The authors offer suggestions on creating cripped classrooms that are
- framed as a manifesto
- build crip futures
- address academic gatekeeping
and
- engage intersectionality

Recommendations for Cripped Classrooms

Forced intimacy is defined as disabled people being expected to share personal information, including personal medical information, in order to navigate ableism.

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Meaningful faculty-student relationships built through meeting with students individually and creating opportunities to get to know their students at the beginning of the semester can be a powerful tool to facilitate trust needed for interdependence. This trust is needed for students to feel comfortable disclosing access needs that go beyond legal compliance especially with so many disabled students having experiences of ableism in the accommodation disclosure process.

Faculty-Student Relationships as a tool of Interdependence

Abrams, E. J., Floyd, C. E., & Abes, E. S. (2024). Prioritizing Crip Futures: Applying Crip Theory to Create Accessible Academic Experiences in Higher Education. Disability Studies Quarterly, 43(4). https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v43i4.8270

Prioritizing Crip Futures: Applying Crip Theory to Create Accessible Academic Experiences in Higher Education

Mingus, M. (2017, August 6). Forced intimacy: An ableist norm. Leaving Evidence. https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2017/08/06/forced-intimacy-an-ableist-norm/

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