Please join us for our upcoming SIG-HLTH Webinar: Cripping Conferences: Rethinking Accessibility and Participation in Academic Spaces (6/19, 2 PM EDT)

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Please join us for our upcoming SIG-HLTH Webinar: Cripping Conferences: Rethinking Accessibility and Participation in Academic Spaces (6/19, 2 PM EDT)

1. Please join us for our upcoming SIG-HLTH Webinar: Cripping Conferences: Rethinking Accessibility and Participation in Academic Spaces (6/19, 2 PM EDT)

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Twanna Hodge

Posted May 21, 2025 12:01 PM

FYI!!!!

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From: Beth L St Jean <bstjean@umd.edu>
Date: Tue, May 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Subject: Please join us for our upcoming SIG-HLTH Webinar: Cripping Conferences: Rethinking Accessibility and Participation in Academic Spaces (6/19, 2 PM EDT)
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Please mark your calendars for Thursday, June 19, from 2-3 PM EDT. SIG-HLTH will be hosting the following virtual webinar, "Cripping Conferences – Rethinking Accessibility and Participation in Academic Spaces," with speakers Rhys Dreeszen Bowman and Leah Dudak. Drawing from their personal and scholarly insights as disabled scholars, they will critically examine how academic conferences often fail to meet accessibility needs and how these experiences illuminate broader inclusion issues within academia. Attendees will learn about the nuanced challenges disabled academics face in conference spaces and engage in a dialogue around actionable strategies to make conference participation more equitable. This session supports SIG-HLTH's ongoing advocacy for hybrid access and aligns with broader ASIS&T initiatives to foster inclusion.

Registration link is here: https://www.asist.org/meetings-events/webinars/crippingconferences/

Please feel free to share the attached flier with anyone who might be interested.