It’s almost my birthday and the best present is being able to raise awareness for the #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program! Thank you to NatRevMaterials for the opportunity to highlight my advocacy work! rdcu.be/dFSsL

The use of detector dogs as a time-saving method is recommended when conducting research on Texas tortoises. Telemetry is useful in locating an area with a tortoise but a detector dog is 2X faster in visually locating it. 🐕 #ConservationScience frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

In addition to not being functional, these products collect information about users without permission, and use our data to train AI in some cases. I have had to stop buying products from companies I used to like because of their use of these products.

Terrific description of the not-so-northern lights for people who can't see them... or maybe just for everyone. Thank you!

Great alt texts! Reminds me of Dr. Sarah Sheffield

ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT Only 7 days left to apply for the DVMC's AVMA Education Grant! Don't miss your opportunity to attend #AVMA2024 in Austin! This grant = FREE registration + travel expenses* *terms and conditions apply. Please review the DVMC’s website for all grant details.

Black brown and indigenous folks in herpetology and animal care: hit me in the DMs for an opportunity Boost for interaction

useR! 2024 UseR! and the R Foundation need to address the accessibility of the UseR! conferences. I've worked on accessibility with R FORWARDS for 5 years and was part of the groundbreaking organization of UseR! 2021. 1/4

44 backers so far of the crowdfunding campaign for Eventably. Can we make it to 50 this week? indiegogo.com/projects/event…

Looking forward to helping out with the Book Dash next week and to co-hosting a Fireside Chat on Accessibility and Inclusion in open science communities.

PRO-TIP: An important common denominator with folks who prefer person-first #language, and those who put identity first is that they BOTH use the word #DISABLED. Let that be your guide when considering #Disability, friends. Retire the euphemisms. #SayTheWord

Hey! FYI. I am the Director of The Black Long Covid Experience, LLC. We are not a nonprofit but we look to inspire + empower Black #LongCovid/MECFS patients + allies to tell their stories, advocate for themselves + establish community care.

Does anybody know of a screen reader accessible meeting time poll site? I need to be able to set up polls as well as answering them. I was having good luck with Calendly but they broke it awhile ago.

Love dog behavior data? 🐶 🐾📊 The ManyDogs Project has published our first data paper describing & linking to all the guardian-provided & behavior data from the consortium's first study on dogs' responses to pointing gestures. #OpenScience #DogScience openpsychologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10.53…

COVID researchers and scientists that share very important public health info— can you please put ALT on your images? If your tweets aren’t accessible, a lot of us aren’t going to RT/QT despite us wanting to get the information out to folks. Make your content accessible!

Okay, disabled scientists, I'm curious. If a laboratory space was to be truly accessible, what are you putting in there?

I'll be on a panel talking about learning and using R with a screen reader with colleagues from @ropensci on September 10 at 1 PM EDT. ropensci.org/events/rsr-lea…

Yall, I got a diversity supplemented and they gave us funds for a technician for fine motor assistance!!! Disabled scientists belong at the bench, this is a PSA. #ScienceTwitter #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter