American Campus Podcast
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American Campus Podcast
Disability accommodations since Covid-19 with Jennifer Leigh
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Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
Jennifer Leigh discusses the academy's struggle to accommodate learners and workers with disabilities, mental health challenges, and neurodivergences--especially since the Covid-19 pandemic. We talk about how US ed-tech companies take advantage of disability and mental health accommodations to exploit student and faculty intellectual property.
References mentioned this episode:
- Jennifer Leigh’s faculty page
- Nicole Brown and Jennifer Leigh, eds. 2024. Ableism in Academia: Theorising Experiences of Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses in Higher Education. UCL Press.
- Paul Novosad, Sam Asher, Catriona Farquharson, and Eni Iljazi. October 2024. Access to Opportunity in the Sciences: Evidence from the Nobel Laureates.
- Torsten Bell. December 7, 2024. “The Science Behind Winning a Nobel Prize? Being a Man from a Wealthy Family.” The Guardian.
- Octavia Butler books
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