icon: "incitement (painting of a bald purple-skinned naked person standing among thick vines and ferns: from Joan Slonczewski's "Door Into Ocean")"I recently went to an event that was really inaccessible, but didn't have to be. Through my frustration at not being able to do anything about it, I've realized that as a presenter at conferences or
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I like sessions where they start out with introductions (even though I know this is fraught for some folks too) with the opportunity to state what you hope to get from it as well as to make requests like these to make sure you are able to fully participate and be included.
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yes, introductions would be an excellent way to do that. I could ask people to share their name, their pronouns, and any access needs that the rest of us could be helpful with. Hm.
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We used this for a while after one group member missed the body language another was giving off and it turned into a brawl (they both eventually left the group) but it turned out to be more than we needed.
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