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Monthly Archives: November 2013

Falling Down on the Job: Chronic Illness in Post-Graduate Workplace (Part 1)

November 15, 2013by phdisabled Leave a comment

In Doing a PhD in Half the Time, Sarcozona discussed the role of academic institutions and individuals in managing expectations around productivity with a chronic illness.  Many of the ideas […]

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Falling Down on the Job

Falling Down on the Job: Chronic Illness in Post-Graduate Workplace (Part 2)

November 15, 2013by phdisabled Leave a comment

(This post continues on from Falling Down on the Job: Chronic Illness in Post-Graduate Workplace Part 1).  What could anyone in my situation do to prevent what happened to me? […]

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Disability isn’t just a pastoral issue

November 15, 2013by phdisabled 2 Comments

One of the questions I find myself asking frequently is whether the current dominant practice of perceiving disability and chronic illness as “pastoral” rather than “academic” issues is correct. WHY […]

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Living with depression (while doing a PhD)

November 15, 2013by phdisabled 13 Comments

After a string of conversations on twitter, I wanted to write about the hard work that goes in to being a PhD student as someone who suffers from depression. As […]

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Developing a Mystery Illness in Grad School

November 5, 2013by phdisabled 9 Comments

I’m a 4th year PhD candidate, working on a degree in Ecology. My dissertation proposal is a thrilling work in three parts, full of enthusiasm and ideas involving a Darwin […]

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