Dialogue is vital to the research community. This week, PhD researchers Emma McCabe and Eeva Savolainen speak about navigating PhD life with disability and chronic illness, the labour of locating and gaining access to health resources, and the importance of connection and solidarity among chronically ill and/or disabled scholars.
Tag: disability
PhDs with a Disability
This week's guest blog is on a subject I've wanted to see more of on the SGSAH blog. It's from Jessica Secmezsoy-Urquhart, a first year PhD student at the University of St. Andrews. They are autistic, chronically ill, have anxiety, ADD, OCD, etc. Their research focus is the role of neurodiverse and bodilydiverse disabled entertainers … Continue reading PhDs with a Disability
