This event aims to raise awareness toward the inequalities researchers with disabilities face in the polar field, and wider STEM. Throughout the workshop speakers will reflect on their journey into STEM, the barriers they have faced, and what accommodations have been required when conducting fieldwork with - or as - a researcher with disabilities.
Additionally, there will be an opportunity to ask questions to both the speakers, and event organiser Accessibility in Polar Research.
Accessibility in Polar Research (APR/@accesspolar) is a small network made up of five disabled ECRs who have all faced adversity within the polar field and are passionate about making polar research more inclusive. From our current work the network has used its platform to carry out its aims: (i) highlight the positives of disabilities (ii) spread awareness of difficulties researchers face and, (iii) provide/distribute resources and suggestions to improve inclusivity.