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The University of Minnesota Duluth physical campus is more than just accessible
The University of Minnesota Duluth physical campus is more than just accessible
All of UMD's academic buildings, the library, the dining center, the gym, and several residential halls are interconnected with no need to go outdoors. Students, employees, and visitors with disabilities are welcomed by our barrier-free, climate-controlled environment.
Why Do There Seem to Be So Few Disabled Psychologists?
By Kathleen Bogart, Ph.D., Lisa G. Aspinwall, Ph.D., and Afrooz Ghadimi
The following are excerpts from their article.
Disability can be considered the largest minority group in America.
About 25% of adults in America have a disability.
Only about 2% of psychology faculty disclose a disability.
Disability underrepresentation is not a problem unique to psychology. Advocates in fields such s STEM and medicine have also been speaking out about the underrepresentation of disability and other minorities.
While social psychology research on racial and ethnic prejudice is relatively well-developed, there is little on disability or its intersections.
Challenges include a lack of mentors and role models, systemic accessibility barriers and discrimination, and a leaky pipeline.
Stereotypes about what professionals in these fields look like and value often do not include minorities, which sends a message to marginalized people that they do not belong in these fields.
Increasing Disability Inclusion Through Self-Relevant Research
Increasing Disability Inclusion Through Self-Relevant Research
Although often stigmatized in mainstream psychology, self-relevant research offers many benefits including increasing the presence of underrepresented researchers and promoting more valid and representative research. Psychology should de-stigmatize and leverage this approach.
Bogart, K.R. Increasing disability inclusion through self-relevant research. Commun Psychol 2, 9 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00056-x
Demonstrators hold a banner that reads "Disability Rights are Human Rights" during the Non-March For Disabled Women New York in New York City on January 19, 2019. (Photo by Barbara Alper/Getty Images)
“Nothing about us without us” (NAUWU) was popularized by disabled activists in the 1990s. The ralying cry means that nondisabled people should not produce content about disabled people without involving disabled people.
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