4/12/23 | More Than Accessibility by Makena Metz

Makena Metz has generously shared an essay titled More Than Accessibility for circulation to visitors and readers of the Anti-Ableist Composition web presence. Click the file link below to access the full essay. A text-only version will be made available on this webpage soon. More Than Accessibility: The Effect of Student Writing in a Disability-Forward…

Writing Studies and Accessibility in “Unprecedented Times”

In response to our call for papers, "Writing Studies and Accessibility in 'Unprecedented Times,'" we received dozens of thoughtful submissions from college writing instructors who worked through the pandemic, responding to the changing needs of our students. We have modified our coursework, assignments, syllabi, policies, and many of us have revisited and reimagined our roles…

CFP: Writing Studies and Accessibility in “Unprecedented Times”

Anti-Ableist Composition Call for Papers "Writing Studies and Accessibility in "Unprecedented Times'" Link to Google Forms Submission Form Deadline: EXTENDED TO September 30, 2021 Editors: Psyche Z. Ready & Adam Hubrig Since March 2020, instructors of college writers have had to completely restructure our classrooms. Most of us had to transition in-person courses to online,…

Call for Collaborators • March 2021

The Anti-Ableist Composition Collective is seeking collaborators who will help expand our Collective's presence and solidify a collaborative, interdependent ethic of care. The Collective is especially interested in disabled and neurodivergent writers who can help in one of the following areas: Blog Editor: Responsible for reading and providing small amounts of feedback to writers who…

2/22/2021: “Trauma Sex: A Queercrip Erotic” by Johnathan Smilges

Today's #AntiAbleistComposition feature is "Trauma Sex: A Queercrip Erotic" by Johnathan Smilges. The essay is published in Disability Studies Quarterly and is available as an open-access essay in the 40:3 issue. Trauma Sex: A Queercrip EroticDownload

2/19/2021: “‘What it means to be human!’ A Conversation with Cornel West”

Today's #AntiAbleistComposition feature is "'What it means to be human!' A Conversation with Cornel West" curated by Eduardo Mendieta and published in Critical Philosophy of Race in 2017. A Conversation with Cornel WestDownload

2/17/2021: Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability by Aimi Hamraie

Today's #AntiAbleistComposition feature is Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability by Aimi Hamraie. Building Access was published by University of Minnesota Press in 2017. An excerpt of the text is included below. Building AccessDownload

Thursday February 18, 2021: Nirmala Erevelles at University of Washington 3pm Pacific Time

Neil Simpkins provided the following information via the Disability Studies and Rhetoric and Composition listserv. "The Disability Studies program at the University of Washington is hosting Nirmala Erevelles this week on Thursday at 3pm Pacific Time, and I thought I would share the info about the talk." Description "Scenes of Subjection": Carceral Logics and Disability…

2/15/2021 | THREAD: Planned blackouts and a weak power grid is a disability issue by Adam Hubrig

https://twitter.com/AdamHubrig/status/1361375381320835086 California power shutoff: how PG&E's actions hit the medically vulnerable the hardest 10/11/2019 Induced power outage leaves disabled people in the dark 10/11/2019 KosAbility: Ableism and the PG&E blackout 10/13/2019

2/10/2021: “Protecting Pandemic Conversations: Tracing Twitter’s Evolving Content Policies During COVID-19” by Lacy Hope

Today's #AntiAbleistComposition feature is "Protecting Pandemic Conversations: Tracing Twitter's Evolving Content Policies During COVID-19" by Lacy Hope. The essay is published in the 35:1 issue of the Journal of Business and Technical Communication. Protecting Pandemic ConversationsDownload essay