{"id":17341,"date":"2025-05-23T18:12:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T18:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/?p=17341"},"modified":"2025-05-23T18:12:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T18:12:26","slug":"registration-open-for-association-for-information-science-and-technology-webinar-cripping-conferences-rethinking-accessibility-and-participation-in-academic-spaces-thurs-june-19-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/registration-open-for-association-for-information-science-and-technology-webinar-cripping-conferences-rethinking-accessibility-and-participation-in-academic-spaces-thurs-june-19-100\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration Open for Association for Information Science and Technology Webinar &#8220;Cripping Conferences \u2013 Rethinking Accessibility and Participation in Academic Spaces&#8221;&#8211;Thurs., June 19, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(via Beth St. Jean, University of Maryland)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please mark your calendars for <strong>Thursday, June 19, from 1:00-2:00 PM CDT<\/strong>. The Association for Information Science and Technology\u2019s SIG Health Informatics group will host the webinar &#8220;Cripping Conferences \u2013 Rethinking Accessibility and Participation in Academic Spaces\u201d, with speakers Rhys Dreeszen Bowman and Leah Dudak.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drawing from their personal and scholarly insights as disabled scholars, they will critically examine how academic conferences often fail to meet accessibility needs and how these experiences illuminate broader inclusion issues within academia. Attendees will learn about the nuanced challenges disabled academics face in conference spaces and engage in a dialogue around actionable strategies to make conference participation more equitable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please register <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asist.org\/meetings-events\/webinars\/crippingconferences\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.asist.org\/meetings-events\/webinars\/crippingconferences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. This session supports SIG-HLTH&#8217;s ongoing advocacy for hybrid access and aligns with broader ASIS&amp;T initiatives to foster inclusion. \u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via Beth St. Jean, University of Maryland) Please mark your calendars for Thursday, June 19, from 1:00-2:00 PM CDT. The Association for Information Science and Technology\u2019s SIG Health Informatics group will host the webinar &#8220;Cripping Conferences \u2013 Rethinking Accessibility and Participation in Academic Spaces\u201d, with speakers Rhys Dreeszen Bowman and Leah Dudak.\u00a0 Drawing from their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-webinars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17342,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17341\/revisions\/17342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}