Emergent thinking about the relational nature of post-secondary disability access offers Canadian researchers and practitioners important opportunities to probe and discuss the links between specific accommodation practices and the student/faculty relationships they produce. This presentation will highlight the self-advocacy and accommodation experiences of disabled students and their professors from three Nova Scotia Universities; and Cynthia will discuss what their lived experiences reveal about the realities of post-secondary learning for disabled students and the faculty who work to support equitable access to university learning.

Cynthia Bruce has a PhD in Educational Studies from Acadia University, and she brings her extensive experience as a blind student and educator and as a systemic disability activist to her teaching and research in the area of Disability Studies in Education. She has been a part-time instructor in Education, music therapy, and community development at Acadia since 2004; and she is pleased to be joining the School of Education as a continuing full-time instructor in July of 2018.