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“Please be patient with me. Sometimes when I’m quiet it’s because I need to figure myself out. It’s not because I don’t want to talk. Sometimes there are no words for my thoughts.”

— Kamla Bolanos

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ID: close up of actor Ray Milland in character as “The Man with the X-Ray Eyes.” A white middle aged man with short brown hair shown from the shoulders up wearing a jacket and white collared shirt. He is unsmiling and looking directly at the camera. He has a thin angular cut adjacent to his right eye and a long single trail of blood is dripping down his right cheek and ends next to his mouth. He has a light purplish bruise on the top of his left cheek. He has a small dark bruise on the far edge of his left eyelid. The sclera of his eyes are black and his pupils are gold, giving him an eerie and “unnatural” appearance. The background is dark and a light is shining on him from behind on his right side.

For more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X:_The_Man_with_the_X-ray_Eyes

Ray Milland in X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963).

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“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”

— Gloria Steinem

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Disability in Graphic Novels #1

[ID: A poster reading "Disability in Graphic Novels (and Manga)" in black writing in the centre. A small, circular logo is in the top right corner. It is red with an open book in the middle, white leaves around the book, and the word "The Disability Archive" across the bottom. In the lower left corner, cartoonish clipart of a colourful stack of books. All of this is overlayed onto the disability pride flag. /end]

[ID: The same poster, edited. The writing has been removed and replaced by three book covers, with bulleted lists next to each. The images in both corners have been shrunken slightly. The book covers, from top to bottom, are:

"A Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability" The phrases "Non-Fiction", "LGBTQ+" and "Self-Help" are listed next to it.

"Constellations" The phrases "Addiction", "LGBTQ+" and "Realistic Fiction" are listed next to it.

"Dancing after TEN" The phrases "TEN/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, Scars, Blind", "Memoir" and "Non-Fiction" are listed next to it. /end]

[ID: The same poster, with three different book covers. The book covers, from top to bottom, are:

"Everything Is An Emergency" The phrases "OCD", "Memoir" and "Non-Fiction" are listed next to it.

"Frankie's World" The phrases "Autism", "Ireland" and "Middle-Grade Realistic Fiction" are listed next to it.

"The Golden Hour" The phrases "Anxiety, PTSD", "LGBTQ", "Realistic/Contemporary" and "Gun Violence" are listed next to it. /end]

[ID: The same poster, with three different book covers. The book covers, from top to bottom, are:

"Nimona" The phrases "Amputee", "Fantasy", "LGBTQ+" and "Young Adult Fiction" are listed next to it.

"The Third Person" The phrases "DID", "LGBTQ+", "Memoir" and "Non-Fiction" are listed next to it.

"Perfect World" The phrases "Wheelchair User", "Contemporary Fiction", "Japan" and "Manga (Series)" are listed next to it. /end]

[ID: The same poster, with three different book covers. The book covers, from top to bottom, are:

"The Sky is Blue with A Single Cloud" The phrases "Short Stories", "Multi-Genre Fiction", "LGBTQ+" and "Manga" are listed next to it.

"Stars in Their Eyes" The phrases "Amputee", "LGBTQ+", "Young Adult Fiction" and "Contemporary Romance" are listed next to it.

"I Hear the Sunspot" The phrases "Hearing Loss", "Contemporary Romance Fiction", "Japan" and "Manga (Series)" are listed next to it. /end]

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A collection of graphic novels and manga featuring disabled characters and/or discussions of disability!

I don't know if there'll be a part 2 to this, but if there is I might try and make it just a bit shorter.

Book List:

'A Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability' by A. Andrews

'Constellations' by Kate Glashee- Addiction

'Dancing After TEN: a graphic memoir' by Vivian Chong, Illustrated by Georgia Webber- Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN), Scarring, Blind

'Everything Is an Emergency: An OCD Story in Words Pictures' by Jason Adam Katzenstein- Blind

'Frankie's World' by Aoife Dooley- Autism

'The Golden Hour' by Niki Smith- Anxiety, PTSD

'Nimona' by N. D. Stevenson- Amputee

'The Third Person' by Emma Grove- DID

'パーフェクトワールド |Perfect World|' by Rie Aruga- Wheelchair User

'The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud' by Kuniko Tsurita

'Stars in Their Eyes' by Jessica Walton and Aśka- Amputee, Prosthetic Leg

'ひだまりが聴こえる |I Hear the Sunsport|' by Yuki Fumino- Hearing Loss/Hard of Hearing

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Just because you took longer than others doesn’t mean you failed. Remember that.

Unknown (via perfectquote)

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“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.”

— Jimmy Hendrix

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A potential increase in funding to aid college students with disabilities (WENY TV NEWS)

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Universities were built on the idea of exclusion, according to Angela Smith, director of Disability Studies at the University of Utah. “Universities are inherently ableist,” Smith said. “The whole principle is only certain kinds of people who can accomplish at a very high level in very specific ways belong at a university.” One possible solution to accessibility issues is a concept called universal design for learning.

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#FroderickRules

If you like frogs. Or possums. Or cool builds. Or happiness. This is the video for you.

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The most up-to-date critical guide mapping the history, impact, key critical issues, and seminal texts of the genre, Jewish Comics and Graphic Narratives interrogates what makes a work a "Jewish graphic narrative", and explores the form's diverse facets to orient readers to the richness and complexity of Jewish graphic storytelling. Accessible but comprehensive and in an easy-to-navigate format, the book covers such topics as: - The history of the genre in the US and Israel - and its relationship to superheroes, Underground Comix, and Jewish literature - Social and cultural discussions surrounding the legitimization of graphic representation as sites of trauma, understandings of gender, mixed-media in Jewish graphic novels, and the study of these works in the classroom - Critical explorations of graphic narratives about the Holocaust, Israel, the diasporic experience, Judaism, and autobiography and memoir - The works of Will Eisner, Ilana Zeffren, James Sturm, Joann Sfar, JT Waldman, Michel Kichka, Sarah Glidden, Rutu Modan, and Art Spiegelman and such narratives as X Men, Anne Frank's Diary, and Maus Jewish Comics and Graphic Novels includes an appendix of relevant works sorted by genre, a glossary of crucial critical terms, and close readings of key texts to help students and readers develop their understanding of the genre and pursue independent study.

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DREAM Mentoring Program for Mentors and Mentees

“We are excited to announce DREAM's new mentoring program for the 2022-2023 academic year! We are piloting a new group mentoring format that gives mentors and mentees more flexibility and more one-to-one time based on their interests or concerns.  We hope this program will advance DREAM's mission as a virtual Disability Cultural Center. Schedule, length of the mentoring program, and format will be set by groups. DREAM suggests monthly meetings, but groups may meet more often than that.  Groups will be organized around a specific topic or characteristic, but can discuss anything else the group wants to talk about. This application is designed to help the current DREAM Board members as they match mentors and mentees.  Doctoral students and employees taking course may apply to be mentors or mentees.  The program is open to people of any age, in any time of postsecondary program, with any type of disability. ** Applications are due on October 28, 2022 at 5pm CST **  Applications are available at www.DREAMCollegeDisability.com.   If you are unsure about how to respond to any of the questions or you need this survey in a different format, please email DREAM advisor Wendy Harbour at Wendy@ahead.org or text her at 704-707-5886. DREAM is funded through the National Center for College Students with Disabilities (the NCCSD).  The NCCSD receives its funding through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to the Institute on Community Integration at the University of Minnesota,  in partnership with the Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD).  For more information about the NCCSD, visit our Clearinghouse (http://www.NCCSDClearinghouse.org). 

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Cartoon of a Twix bar singing “I want you to want me” in between a bag of sour candy and Sugar Babies. An orange sign is posted in front, saying “50% off Halloween Candy.” In the foreground is a small white card saying “Cheap Twix.”

#I laughed way too hard at this #Cheap Trick #Sugar Babies #Twix

Here's a bit of a Boomer meme for ya

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“there are apologies i’m still owed and apologies that will probably never come, but by far the most important apologies are the ones i owe myself, for not thinking i was enough, for not thinking i was worthy, for not realizing my magic before.”

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“This issue of Impact highlights critical areas of need for inclusive higher education. Accreditation holds promise for ensuring the quality experience that students and their families seek. Opening inclusive programs to a wider cross section of students is also important, as is making sure programs are truly inclusive, offering coursework that leads to competitive employment.“

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A diversified workforce is a current trend in organizations today. The present paper illuminates the antecedents, consequences, and potential gender differences of a rather new concept salient to contemporary work life, namely, perceived inclusion. The hypothesized relationships were tested in a sample of academics and faculty staff at different higher education institutions in Norway (n = 12,170). Structural equation modeling analyses supported hypotheses that empowering leadership and social support from the leader (but not the fairness) are positively related to perceived inclusion. Further, perceived inclusion is positively related to organizational commitment, work engagement, and work–home facilitation and negatively related to work–home conflict. By utilizing multigroup analyses, we found support for the hypothesis that compared to women, men perceive their organization as more inclusive. However, in contrast to what was hypothesized, the proposed relationships in the model were stronger for men than women, suggesting that not only do men perceive their work environment as more inclusive, but their perception of inclusion is also more strongly related to beneficial outcomes for the organization. These results provide insight into the antecedents of and strategies for fostering an inclusive work environment, as a response to leveraging and integrating diversity in everyday work life.

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#sleepy owl is squee

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