I'd consider it a bit of a plus if folks would stop using "special needs" to describe needs that people have. Talk about access needs (which everyone has and they all differ from each other) and talk about accessibility, but please don't play along with systemic ableism's constant rhetoric of setting disabled people apart as lesser or "more expensive" than people who are not yet disabled. #Ableism #Disability #Accessibility #a11y

I'd consider it a bit of a plus if folks would stop using "special needs" to describe needs that people have. Talk about access needs (which everyone has and they all differ from each other) and talk about accessibility, but please don't play along with systemic ableism's constant rhetoric of setting disabled people apart as lesser or "more expensive" than people who are not yet disabled. #Ableism #Disability #Accessibility #a11y

@sundogplanets Not to mention ableist AF not to. Botany Society of America has even made their disability group at conferences only an in-person thing, FFS.

#Ableism #AcademicChatter #ClimateChange