Disabled for Accessibility In Space (DAIS)

Hey there spoonies, as you can tell I haven't had much energy for posting here but we are still connecting in other ways. If you'd like to join DAIS head over to disabledinspace.org/members/ to find our Facebook group and Slack channel :) Happy New Year!

Finally packaging up the Disabled Pride pins we made for @disabledinspace to mail out. Looking forward to handing some out at conferences this year. If you don’t know about DAIS you can find us at disabledinspace.org. We have a FB group and slack channel, door always open 🙂

I am in a state of disbelief: My first solo published articles has been named by @educationarena as one of the top Education articles published this year. The quoted tweet has no alt text, so I am going to write out alt text in this thread: Blue background with Routledge 1/

We got two new members during my talk :) Welcome, all! More info can be found at disabledinspace.org.

We are ONE WEEK AWAY from the 2021 #SciAccess Conference! This Nov 12 & 13 virtual event will feature keynote talks from astronauts @SirishaBandla and @cboshuizen, @macfound fellow @BerkeleyBlink, and @astroaccess Ambassador Apurva Varia. Register today! eventbrite.com/e/sciaccess-20…

Huge Win! Fed. judge orders CA to provide remote learning to #disabled students who can't safely return to in-person school. Emergency order covers 15 #HighRiskCA children represented by DREDF, @DisabilityCA & Vanaman German. Judge expected to expand order is.gd/xjpfy3

.@NASA's Space Flight for Everybody 2021 virtual symposium includes a panel discussion, moderated by Maneesh Arya, with a talk titled "Disabilities As a Challenge, Not a Barrier to Spaceflight." @disabledinspace @astroaccess #AstroAccess Info & more 👇 nasa.gov/hrp/spacefligh…

It’s been difficult to articulate, even to myself, why #AstroAccess has felt so important to me. Of course it takes work to build a more inclusive world and of course space should be inclusive too, but if human spaceflight isn’t really my passion then why participate myself? 🧵

Trying again with a link that works--> Nice to see #AstroAccess made the @nytimes! :) Also did I mention there was a @Radiolab journalist with us all weekend? Excited for that! nytimes.com/2021/10/22/sci…

"We need to understand that it is our environments that are disabling, not individuals that are disabled." - Sina Bahram, AstroAccess Flight 1 Ambassador

Flight 1 Mission accomplished! Congratulations to our entire team of disabled and non-disabled researchers, organizers, and operators - on the plane and behind the scenes - as well as our amazing supporters and partners. This joy on our Ambassadors' faces is thanks to you.

Today we make history as our 12 #DisabilityAmbassadors take to the skies aboard @GoZeroG. Representation matters and today is our first #BigLeap towards making space accessible. #AstroAccess #AstronautInTraining #DisabilityTwitter

So proud of our #NASAScience colleague Dana Bolles who was selected as 1 of 12 ambassadors for the 1st crew of the privately funded @AstroAccess project. She'll fly on a zero-gravity flight to help determine how to adapt spacecraft for disabled astronauts: go.nasa.gov/2YHtDhA

Today we are proud to announce the 12 #AstroAccess #DisabilityAmbassadors selected to participate on a weightless parabolic flight w/ @GoZeroG on October 17 - testing accessible design in zero and high gravity environments. To learn more, please visit: AstroAccess.org

As we launch Disabled Empowerment in Higher Education Month, it's important to talk about what disability means, how it is defined and discussed, and the basics people need to know. This thread will kick off #DEHEM21 by serving as “Disability 101" #DisInHigherEd (1/27)

Congrats to @CGKings317 @elizabethsibert @ZKillingback and @ProfAtchison for the Outstanding Paper Award from @nagtgeo for: Nothing about us without us: The perspectives of autistic geoscientists on inclusive instructional practices in geoscience education". Well deserved!

Want to support our mission for #AccessibleSpace & get a cool shirt? Lucky for you we've partnered with People Love Art where every purchase from the Demand Accessible Space collection benefits AstroAccess and the #DisabledArtists behind the designs. Shop PeopleLoveArt.com/AstroAccess

At least 30 openly LGBTQ+ athletes are competing in the Paralympic Games, a record number. trib.al/scg6G4Z

Hey! Did you do a PhD but have to give up your education/career due to chronic pain, illness, migraines, etc? Well. Me, too! And I want to hear your stories!! What have you done since? What advice do you have? What do you recommend? #NEISvoid #AcademicTwitter @DisabledAcadem

For everyone teaching this term: do you recommend students to go to the Accommodations Office at your uni? If you do, are you aware of what that process looks like? Hint - the process is not good. It is not empowering. It is costly, time consuming, and demoralizing. 1/10