This episode features Pauldy Otermans who provides us with insight about how educational and conversational style AI tools like her own creations Teddy AI and the Otermans institute can assist with reducing exclusion in education towards  marginalised students such as the disabled .

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In today's Enabled in academia episode we discuss the Adjust KCL campaign witch aims to improve the university life of disabled students at Kings college London , and we discuss the student life in general and share tips on how to excel in studying !

During today's Enabled in academia episode we discuss Emily's advice for disabled Students and her amazing  charity work involvement .

In today's Enabled in Academia episode we discuss how to access a specific learning difficulty form at KIng's College London KCL and the assistive technology offered by KCL for disabled students .

This episode of the enabled in academia podcast provides insight into some of the potential alternative arrangements that disabled students can claim for instance PAA exam adjustments .

Hosted by Heena Sobhani this episode will be discussing weather or not the access for disabled politicians  and academics is adequate enough in the UK and European  parliamentary  settings .

To celebrate the International Day of Disabled Persons I'm releasing a special episode with the wonderful Richard Cartwright. As Richard says in our chat, 'Be ambitious. I have a story tell: I’m going to tell it and see what happens'.  To get in touch with Richard, please send him an email at: R.J.Cartwright@soton.ac.uk or follow him on Twitter @insightfulrich.

In this episode I talk to the positively dynamic Miranda Melcher who has just submitted her PhD thesis. She chats about her research into learning differences and her important teaching primer. Her Three basic principles for all teaching are:Be specific Be transparentBe mindful An overview of Miranda's principles of inclusive teaching: https://accessibility.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2021/02/08/low-effort-high-impact-how-small-changes-to-your-teaching-can-create-a-more-inclusive-learning-environment/The full inclusive teaching primer: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g-4uH_FyU5M5yX4DFUJVIJGKN1qwc9su81kLYgM64dE/edit#heading=h.2e24rti9ma4wIf you are interested in inclusive training workshops, there are more at King’s and maybe more to come elsewhereA talk and discussion about disabilities and neurodiversities in UK higher education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqLprpMZnC4The book Miranda's a co-author of: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030561079

In this episode, I chat with Anne about her research around experiences of chronically ill people in the workplace, especially around disclosure. We have a look at how COVID-19 has impacted reasonable adjustments, and some worries we have for the future of chronically ill and disabled people in the workplace post-COVID.Some more resources from Anne (if it's paywalled, feel free to email me at: enabledinacademia@gmail.com and I'll send it through):‘Controlled by food’– lived experiences of coeliac disease, Sverker  G. Hensing  C. Hallert- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-277X.2005.00591.xQuality of life in coeliac disease: qualitative interviews to develop candidate items for the Coeliac Disease Assessment Questionnaire, Helen Crocker, Crispin Jenkinson, and Michele Peters- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6038864/

In this episode, I speak with Dr Nicoletta Fossati, consultant anaesthetist at St. George's hospital, and honorary reader in clinical education and anaesthesia at St. George's University of London. We chat about navigating one's 'new' identity after becoming suddenly disabled later in life, and the grieving process that accompanies this process. Nicoletta tells us about the perks of being a 'reformed perfectionist' as a disabled clinician and academic.

I chat with the amazing Nicole Schroeder, a PhD candidate at the University of Virginia, about her incredible collective. We also discuss the importance of representation of disabled academics in tenure and high-level positions in the academy. Important links mentioned:Nicole's website: https://www.nicoleleeschroeder.com/DAC website: https://disabledacademicco.wixsite.com/mysiteNicole's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nicole_Lee_Sch?s=20DAC Twitter : https://twitter.com/DisabledAcademDEHEM Twitter: https://twitter.com/DisInHigherEdAcademic Ableism: https://www.press.umich.edu/9708836/academic_ableismAbleism in Academia: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/123203

I chat with Ahou, a fellow PhD candidate at King's,  about the implications of Covid crisis for disabled scholars and the importance of placing anti-ableist reflexivity at the centre of good research practice.

In this episode I speak to Abbie Russell, the co-chair of Access King's, the Staff Disability Inclusion Network at King's College London. We speak about the importance of peer support and official disability networks for the disabled academic community. Key links from the episode:Access King’s - https://www.kcl.ac.uk/hr/diversity/get-involved/networks/access-kingsTop tips for communicating whilst wearing a face coveringTop tips for accessible online meetingsIoPPN Disability Inclusion Working Group (internal only) - https://internal.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/diversity/disability/DisabilityNeurodiversity Toolkit (internal only) - https://internal.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/diversity/disability/neurodiversity-toolkit

In this episode, I speak to Barry Hayward, the head of student disability services at King's College London. We speak about disability as a verb rather than a noun -- it's something done to you by an inaccessible environment.

A podcast about being disabled in academia.