consulting Medical Physicist 🎆📏 Lindsay Jones, MS, DABR⭐ https://teapaw.org/t.co/330gWPwY7I⭐ AAPM Accessibility Subcommittee Chair⭐ she/her
Baltimore, MD
Joined July 2019
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MedPhysLindsay retweeted
I had so much hope in those early days. Hope that we would finally move towards a more inclusive society.
Governments and businesses had PROVED inclusion was possible.
Having it all ripped away when we rushed “back to normal” was one of the most painful parts of the pandemic
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Based on student feedback, I made slides available during lecture. Added alt text to images & made sure videos had captions. Provided voice feedback on essays by request (normally I provide it in written form). Gave make-up options for assignments for when students missed class.
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Funny thing: when I made my attendance policy more flexible, suddenly success & retention rates went way up… especially among the most marginalized demographics in that our college’s data center measures (equity metrics).
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It actually doesn’t hurt nondisabled students when other students get more time, or more absences, or whatever if you’re actually measuring learning rather than compliance. Student success rates remained stable or improved for all students.
MedPhysLindsay retweeted
But nobody told me about UDL. Nobody told me that, actually, I can craft policies that make the class more accessible to everyone. I didn’t learn that until I went through formal training on teaching for equity and did research on evidence-based practices for effective pedagogy.
This whole thread is great, and I am going to RT a few key points!
I was an ableist asshole when I first became a teacher. Because that’s what I was taught! In my defense, academic institutions told me a strict attendance policy was required. What changed my perspective & my assessment criteria? Disabled students 🧵
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MedPhysLindsay retweeted
I’d rather a few people who don’t need accommodations but receive them “get away scot free” if it means more disabled students who need them get them without undue hardship
MedPhysLindsay retweeted
Some excellent resources on #AcademicAbleism, #accommodations, #HigherEd and #Disability… for absolutely no reason at all:
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If you don't know how hard it is for disabled people to make it in academia, then do not write about it. Trust that people w/ embodied experience know what it's like, and uplift THEIR VOICES rather than your own hot take. If you can't research properly, don't write on this. 11/12
MedPhysLindsay retweeted
“Many of #COVID19’s earliest & most alarming effects involve the 🧠, incl a lost sense of smell, sluggish thinking, headaches, delirium & strokes…Scientists now worry that these symptoms may be early indicators of a coming surge in #dementia.” #MedTwitter
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LISTEN to people when they tell you how to identify them!
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MedPhysLindsay retweeted
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COVID Map Update Shows States With 'Very High' Viral Activity In Wastewater
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MedPhysLindsay retweeted
So jealous of a professional conference that requires masks!
All attendees at the #Socialism2024 conference are required to wear a mask.
And it’s fine. No one’s complaining nor rebelling.
Everyone is complying because that’s what you do when you care about others when Covid is still very much happening.
ALT Selfie of me wearing a mask at the Socialism 2024 conference in Chicago McCormick Place.
