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UCSB Student-Made App Aimed at Lowering Food Costs Faces University Concerns

The university admin's concern is about money only, of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVaP1cpDefk #FoodInsecurity #StudentPoverty #UCAccessNow

UCSB Student-Made App Aimed at Lowering Food Costs Faces University Concerns

The university admin's concern is about money only, of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVaP1cpDefk #FoodInsecurity #StudentPoverty #UCAccessNow

UCSB Student-Made App Aimed at Lowering Food Costs Faces University Concerns

The university admin's concern is about money only, of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVaP1cpDefk #FoodInsecurity #StudentPoverty #UCAccessNow

UCSB Student-Made App Aimed at Lowering Food Costs Faces University Concerns

The university admin's concern is about money only, of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVaP1cpDefk #FoodInsecurity #StudentPoverty #UCAccessNow

UCSB Student-Made App Aimed at Lowering Food Costs Faces University Concerns

The university admin's concern is about money only, of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVaP1cpDefk #FoodInsecurity #StudentPoverty #UCAccessNow

This is from the POV of a Deaf person in the UK, but is applicable to disabled people in some other countries as well.

Whether you're in university or in the workforce, the learned helplessness of abled people preserved by systemic ableism shunts the burdens inherent in a rationing & policing system of "accommodations" onto the disabled person. And they you get judged for "not producing as much", as well.

https://limpingchicken.com/2026/04/22/insight-why-do-deaf-employees-have-the-added-job-of-arranging-their-own-access-support/ #Ableism #UCAccessNow #Disability #UK

This is from the POV of a Deaf person in the UK, but is applicable to disabled people in some other countries as well.

Whether you're in university or in the workforce, the learned helplessness of abled people preserved by systemic ableism shunts the burdens inherent in a rationing & policing system of "accommodations" onto the disabled person. And they you get judged for "not producing as much", as well.

https://limpingchicken.com/2026/04/22/insight-why-do-deaf-employees-have-the-added-job-of-arranging-their-own-access-support/ #Ableism #UCAccessNow #Disability #UK

This is from the POV of a Deaf person in the UK, but is applicable to disabled people in some other countries as well.

Whether you're in university or in the workforce, the learned helplessness of abled people preserved by systemic ableism shunts the burdens inherent in a rationing & policing system of "accommodations" onto the disabled person. And they you get judged for "not producing as much", as well.

https://limpingchicken.com/2026/04/22/insight-why-do-deaf-employees-have-the-added-job-of-arranging-their-own-access-support/ #Ableism #UCAccessNow #Disability #UK

This is from the POV of a Deaf person in the UK, but is applicable to disabled people in some other countries as well.

Whether you're in university or in the workforce, the learned helplessness of abled people preserved by systemic ableism shunts the burdens inherent in a rationing & policing system of "accommodations" onto the disabled person. And they you get judged for "not producing as much", as well.

https://limpingchicken.com/2026/04/22/insight-why-do-deaf-employees-have-the-added-job-of-arranging-their-own-access-support/ #Ableism #UCAccessNow #Disability #UK

This is from the POV of a Deaf person in the UK, but is applicable to disabled people in some other countries as well.

Whether you're in university or in the workforce, the learned helplessness of abled people preserved by systemic ableism shunts the burdens inherent in a rationing & policing system of "accommodations" onto the disabled person. And they you get judged for "not producing as much", as well.

https://limpingchicken.com/2026/04/22/insight-why-do-deaf-employees-have-the-added-job-of-arranging-their-own-access-support/ #Ableism #UCAccessNow #Disability #UK

Re last boost: This problem has compounded the already-extant tendency of University of California and other universities to engage lower quality, less private "accessibility" services from the private sector. UC used to hire student notetakers AS A JOB. It helped out not just the disabled student or staffmember, but the abled student who got the work/study job.

Now UC foists Otter and other services on disabled people at UC and it invades their privacy and the privacy of others (including during online union meetings...which UC management has an interest in poking into).

https://mastodon.social/@yaelwrites/116571916006444049 #Ableism #Union #Labor #UCAccessNow

Re last boost: This problem has compounded the already-extant tendency of University of California and other universities to engage lower quality, less private "accessibility" services from the private sector. UC used to hire student notetakers AS A JOB. It helped out not just the disabled student or staffmember, but the abled student who got the work/study job.

Now UC foists Otter and other services on disabled people at UC and it invades their privacy and the privacy of others (including during online union meetings...which UC management has an interest in poking into).

https://mastodon.social/@yaelwrites/116571916006444049 #Ableism #Union #Labor #UCAccessNow

Re last boost: This problem has compounded the already-extant tendency of University of California and other universities to engage lower quality, less private "accessibility" services from the private sector. UC used to hire student notetakers AS A JOB. It helped out not just the disabled student or staffmember, but the abled student who got the work/study job.

Now UC foists Otter and other services on disabled people at UC and it invades their privacy and the privacy of others (including during online union meetings...which UC management has an interest in poking into).

https://mastodon.social/@yaelwrites/116571916006444049 #Ableism #Union #Labor #UCAccessNow

Re last boost: This problem has compounded the already-extant tendency of University of California and other universities to engage lower quality, less private "accessibility" services from the private sector. UC used to hire student notetakers AS A JOB. It helped out not just the disabled student or staffmember, but the abled student who got the work/study job.

Now UC foists Otter and other services on disabled people at UC and it invades their privacy and the privacy of others (including during online union meetings...which UC management has an interest in poking into).

https://mastodon.social/@yaelwrites/116571916006444049 #Ableism #Union #Labor #UCAccessNow

Re last boost: This problem has compounded the already-extant tendency of University of California and other universities to engage lower quality, less private "accessibility" services from the private sector. UC used to hire student notetakers AS A JOB. It helped out not just the disabled student or staffmember, but the abled student who got the work/study job.

Now UC foists Otter and other services on disabled people at UC and it invades their privacy and the privacy of others (including during online union meetings...which UC management has an interest in poking into).

https://mastodon.social/@yaelwrites/116571916006444049 #Ableism #Union #Labor #UCAccessNow

Shows some of my commute to the almond orchards.

Doesn't show the many ableisms of UC Davis cycle infrastructure that UC Access Now worked to get the university to respond to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF22Az5_7S0 #BikeTooter #DavisCA #UCAccessNow

Shows some of my commute to the almond orchards.

Doesn't show the many ableisms of UC Davis cycle infrastructure that UC Access Now worked to get the university to respond to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF22Az5_7S0 #BikeTooter #DavisCA #UCAccessNow

Shows some of my commute to the almond orchards.

Doesn't show the many ableisms of UC Davis cycle infrastructure that UC Access Now worked to get the university to respond to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF22Az5_7S0 #BikeTooter #DavisCA #UCAccessNow

Shows some of my commute to the almond orchards.

Doesn't show the many ableisms of UC Davis cycle infrastructure that UC Access Now worked to get the university to respond to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF22Az5_7S0 #BikeTooter #DavisCA #UCAccessNow

Shows some of my commute to the almond orchards.

Doesn't show the many ableisms of UC Davis cycle infrastructure that UC Access Now worked to get the university to respond to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF22Az5_7S0 #BikeTooter #DavisCA #UCAccessNow

I pitched a presentation to #Spezi2026 on how abled-led cycling advocacy results in ableist cycle infrastructure and how to change that. They said they were interested, but had the schedule locked in for this year.

I see now they have a presentation in German on the inaccessibility in cycling. I may attend even though I don't understand much German...

#UCAccessNow #Ableism #Cycling #Disability

The mythology ableism creates is that disabled people are lazy, or cheaters, or not able to keep up. They're projecting.

Abled people constantly put off accessibility. Disabled people have been around FOREVER. And ADA is 36 years old this July. The UC Access Now Demandifesto was released in 2020.

But our public university still isn't ready because it doesn't want to be accessible to all of the public funding it.

It's one reason their whole stance is about "compliance"...being forced to. Not joyfully building an accessible education system.
https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/update-on-digital-accessibility-compliance/ #UCAccessNow #Ableism #a11y

Uncritical press about City of Davis/UC Davis cycle-friendliness?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh2yk23SkCw #BikeTooter #UCAccessNow #DavisCA

Uncritical press about City of Davis/UC Davis cycle-friendliness?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh2yk23SkCw #BikeTooter #UCAccessNow #DavisCA

Uncritical press about City of Davis/UC Davis cycle-friendliness?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh2yk23SkCw #BikeTooter #UCAccessNow #DavisCA

Uncritical press about City of Davis/UC Davis cycle-friendliness?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh2yk23SkCw #BikeTooter #UCAccessNow #DavisCA

Uncritical press about City of Davis/UC Davis cycle-friendliness?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh2yk23SkCw #BikeTooter #UCAccessNow #DavisCA

If abled people want to go to the campus film festival and it isn't sold out, they can just go.

If disabled people want to?

https://cinema.ucla.edu/billy-wilder-theater/ #Film #UCAccessNow

2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation trailer

Free. I wonder if it's accessible, though?

Answer: Only if you contact them TEN WORKING DAYS beforehand.

Abled people, you need to realize how hard it is to have the spontaneity abled people are allowed when your access is constantly rationed and policed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVbJ1-561-k #Film #UCAccessNow

@ahimsa_pdx @ai6yr There's also the part where everyone touches the same screen... During the early pandemic, I discovered our student health center using this as a means to check in. This was back when we didn't know it was respiratory.

But there are plenty of illnesses passed by contact so having sick students sign in on an iPad when there are actual human workers there who could do intake... #UCAccessNow

""I thought, '[WVU] is going to be even more accommodating because they're a bigger school with more money,'" says Lacy. She says that's not how things worked out."

This is what I thought about the shift from community college to University of California. It was the opposite.

Having more money attracts more of the kind of administrator who's there for money instead of giving a rat's ass about public education and their duty to the public.

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/06/nx-s1-5720191/digital-accessibility-college-education-disability #UCAccessNow #Ableism #HigherEd

RE: https://mastodon.nz/@bloodflowersburning/116298408705436229

University of California has gone all-in on AI so this is something those who use student health as well as UC med centers should be on guard for. #UCAccessNow
#FuckAI
#Medicine

I wish I knew more about video production.

I get tired of seeing/hearing another abled urbanist dude talk about issues I've been talking about for YEARS and getting accessibility wrong, but also probably about to get lauded for mentioning the word 'accessibility'.

#BikeTooter #Recumbent #UCAccessNow

"UCSD professors wanted money to research telepathy. They turned to Jeffrey Epstein.

‘I don’t have a problem with my lab being funded by Epstein,’ one wrote to another."

"In 2017, Ramachandran and two other UCSD professors, Paul Mills and Deepak Chopra, the famous New Age author, were launching a study of autistic children thought to be savants. They had a particular interest in one provocative claim — that some might have telepathic abilities."

Nope, Academia doesn't have any systemic problems at all, nope.

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/03/08/ucsd-professors-wanted-money-to-research-telepathy-they-turned-to-jeffrey-epstein/ #AcademicChatter #Ethics #Kyriarchy #Disability #UCAccessNow

UC Regents settle amputation lawsuit for $11.5 million

"Lisa Wolff, Wayne Wolff’s wife and an emergency room nurse, became concerned about the lack of blood flow to her husband’s leg. According to the complaint, she repeatedly requested that doctors order an ultrasound to evaluate his condition.

The lawsuit alleges that those requests were denied multiple times. At one point, when another physician reportedly approved an ultrasound, the complaint claims that Wang canceled the imaging order. The filing argues that this delay prevented timely intervention that could have saved the limb."

"In addition to allegations of medical negligence, Wolff’s legal team filed a motion for sanctions claiming that key evidence had been destroyed. According to court documents referenced in that motion, video footage of the surgery and internal communications between staff were allegedly not preserved."

https://newuniversity.org/2026/02/24/uc-regents-settle-amputation-lawsuit-for-11-5-million/ #Ethics #UCAccessNow

Free microscopes to all attendees so they can try to spot UC's ethical compass!

"On April 21 and 22, join colleagues from throughout the UC system for the 2026 UC Ethics and Compliance Institute. This free, fully virtual two-day program is designed for administrative, campus and health compliance professionals at every career stage, as well as leaders who support ethical, compliant and effective operations across UC." https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/registration-is-open-for-the-2026-uc-ethics-and-compliance-institute/ #California #Ethics #Law #UCAccessNow

Academic Ableism has forced me to pay to replace my ride 3 times so far.

I've never gotten a Rivendell because of how expensive they are.

To give you an idea of how expensive Academic Ableism has been to me, I could have bought 11 Rivendell bikes for what it has cost me to deal with what systemic ableism has done to my health and forced upon me (and that's just the cost of the cycles, not the cost of replacing other things, paying for additional healthcare, etc). #UCAccessNow #BikeTooter

When they whine that it's "too hard" to reorganize and redesign to even just barely comply with ADA, compare it to how quickly they did it for something unethical, error-ridden, and based on MASS theft of the intellectual property and creative work of others....

#Ableism #UCAccessNow

@ascentale @SamUpstate @bikenite A2. The cargo quad was great for this. I could have bought or made an A-board and put it in the back. I did make a makeshift one. #BikeNite #UCAccessNow #Union

UCI Disability Services Center transitions to Genio Notes

"The UCI Disability Services Center (DSC) allowed its license for the transcription software Otter AI to expire, and has transitioned to Genio Notes as its sole supported transcription platform on Jan. 30. This decision comes amid broader uncertainty surrounding funding for the Disabled Students’ Programs (DSP), which is set to expire across UC campuses this spring."

What happens because of UC pursuing a "separate but unequal" structure of compliance instead of true accessibility is that it's easily separately eliminated from education funding. UC used to HIRE students for notetaker jobs, and hire captioners, now it's error-ridden and privacy-invading software in the cloud.

https://newuniversity.org/2026/02/24/uci-disability-services-center-transitions-to-genio-notes/

Note from me regarding UC news on this account:

I often get the news at times when folks in California are asleep so don't just follow this account, but set it for notifications so you don't miss any important news. #UCAccessNow #Ableism #FuckAI

help they could get. Good mic placement makes sure that folks online as well as folks in the room who are hard-of-hearing or are used to another accent can get the best audio possible to work with.

- Don't treat those attending online as some lesser form of attendee - if you throw it open to Q & A, make sure you're making it possible for those online also to submit questions.

#Ableism #AcademicAbleism #UCAccessNow #Accessibility

Just realized a dissertation that cites the Demandifesto isn't showing up in my Google Scholar profile because the format of the cite is slightly different than the rest.

And of course, it's difficult for me to do anything to get it to associate with my profile (pending confirmation by an independent, of course).

Because if there's any corporation who cannot afford to hire customer support, fact checkers, proofers, etc., it's Google. /s

https://escholarship.org/uc/item/59p1s287

#UCAccessNow #Sociology #Union

Next UC Systemwide Academic Congress to focus on math preparation and STEM pathways

"The upcoming UC Systemwide Academic Congress was inspired by a recent report, which revealed that introductory chemistry and math courses that are intended to be “gateways” can actually be barriers to STEM career pathways."

I doubt they have anyone familiar with dyscalculia on the list of speakers, though...

https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/next-uc-systemwide-academic-congress-to-focus-on-math-preparation-and-stem-pathways/ #Ableism #UCAccessNow #STEM

UCR strengthens digital accessibility efforts

Typical of UC and many others, when the law changes, you divert attention from reluctant compliance and claim it as a great victory that you're finally complying with the floor instead of trying to reach the ceiling.

#UCAccessNow #Ableism #a11y #Accessibility #Disability

https://insideucr.ucr.edu/stories/2026/02/04/ucr-strengthens-digital-accessibility-efforts

AS announces establishment of Disability Resource Hub

It's too bad it's in the same place as the rationing & policing infrastructure instead of in a place with other student organizations. It underlines the segregation of "special needs" framing. Still, congrats on getting motion.

"The coalition of organizations that advocated for the Disability Resource Hub include the Disabled Students’ Union, the Disability Student Alliance, Transdisciplinary Disability Studies, the Disabled Students’ Alliance, and Disabled at UCSD. Benny attributes this success to teamwork across these organizations.

“We believe it is important that the credit for this center should include all of the organization and individuals from the past and present who have helped to create this center, ensuring that this important disability advocacy history is preserved for all to know,” Benny said in a statement to The Guardian."

https://ucsdguardian.org/2026/01/30/as-announces-disability-resource-hub-location-and-next-steps/ #UCAccessNow #SanDiego #Ableism #HigherEd

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@ml/115962771169084775

One of the most publicly visible things UC Access Now did in the beginning was to make apparent to sighted people how often University of California was flouting federal and state laws regarding accessibility. Because we dragged them in public, on Twitter, they started changing (without ever acknowledging our work, of course), but they still do show that ableism dies hard.

"Lunn Lecture 2025 - 2026 Poster" is not alt text nor an image description. It's a caption. It's something an abled person puts in the alt text field to say that they've put something in there. But that's what is in the alt text field on the UC Davis Dept. of History site. #Ableism #UCDavis #UCAccessNow

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@ml/115962771169084775

One of the most publicly visible things UC Access Now did in the beginning was to make apparent to sighted people how often University of California was flouting federal and state laws regarding accessibility. Because we dragged them in public, on Twitter, they started changing (without ever acknowledging our work, of course), but they still do show that ableism dies hard.

"Lunn Lecture 2025 - 2026 Poster" is not alt text nor an image description. It's a caption. It's something an abled person puts in the alt text field to say that they've put something in there. But that's what is in the alt text field on the UC Davis Dept. of History site. #Ableism #UCDavis #UCAccessNow

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@ml/115962771169084775

One of the most publicly visible things UC Access Now did in the beginning was to make apparent to sighted people how often University of California was flouting federal and state laws regarding accessibility. Because we dragged them in public, on Twitter, they started changing (without ever acknowledging our work, of course), but they still do show that ableism dies hard.

"Lunn Lecture 2025 - 2026 Poster" is not alt text nor an image description. It's a caption. It's something an abled person puts in the alt text field to say that they've put something in there. But that's what is in the alt text field on the UC Davis Dept. of History site. #Ableism #UCDavis #UCAccessNow

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@ml/115962771169084775

One of the most publicly visible things UC Access Now did in the beginning was to make apparent to sighted people how often University of California was flouting federal and state laws regarding accessibility. Because we dragged them in public, on Twitter, they started changing (without ever acknowledging our work, of course), but they still do show that ableism dies hard.

"Lunn Lecture 2025 - 2026 Poster" is not alt text nor an image description. It's a caption. It's something an abled person puts in the alt text field to say that they've put something in there. But that's what is in the alt text field on the UC Davis Dept. of History site. #Ableism #UCDavis #UCAccessNow

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@ml/115962771169084775

One of the most publicly visible things UC Access Now did in the beginning was to make apparent to sighted people how often University of California was flouting federal and state laws regarding accessibility. Because we dragged them in public, on Twitter, they started changing (without ever acknowledging our work, of course), but they still do show that ableism dies hard.

"Lunn Lecture 2025 - 2026 Poster" is not alt text nor an image description. It's a caption. It's something an abled person puts in the alt text field to say that they've put something in there. But that's what is in the alt text field on the UC Davis Dept. of History site. #Ableism #UCDavis #UCAccessNow