{"id":461913,"date":"2019-11-18T00:54:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T08:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=461913"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:19:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:19:44","slug":"ep-64-disabled-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/11\/18\/ep-64-disabled-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 64: Disabled Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2257\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-461913-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/64_Ep_64_FINAL.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/64_Ep_64_FINAL.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/64_Ep_64_FINAL.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/64_Ep_64_FINAL.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_pinw=461913-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/64_Ep_64_FINAL.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"64_Ep_64_FINAL.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('461913-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_461913-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_461913-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_embed=461913-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/disability-visibility\/id1282878324\u00a0?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fdisabilityvisibilityproject.com%2F%3Fp%3D461913\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s episode is about disabled teachers with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/travisclau\">Travis Chi Wing Lau<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DayniahManderso\">Dayniah Manderson<\/a>. Travis is a postdoctoral fellow in English at the University of Texas at Austin and Dayniah teaches 8th grade at Mott Hall Community School in the Bronx, NYC. You\u2019ll hear both Travis and Dayniah talk about their approach to teaching, what they enjoy about being teachers, what\u2019s unique about being a disabled teacher, and the challenges facing the teaching profession in both universities and city public school systems.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Transcript<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1geBT2W1mrxMKWPkOQWJYpBBPBRZhdhil\/view?usp=sharing\"><strong>[Google doc]<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Disabled-Teachers.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Related Links<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Bailey, Whitney. (October 18, 2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/ablethrive.com\/life-skills\/wheelchair-users-perspective-disability-and-employment\">Wheelchair user&#8217;s perspective on disability and employment.<\/a> AbleThrive.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lau, Travis Chi Wing. (October 11, 2019). <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalhealthhumanities.com\/2019\/10\/11\/on-the-power-of-names\/\">On the Power of Names.<\/a> Synapsis.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lau, Travis Chi Wing. (February 14, 2019.) <a href=\"https:\/\/the-rambling.com\/2019\/02\/14\/valentines-lau\/\">William Hay; Or, An Obsession.<\/a> The Rambling.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Manderson, Dayniah. (October 8, 2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/voices\/2018\/10\/08\/disability-access-job-interview-teacher-discrimination-ada-ableism-accommodation-column\/1501095002\/\">Does my wheelchair make you uncomfortable? How my disability may have cost me a job.<\/a> USA Today.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_461917\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-461917\" style=\"width: 301px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"461917\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/11\/18\/ep-64-disabled-teachers\/55935465_2302859763085128_3723374704442998784_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/55935465_2302859763085128_3723374704442998784_n.jpg?fit=642%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"642,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"55935465_2302859763085128_3723374704442998784_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dayniah Manderson, a young Black woman with long black hair and eyeglasses. She is in a power chair and wearing a yellow sleeveless shirt. She at her classroom door with the hallway in the background. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/55935465_2302859763085128_3723374704442998784_n.jpg?fit=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/55935465_2302859763085128_3723374704442998784_n.jpg?fit=642%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-461917\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/55935465_2302859763085128_3723374704442998784_n.jpg?resize=301%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dayniah Manderson, a young Black woman with long black hair and eyeglasses. She is in a power chair and wearing a yellow sleeveless shirt. She at her classroom door with the hallway in the background.\" width=\"301\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/55935465_2302859763085128_3723374704442998784_n.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/55935465_2302859763085128_3723374704442998784_n.jpg?w=642&amp;ssl=1 642w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-461917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dayniah Manderson, a young Black woman with long black hair and eyeglasses. She is in a power chair and wearing a yellow sleeveless shirt. She at her classroom door with the hallway in the background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Dayniah Manderson<\/strong>, 39, has been an educator within the New York City Department of Education since 2003. She teaches 8th grade at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mott Hall Community School in the Bronx, New York City.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 She is the mother of a precocious teenager and lives with SMA II.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DayniahManderso\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@DayniahManderso<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_461918\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-461918\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"461918\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/11\/18\/ep-64-disabled-teachers\/lau-author-photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/lau-author-photo.jpg?fit=1001%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1001,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lau &amp;#8211; author photo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A Chinese American man with black hair dressed in a plaid shirt and cable-knit sweater.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/lau-author-photo.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/lau-author-photo.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-461918\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/lau-author-photo.jpg?resize=300%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A Chinese American man with black hair dressed in a plaid shirt and cable-knit sweater.\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/lau-author-photo.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/lau-author-photo.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/lau-author-photo.jpg?resize=768%2C1151&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/lau-author-photo.jpg?w=1001&amp;ssl=1 1001w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-461918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Chinese American man with black hair dressed in a plaid shirt and cable-knit sweater.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Travis Chi Wing Lau<\/strong> is a postdoctoral fellow in English at UT Austin. He specializes in 18th- and 19th-century British literature and culture, medical humanities, and disability studies. His academic and creative writing have appeared in a number of forums for public scholarship such as<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Public Books <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Angeles Review of Books,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as in queer and disability-focused publications like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Deaf Poets Society. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His portfolio of work and current projects are accessible on his homepage: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/travisclau.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">travisclau.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/travisclau\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@travisclau<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Support Disability Media and Culture<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/donate\/\"><b>DONATE<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0to the Disability Visibility Project\u00ae<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geraldineah-sue.com\/\">Geraldine Ah-Sue<\/a>, Audio Producer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFdirewolf\">Alice Wong<\/a>, Writer, Audio Producer, Host<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhoAmIToStopIt\">Cheryl Green<\/a>, Text Transcript<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kut2smooth\">Lateef McLeod<\/a>, Introduction<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeeMort\">Mike Mort<\/a>, Artwork<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Theme Music (used with permission of artist)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Song:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N02wZiX7jso\">\u201cDance Off\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Artist:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wheelchairsportscamp.bandcamp.com\/\">Wheelchair Sports Camp<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Music<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Podington_Bear\/Meet_Podington_Bear_Box_Set_Disc_1\/12_Wavy_Glass_1687\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wavy Glass<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d by Podington Bear (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wavy Glass by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/soundofpicture.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Podington Bear<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is licensed under a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Podington_Bear\/The_Hump_Box_Set_Disc_6\/07_Crystal_Boom_Persuasion\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crystal Boom Percussion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d by Podington Bear (Crystal Boom Persuasion by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/soundofpicture.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Podington Bear<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is licensed under a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Sounds<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/Jack_Master\/sounds\/248096\/\">\u201cVOCODER countdown\u201d<\/a>\u00a0by Jack_Master.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/sheepfilms\/sounds\/153583\/#\">8 Bit Beeping Computer Sounds<\/a>\u201d by sheepfilms.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/64_Ep_64_FINAL.mp3Podcast\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/64_Ep_64_FINAL.mp3Podcast<\/a>: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS&nbsp; Today\u2019s episode is about disabled teachers with Travis Chi Wing Lau and Dayniah Manderson. Travis &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/11\/18\/ep-64-disabled-teachers\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ep 64: Disabled Teachers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":461922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[587152318],"tags":[6942,3471,173786,587152798,1342,47459,30831,5897,587152797,130,587152420],"class_list":["post-461913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-academia","tag-accessibility","tag-accommodations","tag-disabled-teachers","tag-education","tag-educators","tag-graduate-education","tag-higher-education","tag-public-education","tag-school","tag-universities","post-has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Disabled-Teachers-Twitter.png?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4H7t1-1Wad","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}