In this episode of Voices of Academia, Emily chats with undergraduate senior, Syreeta Nolan (@nolan_syreeta), about how learning to accept her disability and see it as a capability, not a liability, has shifted her life for the better. This episode touches on self-acceptance, self-care, disability Twitter, seeing a counselor, juggling self-care with emerging opportunities, learning to say no, asking for help, and empowering the next generation to feel like they can make it in academia. *trigger warning* - there is talk of sexual, emotional, and mental abuse, and medical trauma. Resources: Kubler Ross – change curve https://www.blackinneuro.com/perspectives/i-am-black-and-disabled https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/11/12/could-disability-be-further-included-diversity-efforts Students with disabilities address the Board of the University of California for the first time to advocate for adjustments and support (includes personal stories) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBxKG2hpcWk&feature=youtu.be Alice Wong - Disability Visibility #MyDisabilityMadeMeGoodAt @DisInHigherEd @dismhmatters and #DisMHMatters Celebrate Recovery Zoom bombing interview - https://ucsdguardian.org/2020/06/03/a-response-to-the-racist-zoom-bomber/ #CripTheVote, a nonpartisan online movement encouraging the political participation of disabled people Full transcript available here For mental health support, please contact your GP or use the appropriate support for your country at https://checkpointorg.com/global/ Recorded 19/11/2020. Sound: Mindset by Ketsa is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, available through Free Music Archive. If you're interested in being interviewed, please submit this brief form https://buff.ly/3ls24yT You can find out more about us at https://voicesofacademia.com/ and @academicvoices on Twitter.

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