Interdisciplinary research on fibromyalgia & academic identity, embodiment. Interests: disability, identity, stigma. Research: https://xitter.cf/t.co/Qk6C8ZolQS
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The Social Course of Fibromyalgia: Resisting Processes of Marginalisation mdpi.com/1427176 #mdpiijerph via @IJERPH_MDPI
Excited to share my @MDPIOpenAccess article "The Social Course of #Fibromyalgia: Resisting Processes of #Marginalisation" published in the Int. J. Environ. Res. Public #Health special issue #ChronicDisease, #Disability, and #CommunityCare mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/1/333#
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Pls help. Created a new installation to represent #fatigue and tiredness when walking. Not sure what to call it though. Any suggestions? #Untitled #InMyShoes #WalkWithMe
ALT Two trainers on a board of wood. One trainer has elastic bands attached to its heel that are pulling the trainer back to the board.
What special opportunity today to present from my PhD and the fibromyalgia study that was the starting point for my @AbleismAcademia work and @UCLpress @policypress books: nicole-brown.co.uk/fibromyal…
What special opportunity today to present from my PhD and the fibromyalgia study that started it all: nicole-brown.co.uk/fibromyal…
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Very excited to have opened my parcel containing the @policypress book #LivedExperiencesOfAbleismInAcademia Thank you to all contributors!
ALT Photograph of a box with physical copies of the book “Lived Experiences of Ableism in Academia”
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Question for #MECFS and #Fibromyalgia patients:
How many of you experience crashes or a massive flare-up of symptoms after a blood draw?
What do you experience?
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In a new BERA Blog, @ncjbrown & @DrSchniff explain why academia is frequently ableist, excluding those w/ invisible disabilities & chronic illnesses – and why the Covid-19 pandemic has opened new doors to them.
bera.ac.uk/blog/invisible-di…
@FibroIdentity @AbleismAcademia @suprachem.
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Research journal competition!!
#WritingCommunity #AcademicTwitter #phdchat #phdlife
Tag me as you share pictures of your research journal and you may become named feature & contributor in @policypress @BrisUniPress book “How to make most of your research journal”. Pls RT!!
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So... it's December? This month I'll reflect on some of our 2020 Conference Inference highlights & share our top 10 viewed posts this year.
First up is @ncjbrown's fab post.
@AbleismAcademia @FibroIdentity @AcademicChatter @EmilyFrascatore
conferenceinference.wordpres…
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This poem resonates so strongly with how I feel on a daily basis. Thank you @DivyaSnape for sharing your words #Fibromyalgia #academiclife
"What hurts more is that people who don’t have a clue". In her poem Fibromyalgia and me @DivyaSnape highlights the experiences of an invisible condition. The @UCLpress book #AbleismInAcademia containing the full poem is free to download from here: uclpress.co.uk/products/1232…
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"Much of what people experience around disability in academia is hidden for fear of stigma and the perception of not being able to ‘keep up’." says @erg42 in her chapter of the @UCLpress book #AbleismInAcademia. Free to download from here: uclpress.co.uk/products/1232… #ChronAcCOVID19
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"Two key issues relating to having a chronic illness as an invisible disability within an abled-normative educational environment: invisibility and fluctuation" say @CarlaFinesilver @drschniff @ncjbrown in @UCLpress book #AbleismInAcademia uclpress.co.uk/products/1232… #ChronAcCOVID19
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"The decision about whether to disclose or to hide a condition is an act of self-preservation, information control and impression management – thus it is identity work" says @ncjbrown in the #AbleismInAcademia book #ChronAcCOVID19. Download from here: uclpress.co.uk/products/1232…
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"What hurts more is that people who don’t have a clue". In her poem Fibromyalgia and me @DivyaSnape highlights the experiences of an invisible condition. The @UCLpress book #AbleismInAcademia containing the poem is free: uclpress.co.uk/products/1232… #ChronAcCOVID19
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"It’s what I need to cope in this place that wasn’t built for me." The poem "A little bit extra" by @ellenspaeth embodies the lived experience of disabled academics. The @UCLpress book #AbleismInAcademia containing El's poem to download: uclpress.co.uk/products/1232… #ChronAcCOVID19
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Read of the Day: "Ableism in Academia: Theorising experiences of disabilities and chronic illnesses in higher education"
by IOE's @ncjbrown aka @AbleismAcademia & @UniKent's @DrSchniff, freely available on @UCLpress
uclpress.co.uk/products/1232…
@FibroIdentity
#ableism #openaccess
“Disclosure in academia: a sensitive issue” is Chapter 3 in the @UCLpress book #AbleismInAcademia and is based on #Fibromyalgia research @ucl_discovery pls RT? jstor.org/stable/pdf/j.ctv13…
3 conditions needed for disclosure: 1) personal acceptance of “otherness” 2) acceptance of differences at workplace 3) be sure there are no repercussions from “Disclosure in academia: a sensitive issue” jstor.org/stable/pdf/j.ctv13… Chapter 3 in Ableism in Academia
