Gregor Wolbring

here now an article about the Killam award and a video they played about my WolbPack (you have to scroll down in the article). For people who know me I don't do soundbites very well 🙂 so its amazing what they produced video wise from the interview www.ucalgary.ca/news/2026-ki...

I am honoured to have received the 2026 Killam Undergraduate Mentorship Award from my university (about undergraduates succeeding as researchers), made possible by The Killam Trusts - Les fiducies Killam and my students. Thank you! Due to character limits go here for details lnkd.in/p/gpettZUP

Ableism, Disablism, and other Ability Judgment terms: Mapping out the Academic Literature to support ability judgment justice research, teaching and advocacy; dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRI...; using other hashtags (100 pages, 28 tables). #disability; #socialjustice; #justice

Part 2 Thank you to my students and my collaborator Dr. Dana Mahr from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) for being part of the ableism mapping.

part 2 Thanks to Esha and Mahakprit for joining this project. Both approached me after I gave my yearly ableism lecture to medical students whether they could do research with me. And this is our product!. Thanks again.

Part 1 due to the stupid character limit. And here the first for 2026. Wolbring, G.; Dhaliwal, E.; Kaur, M. Incivility, Ostracism, and Social Climate Surveys Through the Lens of Disabled People: A Scoping Review. Societies 2026, 16(1), article number 12. doi.org/10.3390/soc1...

Wolbring, G.; Deloria R. Ally Burnout: Views of Disability Studies Students. Societies 2025, 15(12), article number 359; doi:10.3390/soc15120359. open access

without typo 5)Wolbring Gregor and Paquette, Alex (2025) Social Factors Causing Burnout of Disabled Students: Views of One Group of Allies of Disabled People in Trends High. Educ., 4(4), 60; doi.org/10.3390/high... In this we also introduce concept of "Ability judgment justice"/"Ability justice"

Wolbring Gregor and Dhindsa Parneet (2025) Adverse Childhood Experiences of Disabled Children and Youth Resulting from Ableist Judgments and Disablist Treatments: A Scoping Review in Youth 2025, 5(4), 125; doi.org/10.3390/yout...

3) Oana Branzei, Anica Zeyen, Susanne M Bruyère, Eline Jammaers, Nidhil Singal, Gregor Wolbring (2025) Ethical Dilemmas of Disability Inclusion—Emerging Ethics of Activism and Care: Introduction to the Special Issue in Journal of Business Ethics 201, 781–795 doi.org/10.1007/s105...

2) Wolbring, G. Chatbotting about energy transition and related concepts (... not enough space for full title) through a disability studies and ability studies lens: A teaching and a gap analysis tool DOI: dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRI...

new since may (a few mails to come) 1) Wolbring, G. (2025) Ethics and Equity/Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Through an Ability Studies and Disability Studies Lens. In Diversity and Discrimination in Business Ethics, Higher Education and Society, Poff, D.C., Ed. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-77665-6_8

Wolbring Gregor and Fast Victoria (2025) A briefing paper on the state of the art of accessibility research focusing on disabled people, including research on attitudinal accessibility and attitudinal barriers Briefing paper, Prism University of Calgary; DOI: dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRI... ;

may be of interest ? Wolbring, Gregor; Mahr, Dana; Lamoureux, Rochelle (2025) “Teaching about the intersectionality of disabled people using an intersectional pedagogy framework: a primer”; at hdl.handle.net/1880/121054; DOI: dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRI... #disability #disabled

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

From Lisa Meeks In 2016, 2019, and 2021, we published the first prevalence studies in JAMA and JAMA Network Open on learners with disabilities... www.linkedin.com/posts/lisame...

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www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus... and this means if this is correct that AI bots will return also more biased data in the future

Besides the differences in life expectancy, the analysis also revealed ADHD to be linked with a higher risk of mental health issues — such as anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicide and personality disorders. edition.cnn.com/2025/01/23/h... But why ? Due to how they are treated by society?

Well, the White House has taken down its web accessibility statement www.whitehouse.gov/accessibility/ And then they say "Every single day I will be fighting for you .... ." www.whitehouse.gov My comment: We are obviously not the "you".

FEDERAL EVIDENCE AGENDA ON DISABILITY A Report by the DISABILITY DATA INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP of the NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL January 2025 www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u... #disability

Your kids are sick all the time because public health leaders chose to let it happen. There are details, and there are more in-depth explanations, but in the end that's what it boils down to. They listened to their egos instead of experts, and made bad choices. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/01/11/w...

“'Sign language is woke now': Outrage over right wing's new culture war” Erik De La Garza January 10, 2025 www.rawstory.com/right-wing-2...

Amplifying this application for microgrants for disabled creatives affected by LA fires: form.jotform.com/250107007947... If you want to donate to the grant program, you can do so here: www.pledge.to/la-wildfire-...

Remote controlling robots a form of remote working tele working interesting mentions it as an opportunity for disabled people www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/t... Here tele driving German startup Vay is pushing teledriving— vay.io www.wired.com/story/a-snea...

Heartbreaking this culture of neglect. www.latimes.com/california/s... like my 2009 paper "A culture of neglect: Climate discourse and disabled people "https://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/view/173 Hurricane Katrina quote on wheelchair user drowning (not evacuated)

They won't be happy until we're all dead. During the first years of covid, the Scottish government had terps at every press conference, while Deaf people had to beg for them from the UK government, and it rarely worked. People with hearing impairments were four times more likely to die.

If you're looking to hire people with accessibility knowledge and experience, the Accessibility Skills Hiring Toolkit created by Teach Access can help you. The toolkit provides language to use when writing job ads, and questions to ask when interviewing. teachaccess.github.io/accessibilit...

An incredible opportunity for the right person: The Santa Fe Institute is seeking applications for full-time resident faculty positions at all academic levels For me, this has been the best possible job ever. More info here: santafe.edu/about/jobs/r...

A new year can bring change, hope, fun, stability, and more. If you are a compassionate person with a strong desire to help people reach their potential, then DDA could be the place for you. Apply today! #work #employment #career #benefits #pension #TeamDDA buff.ly/2PxyjPs

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY At UNESCO For Gender Equality 2024-25 www.unitednationsrecruit.com/2024/12/26/i...

OISE is hiring! Associate Professor of Queer Studies & Social Justice Education... www.oise.utoronto.ca/working

2024 Disability Poverty in Canada Report Card www.disabilitywithoutpoverty.ca/en/milestone... Disability Poverty Report Card 2024: Canada earns an “F” on addressing disability poverty 2024-12-20 www.disabilitywithoutpoverty.ca/en/special-a... #disability #disabilitystudies

Citizen incubator model www.publiclife.org.uk/.../the-citi.... www.publiclife.org.uk

Von Raul Krauthausen, Germany. Du hast eine wichtige Message zu Inklusion oder Barrierefreiheit? Erreiche 30.000 Abonnent*innen in meinem Newsletter! kostenlos – Einsendeschluss: 15.01. Bewirb raul.de/kontakt /sende Nachricht. original #disability #Behinderung www.linkedin.com/posts/raulkr...

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New (free) e-learning course on Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (DiDRR) developed by CBM Global, the Africa Disability Forum and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction kayaconnect.org/course/info....

from disability studies Professor Eliza Chandler www.torontomu.ca/disability-s... I'm hiring a PhD RA to work on an institutional ethnography in the area of disability arts and culture. The application deadline is January 10th. www.torontomu.ca/careers/rese... #disabilityStudies

AI Company That Made Robots For Children Went Bust And Now The Robots Are Dying aftermath.site/moxie-robot-... but that also happened with retina implants where the company went bust spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-o.... or another one spectrum.ieee.org/retina-impla... ...

Canadians with disabilities experience ableism at work Only 32 per cent of Canadians surveyed by KPMG in Canada believe their workplace is a safe environment for them to disclose their disability to others #disability #disabilityrights #ableism #disablism #disableism kpmg.com/ca/en/home/m...

From @sarahbell85.bsky.social A Change in the Climate By Liz Crow and Ellen Booth creative arts organisation, Roaring Girl Productions (RGP), sensing-climate.com/news/a-chang...