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Materials from “Access Friction” talk at Queen’s University Accessibility First Speaker Series
This talk was titled “Access Friction: What can we learn from situations in which access needs differ and conflict” and was delivered on October 22, 2025 at Queen’s University as part of the Accessibility First speaker series. Please find the links to the slides and handout sheet with references below. Link to slides Link to…
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Transparent teaching as an iceberg
Note: This post is a more permanent version of a LinkedIn post from September 2025. The idea of transparency in teaching has gained a lot of deserved recognition, especially through the widespread engagement with the TILT framework. I am starting to feel like “transparent teaching” or “clear expectations” is more of an “iceberg concept” –…
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Materials from “Guest Speakers in CTLs” discussion
I facilitated a conversation on the topic of “Guest Speakers in CTLs: Benefits, drawbacks, and opportunities for equity and impact” at the Virtual Gathering for Educational Developers on June 25, 2025. The goal of this discussion was to work together to critically consider the purpose of guest speakers in CTL activities, and to consider how…
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Materials from The Grading Conference 2025
Please see below for the links to the slides and handout (with references and script) for my talk at The Grading Conference 2025 on June 11, 2025. Title: Tolerance for Error: A theory of how (some) alternative grading practices can support neurodivergent students Link to slides Link to handout (with references and script) Abstract: Neurodivergent…
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Materials from “Supporting Neurodivergent Students Today” (AAC&U CLASS Pre-conference Workshop)
Last month I facilitated an intensive, 3-hour workshop as part of the pre-conference sessions at the AAC&U Conference on Learning and Student Success in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I had some thought-provoking conversations with the participants and had to the chance to share some newer ideas and material during this workshop, which was called “Supporting…
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Materials from: “Designing Options for Interaction: Accessible Design Instead of ‘Retrofitting’”
On Wednesday June April 23, 2025 I participated in the 9 in 9 in overtime UDL webinar series which was organized by Goodwin University. I wanted to make my materials available so I have provided links on this post. I highly encourage folks to look at the materials for previous sessions and to sign up…
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Professional development opportunity: Working with neurodivergent instructors
February 11th and 12th, 2026 | 12pm to 2pm Eastern each day | Register What Do you currently work with neurodivergent instructors or think you might in the future? Working with Neurodivergent Instructors is a 2 day workshop that is intended for teaching and learning staff, instructional designers, or anyone else who supports faculty in…
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Materials from “Neurodiversity and UDL: A friendship worth fostering” at LEAP Indiana Series
I presented this workshop at the LEAP Indiana Professional Development series on Friday, January 24th 2025. This series is a statewide professional development speaker series for faculty in Indiana. Link to Slides Link to Session Handout The second part of the workshop offered personal reflection opportunities on how course design could be information by neurodiversity…
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The beginnings of a “neurodiversity-informed” approach to UDL
Note: This post is based on a LinkedIn post from Tuesday December 17th, 2024. I decided to give that content a more permanent and access home on my website. I do have some hope to expand these ideas into a full article, but I am not certain when. I have done a few talks as…
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Materials from UDL Conference Talk: “No to Normal: A Neurodiversity-informed approach to UDL”
I presented this talk at the Goodwin University UDL Conference on September 27th, 2024. Link to Slides Link to Session Handout In this talk I had two goals:
Sarah E. Silverman
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Sarah E. Silverman 