Dedication

pp iii-iv

Contents

pp v-vii

List of figures and tables

pp viii-viii

Notes on contributors

pp ix-xvi

Acknowledgements

pp xvii-xviii

Introduction: Being ‘different’ in academia

pp 1-14

PART I - Ways of knowing

pp 15-16

1 - A leg to stand on: irony, autoethnography and ableism in the academy

pp 17-36

2 - “There’s no place for emotions in academia”: experiences of the neoliberal academy as a disabled scholar

pp 37-52

3 - Embodiment and authenticity: how embodied research might shed light on experiences of disability and chronic illness

pp 53-72

4 - What’s in a word? Rephrasing and reframing disability

pp 73-90

Intermezzo

pp 91-92

PART II - Lived experiences

pp 93-94

5 - Colour blindness in academia: the challenges of an invisible impairment

pp 95-110

6 - Stammering in academia: voice in the management of self and others

pp 111-126

7 - Losing my voice (physically and metaphorically)

pp 127-140

8 - Deafness and hearing loss in higher education

pp 141-158

9 - Living with collagenous colitis as a busy academic: chronic illness and the intersection of age and gender inequality

pp 159-170

10 - Three cheers for Access to Work partnership: two cheers for Two Ticks and one question about a university-wide self-disclosure scheme

pp 171-184

11 - “I’m not saying this to be petty”: reflections on making disability visible while teaching

pp 185-196

12 - #AutisticsInAcademia

pp 197-216

13 - “I’ve always wanted to be a nurse …”: challenging academic ableist assumptions

pp 217-236

14 - Ableism in music academicism

pp 237-248

15 - Teaching with and supporting teachers with dyslexia in higher education

pp 249-264

16 - Depressed academics: building a group blog community

pp 265-282

17 - Cancer, bereavement and work

pp 283-300

18 - Invisible disabilities and (re)negotiating identity: life after major traumatic injury

pp 301-314

Conclusion: Disability imaginary of the future

pp 315-322

Index

pp 323-334