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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Natalia Rivera.\NI'm a doctoral student.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.00,0:00:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And well, doctoral graduate, actually.\NAnd in the Department of Hispanic
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.00,0:00:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Languages and Literature at the\NUniversity of Pittsburgh.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.73,0:00:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm also a Spanish Instructor and I\Nspecialize in Latin American,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.79,0:00:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Italian literature and \Ncritical disabilities studies.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.20,0:00:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my interests, my academic interests\Nare intimately tied to my personal
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.60,0:00:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience as a student and\Nnow instructor with
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.90,0:00:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a learning disability and co-occurring\Nanxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.90,0:00:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the first memory that I remember,\Njust on a personal level,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.36,0:00:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognizing that there was some access\Nissues or some degree of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.10,0:00:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially in the high school level.\NSome degree of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.73,0:00:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lack of knowledge, really, of\Ndifferent types of learning styles
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.76,0:00:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and different types of processing speeds\Nbecause of my diagnosis of Attention
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.56,0:01:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deficit Disorder. One of the key \Ncomponents of how that,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.52,0:01:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, how ADD affects me is that\NI have a slower processing speed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.52,0:01:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So while my reading comprehension is\Nstrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.00,0:01:16.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my processing speed affects my \Nwriting speed so I'm not always
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.15,0:01:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to produce a paragraph in a \Ntimely manner. So, we often
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.15,0:01:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had problems in English class. This\Nwas in tenth grade and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.15,0:01:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the expectation was that we would be\Nable to write a paragraph in half-hour.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.80,0:01:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And often times I would need double\Namount of time. I would need an hour.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.80,0:01:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes I wouldn't even be able\Nto finish one simple paragraph
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.29,0:01:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an hour.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.26,0:01:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember my English instructor,\Nat the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.02,0:01:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after class when I sort of approached her\Nand said,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.92,0:01:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Uhm, hey. Not withstanding the\Noriginal time. I wasn't
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.28,0:01:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really able to finish my paragraph."\NAnd I remember she looked at me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.86,0:01:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incredulous and said to me,\N"If you can't even write a paragraph,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.68,0:02:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a simple paragraph in one hour,\NI don't know what to tell you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.90,0:02:08.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I remember that moment. I\Nalso remember later on
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.45,0:02:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was preparing for her AP Exams.\NThis also happened in high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.45,0:02:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was my junior year. I was taking\Nan AP World History class
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.86,0:02:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember that I approached my \Ninstructor, already knowing on my own
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.46,0:02:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause I had already had plenty of\Nexperience advocating for myself since
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.33,0:02:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a child. I already knew that\Nall standardized testing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.74,0:02:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a process for requesting \Naccommodations.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.46,0:02:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I remember approaching my AP\NWorld History Exam and-
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.46,0:02:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I meant, my AP World History teacher\Nand explaining to him
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.55,0:02:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was registered with disability\Nresources, that I had a documented
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.03,0:02:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disability and that these were\Nthe particular accommodations I needed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.03,0:02:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time and a half. It was a very common \Naccommodation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.07,0:03:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember him telling me, "I don't \Nhave a problem providing you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.07,0:03:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,classroom accommodations. I'm just not\Nsure that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.64,0:03:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that extended time is provided on the\NAP Exam." And I was just
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.64,0:03:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flabbergasted that an instructor would\Nactively misinform me that way
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.64,0:03:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because even I knew at the tender age\Nof, I don't know, sixteen!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.34,0:03:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ATS always provided a process\Nfor requesting
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.34,0:03:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accommodation. So, I was stunned\Nthat an adult felt that he could
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.34,0:03:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just misinform me that way. And I\Nknow
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.34,0:03:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that misinforming me not necessarily\Nwith a negative intent, but he
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.35,0:03:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,genuinely had no notion of the\Nprocess. And
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.02,0:03:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah. So, it's un-willful misinformation, \Nbut
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.12,0:03:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the effect is similar. Because imagine\Nhad he said something like that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.12,0:03:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a student who had no idea how\Nto request accommodations.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.34,0:03:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, how to attain an \Nevaluation to substantiate
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.34,0:04:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the need for accommodations. So\Nit's just a lot of misinformation
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.74,0:04:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enabled with ignorance, not so much\Nmalice.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.35,0:04:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But just the complete lack of information\Nout there just really compromises
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.27,0:04:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,student's ability to advocate for\Nthemselves
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.60,0:04:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my personal work with the\Ndisability rights
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.60,0:04:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community because I worked two\Nand a half years at a disability
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.04,0:04:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rights organization called Autistic\NSelf Advocacy Network
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.42,0:04:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and meeting a lot of people my age
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.69,0:04:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of students don't find out that \Nthey have a diagnosis until much later
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.34,0:04:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in life. Once they start noticing, picking\Nup on their own symptoms they seek
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.34,0:04:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out individually supports. So I
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.34,0:04:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,certainly, on a personal level, benefited\Nfrom my
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.34,0:04:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mother's knowledge and from her\Nexperiences as a parent advocate.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.64,0:04:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think my awareness of a level\Nof discrimination
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.14,0:05:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if it was kind of on the \Nlevel of microaggression,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.97,0:05:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I had more awareness of\Ndiscrimination at the high school level
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.01,0:05:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, my initial exposure to advocacy\Nreally happened when I was young
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.83,0:05:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember going...\NThere were some days off from school
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.83,0:05:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember going to the office with \Nmy mom. And I remember meeting
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.83,0:05:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other moms and seeing her work part\Ntime at
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.83,0:05:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this parent advocacy group for parents\Nwith disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.83,0:05:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I thank my mother for, you know,\Nintroducing me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.83,0:05:34.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the concept of self advocacy and\Nfor empowering me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.83,0:05:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to use it in every aspect of my life and\Nat a professional level
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.83,0:05:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an academic level, as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.92,0:05:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I don't really remember the day of\Nthe Americans with Disabilities Act
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.92,0:05:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause I was just a couple of months \Nold.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.65,0:05:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, the impact on me, basically\NI sincerely
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.65,0:05:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doubt had I been born, I don't know,\Nforty years ago
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.65,0:06:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as opposed to thirty years ago, there's\Na possibility that I would not have
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.26,0:06:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attended college. And even if I had\Nattended college,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.29,0:06:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just sort of feel that I would have\Nnever considered doing a
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.29,0:06:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,PhD, if it hadn't been for the Americans\Nwith Disabilities Act.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.20,0:06:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because graduate school, the level of\Nsupport at the undergraduate level
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.20,0:06:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least at a liberal arts college
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.73,0:06:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that tends to be more supportive is \Nradically different from graduate school
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.48,0:06:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the level of support is practically\Nnon-existent, I feel
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.48,0:06:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think a lot of graduate students\Nfeel the same way.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.19,0:06:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So without the ADA, I'm not even sure\NI would have been fortunate enough
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.19,0:06:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to attend college so I think that it\Noffered me
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.19,0:06:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the protections that I needed to go\Nbeyond what my
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.19,0:06:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wildest dreams, right? So I feel like...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.60,0:06:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had a very privileged life and I'm\Ngrateful for my academic
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.60,0:06:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunities that I know there are so\Nmany deserving students
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.60,0:07:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who didn't have the opportunities that I\Nhad and I'm not only grateful to my family
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.60,0:07:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their unyielding dedication
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.60,0:07:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to advocacy and also very
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.60,0:07:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grateful for the ADA as well. I mean,\Ndisabilities definitely run in my family
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.60,0:07:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neuro-developmental disabilities, learning\Ndisabilities. I do have a cousin who
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.50,0:07:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was on the autism spectrum and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.50,0:07:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think, by no means, benefited
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.55,0:07:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the protections offered by the\NAmericans with Disabilities Act in the
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.55,0:07:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,same degree that I did. I think\Nunfortunately because I think there
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.55,0:07:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still cultural stigma
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.72,0:07:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly if an autism spectrum\Ndisorder
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.72,0:07:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,co-occurs with a intellectual disability,\Nbut he
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.72,0:07:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finished his associate's degree with\Nminimal supports.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.72,0:07:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think because the ADA empowered me,\NI feel like
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.72,0:07:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm prepared as an instructor to offer\Nsupport
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.72,0:08:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to students with other disabilities. I\Nhave
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.72,0:08:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,students with documented disabilities\Nand I feel that because
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.72,0:08:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of my personal experience as a\Nstudent
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.72,0:08:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with disability, I feel much more\Nprepared to work with
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.72,0:08:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a wider range of students who need\Ndifferent needs and I'm prepared
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.72,0:08:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be accommodating, I'm prepared\Nto
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.54,0:08:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least endeavored to make students\Nfeel like they're valuable members of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.54,0:08:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my classroom. I'm not a perfect \Ninstructor. I still have a lot to learn
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.58,0:08:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, I think that level of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.05,0:08:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humanity, I think, that speaks to a\Nlot of students and I think that I'm
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.05,0:08:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,better able to connect to connect with\Nmy students. So,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.05,0:08:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ADA allowed me to be useful as\Nan instructor, basically. But, I
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.05,0:08:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember one interview I did with\Na student on the
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.05,0:08:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,autism spectrum, who was attending\Na
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.05,0:09:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,college specifically for students with\Nlearning disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.71,0:09:08.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she made a very astute observation\Nabout
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.75,0:09:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning disabilities under colleges and\Nsort of their
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.99,0:09:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,focus on vocational training as opposed to\Nacademic training and
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.17,0:09:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was a smart girl who wanted to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.26,0:09:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pursue a degree in humanities and she was\Ndoing an interdisciplinary liberal arts
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.26,0:09:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,degree, but she couldn't take philosophy,\Nfor instance. Or
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.26,0:09:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she couldn't do a major in history.\NAnd I think the way
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.26,0:09:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the classes, the course work, the\Ncurriculum...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.26,0:09:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just how all the academic options were\Nstructured in this particular college
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.90,0:09:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it sort of reinforced this idea that\Ntraditional academic
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.90,0:09:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disciplines are somehow out of reach\Nfor a student who
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.90,0:09:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reads as having an intellectual disability\Nor who reads as having
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.48,0:10:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,potential learning difficulties and she\Nlamented and I
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.48,0:10:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wholeheartedly agreed with her appraisal.\NShe lamented the fact that she couldn't
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.92,0:10:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pursue a traditional discipline she would\Nhave wanted. She wanted to be a historian.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.64,0:10:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think that in a way, people wouldn't \Nreally read the legislation
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.64,0:10:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very carefully.\NI guess in their attempt
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.64,0:10:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sort of include people, they're\Ninadvertently limiting the options
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.18,0:10:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a lot of students because there\Nare students who may need to
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.18,0:10:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do- There are students who may\Nwant to pursue
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.68,0:10:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,physics, right? But they need a longer\Ntimeline to complete
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.68,0:10:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their coursework, but it's just in a\Ntraditional four-year
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.13,0:10:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,college. Those mechanisms just\Naren't in place to provide
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.13,0:10:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that support system for a student who\Nneeds additional support, but
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.13,0:10:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who wants to pursue a traditional\Nacademic discipline. So, I think in that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.77,0:10:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regard, even though the spirit of the\NADA, you definitely get the sense
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.77,0:11:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the wording of the legislation\Nthat it's intended to