Journalist – Historian – Speaker
Berkeley is claiming that they have to remove a lot of online videos because captioning them all would be too expensive. To which I say: Please build accessibility into everything you do. Deaf people, in fact, have the right to learn. And please don’t blame disabled people when your lack of foresight means you’re in …
I have decided to stop giving in-class tests under any circumstances. Here’s my essay, from the Chronicle: I’ve been inching away from the blue book for years, but it’s time to go cold turkey and match my praxis to my principles. Whatever pedagogical gains the in-class test might bring — and I’ll argue they are …
Many of my friends on Facebook and elsewhere kindly sent me a cool picture of a ramp that zig-zags through a set of stairs. As the picture permeated Facebook, though, I noted an important phenomenon – every single one of my wheelchair-using friends reacted negatively. Description: A set of stairs with a ramp moving diagonally …
My son, like many children with disabilities, has some acute sensory issues. T-shirt tags bother him incessantly, and the advent of the printed label is wonderful. We try not to buy shirts that have tags, and when we do … Universal design for T-shirts is: no tags! #Sensory pic.twitter.com/iLnupk1fZ8 — David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) December …
We cannot say: The best pedagogy is handwriting because science, if that “best pedagogy” excludes so many people with disabilities. #ableism — David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) October 26, 2015 We must say: Let’s figure out what it is about handwriting (means) that produces good learning (ends) and universalize those ends. #pedagogy — David M. Perry …
I am working on a piece about accessible academic conferences and am, intentionally, focusing on academia. But there are two speculative fiction conventions that deserve mention. Convergence holds a special place in my heart. I’ve never been deeply involved with it, but have gone and performed there many times, especially in the early years before …