Presentation at the National Women Studies Association
Team member Becca Monteleone recently gave a presenation about the Plain Truth Project at the National Women Studies Association Annual Conference in November 2022. You can learn more about it below.
Title: Which Public? Intellectual Gatekeeping and Cognitive Accessibility in Public Writing
Time and Date: November 12, 1:15-2:30 PM CST
Abstract: While public writing – from op-eds to investigative journalism to blog posts – aims to democratize access to information, persistent gatekeeping structures invisiblize and alienate already marginalized groups. In this presentation, drawing on feminist disability studies, empirical qualitative research, and practical applications of cognitive accessibility in news media, I argue that disabled people – particularly people with intellectual disabilities – are systematically excluded from public discourse, including discourse about disability, due to entrenched social expectations about credibility in knowledge production and intellectual community.