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Laura Murphy @lr_murphy

Inclusive design | engineer pushing boundaries & constant WIP | PhD candidate @umich. she/her/hers

Joined June 2015
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Incredible article about the force that is Alice Wong! 🧡
Robin Wilson-Beattie ♿️ 🌐 she,her@sexAbled
7 Sep 2022
For 'disabled oracle' Alice Wong, rest is a radical act latimes.com/california/story… featuring @SFdirewolf #Disability #Memoirs
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In today’s edition of What People Will Say to Avoid Saying Disabled: “people with limitations” 😤 #SayDisabled
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Not enough people are talking about the tragic loss of Jif peanut butter in this year of our lord. Hit me with the alt PB recs, I’m desperate
Am I citing this tweet in my dissertation proposal on inclusive design? Yes, yes I am. #AcademicTwitter
Emily Ladau@emily_ladau
19 May 2019
Idea for tech students who design stair-climbing wheelchairs: invent a power wheelchair with a back-up battery to alleviate anxiety that comes from getting stuck due to dead battery. Maybe solar-operated? And call it the Solar Roller (TM). That would actually be world-changing.
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Exercise for designers and design researchers: Someone asked me this week, “when you talk to someone and say “Good designers do ‘X’”, what are the top things you list?” #DesignTwitter
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Good designers seek to build a more inclusive, joyful, and equitable future. Good designers push for radical change while also recognizing that our lives are the culmination of small moments. 3/
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And above all, good designers lead with humility, curiosity, and empathy that each human life is worth understanding and accounting for. What do you think? What are the things that good designers do? 4/4
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I have arrived. I just received an invitation to a dog’s second birthday party and never been more sure that I have found my people 🐶🥳
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RT @HannahntheWolf: I think many of us "elder" crip academics know this, but I want to say explicitly that disabled students do NOT have to…
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How many journal articles have I read over the years? And now I'm one of them 🥲 Feels amazing to see my work published like this #DesignTwitter #AcademicTwitter rdcu.be/cGDGl
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Years in the making...my first journal article was just published! A study comparing idea generation outcomes from individual brainstorming and design heuristics. tl;dr different methods produce different kinds of ideas #PhDChat #AcademicTwitter rdcu.be/cGDGl

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Super interesting perspective & great discussion in the replies
Cristina Hartmann@cmmhartmann
7 Feb 2022
As a DeafBlind person, I feel torn about the trend of people describing their physical appearance during meetings for those who are blind/low vision. I appreciate the effort to make things more accessible and inclusive. Truly & deeply, but-- 1/
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Dr Vera Kubenz 🇵🇸 she/they@Vera_Kub
3 Feb 2022
A conference: "We are fully accessible!" Also the conference: "We will be running from 9am - 7pm" Me: *laughs in chronic pain and energy impairment*
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An engineer told me recently: “even if designs are only meant to be functional, they should also be aesthetic.” I mean, yes. And as a friend of mine said, “that’s like saying, ‘I like this building. It’s so architectural.’” #DesignTwitter
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One of my favorite things is needing a citation, remembering your friend has written about the topic, and then going to their Google scholar profile to find and cite their work 🥲 It’s the little things #PhDChat #AcademicTwitter
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I met Erin several years ago in DC when she was giving a talk with @SylviaEarle on their work in marine conservation. Being able to now order her book and share that work with my nieces and nephew?? We love to see it #WomenInSTEM
Erin Spencer, PhD@etspencer
28 Jan 2022
She’s heeeere!! UNREAL to see the final product, @Beavs' illustrations are so vibrant in real life. Coming to bookstores March 29! Preorder here: workman.com/products/the-wor… @WorkmanPub @StoreyPub.
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Will never forget @A_Slaton describing corporate DEI efforts as “add minority person and stir” 😂 Thanks for a great class this morning Dr. Slaton! Feeling excited to think about ARL (“abolition, redistribution, and love”) as an alternative to DEI.
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