@cripantiquity
Our mission is to combat ableism by amplifying disabled and neurodivergent perspectives; creating resources that will empower individuals and transform institutions; and fostering community among our members. cripantiquity.com
Yeah, hi, I’m a person with “mobility challenges” (excuse me while I hurl). What we want, by and large, are not expensive, heavy devices that will “help us walk again”, but ramps.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
The Healthcare and Disability in the Ancient World unit is welcoming papers in the following categories for this year's #SBL @sblsite.bsky.social Annual Meeting: tinyurl.com/29ene8n6
OPEN ACCESS in @saa-aap.bsky.social: This team analyzed 22 years of data from the annual meeting of the SAA to examine how women's participation has changed over time.
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Three CripAntiquity board members in front of window facing city of San Francisco.
CripAntiquity was at the SCS/AIA Conference in SF! Thanks to everyone who chatted with us during the conference and at our roundtable. Discussions at the conference gave us many ideas to improve accessibility in our sector. Please continue these talks and providing your support in the future!
Three CripAntiquity board members in front of window facing city of San Francisco.
CripAntiquity was at the SCS/AIA Conference in SF! Thanks to everyone who chatted with us during the conference and at our roundtable. Discussions at the conference gave us many ideas to improve accessibility in our sector. Please continue these talks and providing your support in the future!
Our Roundtable is happening today! Come and say hi!
CripA wishes you a restful and Happy Holidays! 🎄☃️ We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a roundtable at the AIA/SCS conference this January! "Archaeology and the Disabled in the 21st Century" will be held January 9 from 1:00-2:00 in the Grand Ballroom. Hope to see you there!
Included is a state-of-the-field piece about disability in antiquity (open access), which I co-wrote with @horusofnekhen.bsky.social and @tibg1312.bsky.social. See where we're at with this subfield!
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New issue of The Classical Review Vol. 75 , No. 2 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @universitypress.cambridge.org @debscavator.bsky.social
@thedancinggrad.bsky.social @alysonroy.bsky.social @jessicamckenzie.bsky.social @pacman343.bsky.social
Banning laptops from your classes is an accessibility issue and *forces* students with accommodations to out themselves to their peers.
If you do this, you are not an advocate for disability rights.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
A bar graph titled "Q16 Do you feel like you belong in the field of Classical Studies?" showing data from the previous paragraph
Today on the blog, Rachel Philbrick and Zachary Quint of the SCS Data Committee share some of the results of the Census, focusing on a few salient questions and linking to further data.
www.classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/tor...
Today I published a new section of my website with resources for those who wish to learn, study, and/or teach ancient languages using braille. It rests on work we did over the past year to expand screen reader access to these languages through the LibLouis library. Check it out and share around!
Poster for the Badè Museum's Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 Lecture Series for Disability in the Ancient Middle East and Mediterranean.
Starting next Thursday at 5:30pm BST (9:30am PST), the Badè Museum will kick off it's new Lecture Series. Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Research Facility @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, the Series will explore Disability in the Ancient Middle East and Mediterranean. (1/4)
We love these events, but we could use your help to continue to do them.
Please, as Disability Pride Month comes to an end, consider donating to our cause! (2/2)
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Three CripAntiquity board members in front of a lecture hall posing with the CripAntiquity contact information.
It has been a big month for CripAntiquity!
Early in the month, three of our board members hosted a panel at the CA conference (pictured below), and just this last weekend we had our first ever annual conference, which was a great success! (1/2)
July is Disability Pride Month, and we are so proud of our members around the world! We are now one step closer to reaching our goal of providing grants/scholarships for our members for conferences and fieldwork: you can now donate to us! paypal.com/donate/?host...