So, last fall, I (and everyone else remotely related to the CEE department at Virginia Tech) was invited to apply to the Bridges, Builders, and Society course. With a REQUIRED summer trip….to Switzerland and Germany. I’ll repeat that. A REQUIRED. Trip. To Switzerland and Germany. Guess who’s going to Europe! Easy answer – it’s me! And my…
Tag: #privilege
Medical Adventures and Misdiagnosis
[I am repurposing my comment response to LStrom’s blogpost on Going to the Doctor.] So, as I mentioned during the book report session, I spent about the past 3.5 years (January 2013) thinking that it was 95% likely that I have MS, due to MRIs, blood work, and office exams with Neurologist #1. I came to discover in Fall 2015 that…
#Craptions: Not all that funny
So, for those of us in class today, we all got a laugh at the horrible captions that are part of this video. Go ahead, I’ll wait why you watch the roughly three minute clip with the captions. For those of you in the hearing community, this is EXACTLY why I advocate for universal design and accessibility. The mismatch…
Technology, Engineering Ethics, and Group Work
This week, the only way that any of my group projects have occurred in any form has been due in part to the easily shared online document creation. We have all of these technologically-driven tools to assist us in connecting, sharing ideas, and coming up with a plan of action. I’m extremely grateful for the whole Internet thing, y’all. …
“Wheelchair Walk” = “Cripface”
For those of you who might have missed some of my previous blogs, I am highly involved in disability rights here on campus. My doctoral degree is centered on how higher education discusses disability. I represent Disability as an identity as a Caucus representative. This is why I went through the troubling experience of attending the “Wheelchair Walk” event…