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Access Barriers: Conference Proposal Edition

Honestly there is so much that could be written about this week, and yet at the same time nothing at all, you know? So instead of focusing on what is and could be I want to write a bit of a shorter post this week and publish it early because I genuinely want to crowdsource what to do about a conference proposal situation I have discovered. So there is this education conference that I have always wanted to attend because to be honest they desperately need more conference papers on accessibility, accessible pedagogy, and disability. Almost all mentions of "access" in previous conference schedules over the last forever years have been to "access programs" and not accessibility in relation to disability. Because as I have said before and I will say again many times access is not necessarily accessibility and institutions and associations using those words to mean the same thing causes real harm. They definitely need a more inclusive perspective at this conference and I

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