Category: IP

I have responded to the following resources in more depth in their own individual blogposts, and will try my best here to summarise my reflection from each below! UAL Disability Services Webpages – (Click here for full blogpost) From my personal experience with students, there is often incredibly long wait times to get screenings  –… Continue reading Blog 1: Disability

The article focuses on the intersectionality of being black and disabled, and the under-representation in both identities. I think my key take away from reading this interview is the fine line I need to walk as an ally to any marginalized group where I may have privilege (particularly as a white male) is to not… Continue reading #DisabilityTooWhite by Vilissa Thompson – A Reflection

A passage from this article really struck a chord with me, when Kharani refers to the lack of understanding and recognition to her condition and how it affects her daily life.. ‘This, in turn, leads to inability to seek out healthcare or help, as it was in my case, simply because years of asking and… Continue reading Deaf Accessibility for Spoonies: Lessons from touring Eve and Mary are having coffee – by Khairani Barokka. A Reflection.

Christine speaks of translating sound into a visual, and not thinking about sound as it is usually perceived to as others hear it. How can this be translated into my own practice? As an academic who has worked in industry and now teaches I can get very stuck sometimes in the right and the wrong.… Continue reading Christine Sun Kim – A Reflection

My initial reflections when first opening the webpage, is that there is a video as well as written text, which is useful for those with dyslexia or another specific learning difference where reading paragraphs of text can be challenging. The document itself is comprehensive and clear, however I feel it would be useful to have… Continue reading UAL Disability Services Webpages – A reflection

As part of our pre session Tasks we were asked to review a case study from the shades of noir journal. The case study I was given followed the experience of a young black female student, Thandie, who took part in a session where topics of ‘racism and racists acts’ were discussed insensitively, with problematic… Continue reading Case Study: It started with the Teacher – Shades of Noir

Our first task leading into the Inclusive Practices unit was to write a positionality statement giving both personal and professional context. Something I had never done before and wasn’t really sure how to go about doing. There was a video to watch and a paper to read to aid us in the task, but felt… Continue reading Positionality