Today, we’re speaking with Brittany Gregg to discuss accessibility advocacy in higher education. Brittany is the Assistant Director of the Office of Disability Services, and a PhD student in higher education administration. In this episode, we’ll talk about inclusion, classroom accessibility, student advocacy, coalition building and the importance of educating ourselves about the narratives of people with disabilities.
Contacts:
Brittany Gregg
University of Alabama, Office of Disability Services:
www.ods.ua.edu
Media and Books:
Crip Camp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRrIs22plz0
Speechless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u55WK6AbaM
Switched at Birth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3pDkMDQsJM
Academic Ableism by Jay Dolmage https://www.amazon.com/Academic-Ableism-Disability-Corporealities-Discourses/dp/047205371X
Eli Clare- Activist and writer: http://eliclare.com/
Being Heumann by Judy Heumann: https://www.amazon.com/Being-Heumann-Unrepentant-Disability-Activist/dp/0807019291
Haben: The Deaf Blind Woman Who Conquered Harvard by Haben Girma: https://www.amazon.com/Haben-Deafblind-Woman-Conquered-Harvard/dp/1538728729
Local groups and Organizations:
MADDES (ADHD Peer Support Group), University of Alabama Student Organization
Eye to Eye Mentoring, University of Alabama
Crossing Points https://crossingpoints.ua.edu/
ACTS: https://autism-clinic.ua.edu/college-program-ua-acts/
Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) https://adap.ua.edu/
