands and supports armed resistance from decolonised people, land back, and the dismantling of white supremacy in all its forms.
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the ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 10/08/2024
Surprising no one with ADHD, having our prescribed medications is important for our quality of life (note: I am not shading the research. We need the peer-reviewed research otherwise no one believes us when we tell them this). www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2024/08...
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ADHD medications hit by supply shortages important to improve quality of life
ADHD medications hit by supply shortages important to improve quality of life
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 07/08/2024
#AcademicSky 🧪👩🏿‍🔬 I thought this was SUPER interesting: “They discovered that [external] letters that discussed URM women candidates’ scholarship in greater detail could partially mitigate the disadvantages they face in the P&T process.”
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Joshua Grochow @joshuagrochow.bsky.social · 01/08/2024
cc #DisabledInSTEM #AcademicSky #academia #EduSky
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 07/08/2024
While likes are a nice tiny dopamine hit for an artist, they do nothing -at all- to help artists There is no algorithm here so your like doesn't even help visibility. Only reposts do Please share the art you see. It's the only way to encourage artists to stay. And it makes you one of the cool kids
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