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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:

Are you a student, alumni, drop-out, staff, non-regular, or regular faculty member of ECU who self-identifies as Disabled* or Neuro-Divergent? Or in solidarity with?

Are you interested in expanding the ECU Library collection and resource guides for other Disabled and /or Neuro-Divergent artists, designers, and community members on campus?

Submit your book recommendation(s) for this student-organized online art exhibition titled,
'"Catalog: The Missing Culture of ECU" today!

Book Recommendations for this online exhibition could center around;

- Content relating to your lived-experience
- Ableism in Higher-Education / Arts / Employment
- Transformative Justice
- Disability Justice
- Embodiment
- Universal Design in Education
- Intersectional + Systematic Oppression
- Equity, Diversity + Inclusion in Academic Governance

Key Requests: Please share this forum with your ECU connections!

Key Dates: Submissions Due by Friday, March 12, 2021

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***Refer to the bottom for key Disability Terms and Definitions to see if you fit the call***

Crip, Deaf, Mad, Sick, Chronically Ill, Disabled, Neurodiverse
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PURPOSE OF THIS GROUP EXHIBITION:

As a community-driven initiative, all books recommended through this online exhibition will be put forth to the ECUAD Library staff to add to their Research Guides and Library Catalog for current and future students to access and build community through the literature we provide.

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TO PARTICIPATE AS AN ECU COMMUNITY MEMBER:

1. Recommend a book or article relating to any of the themes above

2. Write a short 1-2 sentence review of why the book should be added to the collection (up to a paragraph)

3. Recommend a suggestion for ECU Governance to support Students, Staff,
Non-Regular and Regular Faculty with Disabilities and / or Neuro-Divergent on campus as a Community and Culture Initiative.

4. Fill in the year of study, role on campus, and personal information

5. Submit Form. A personal thank-you will be sent via email 72 hours after submission.

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OPEN PARTICIPATION + CONSENT:

By submitting to the forum you agree to have the following information online and used to build solidarity for ECU Disabled + Neuro-Divergent Community + Culture on campus.

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Thank you for sharing your labor, energy, time, and spoons with me!

Yours in Slow-Full Community Wayfinding,
Taryn Goodwin (she/her)

4th Year, Disability Social Practice Artist
BFA | Critical + Cultural Studies
Minor | Social Practice + Community Engagement

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EMERGING KEY DEFINITIONS AND TERMS:

Define Disability:

"Disability is a word that links people of common overlapping related experiences of oppression based in navigating a world designed and defined by able-bodied people. This term has been reclaimed by people whose bodyminds have been medicalized and pathologized, working from an empowered perspective"
- Sins Invalid, "Skin, Tooth and Bone: The Basis of Movement is Our People: A Disability Justice Primer"

"Folks who live with chronic illness or fluctuating physical, neurological or mental health conditions"

"Disability refers to a broad range of identities and experiences. It is an umbrella term for a condition that affects a person's senses, brain, and/or body, and which restricts their ability to go about their daily life. Disabled includes all kinds of people: chronically ill, sick, housebound, immunocompromised, blind, partially sighted, D/deaf, Mad, neurodivergent, people with mental health issues etc"
--- Our Crip Notes

"…any impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment — or a functional limitation — whether permanent, temporary or episodic in nature, or evident or not, that, in interaction with a barrier, hinders a person’s full and equal participation in society”
-- Accessible Canada

Define: Episodic Disabilities
Episodic disabilities (EDs) are long-term conditions that are characterized by periods of good health interrupted by periods of illness and disability. These periods may vary in severity, length and predictability. Some common examples of episodic disability include multiple sclerosis, head injuries, concussions, arthritis, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, chronic fatigue syndrome, migraines, chronic pain, some forms of cancer, and other chronic physical and mental health conditions. Episodic disabilities are periodic –the episodes of illness come and go – but because they are also often unpredictable, they can be more difficult to manage with regard to employment."
-- Invisibility 2 Inclusion Project

Neuro-Divergency includes;
Autism, Asperger's syndrome, dyslexia, dyscalculia, epilepsy, hyperlexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, ADD, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) , Bipolar, Synesthesia and Tourette syndrome (TS).