Our Goals

  • To leverage social media to promote discussions, inclusion, and belonging of disability in higher education spaces
  • To create a safe space to share stories of ableist experiences through anonymous stories, retweets, twitter takeovers, etc.
  • To address underlying problems disabled individuals in higher education face. 
  • To provide resources and events that bring awareness to the experiences of disabled individuals in higher education.
  • To raise awareness among allies about how to create accessible academic/workplace spaces.

@DisInHigherEd

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Our Mission

  • To empower disabled students and professionals by connecting them to resources, opportunities, and other disabled people in their field through Twitter.
  • To foster discussions and invite members of the disabled in higher education community to share stories that raise awareness about ableist policies and experiences that disabled individuals in higher education go through.
  • To raise awareness among allies about how to change academic spaces to make them accessible.

Black and Disabled Discord ​Community

​In a higher education system where disability advocacy exemplifies #DisabilityTooWhite and black spaces are gripped by #ableism, where does that leave Black and Disabled Academics, graduate or undergraduate students? We seek to amplify a perspective that is often silent and unseen.

​​Join our Discord community to connect with Black disabled people in higher education. Contact Syreeta Nolan for information via email at [email protected]
or via direct message on Twitter @nolan_syreeta.
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Upcoming Events:

See the calendar below for a list of upcoming events that Disabled in Higher Education is participating in. If you know of an event related to disability in higher education that should be included here, contact us below.
Disabled in Higher Ed operates as a project of Players Philanthropy Fund, a Maryland
charitable trust recognized by IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178). Contributions to Disabled in Higher Ed are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.