Item
Missing Assignments List
Title (Dublin Core)
Missing Assignments List
Description (Dublin Core)
“School is very difficult for me online, as I don't have access to the resources I would if I were attending school physically. I cannot get the extra help I need, and without someone supervising me I'm forgetful and less likely to get my assignments in.” -Mary Harrigan
I am submitting this object, along with Mary’s reasoning behind sending me this screenshot because it shows the ways that the education system is overwhelmed in trying to transition to remote forms of learning, which is, in turn, leaving behind many neurodiverse students. While the environment at home may be a bit more comfortable for Mary due to better control of external stimuli, they still don’t have access to the accommodations they need as an autistic student in high school.
This object also shows the overwhelming nature of online schooling, and how the technologies we use to help in remote learning oftentimes cause more stress to the student because the reminder of how much work they have is constant: it is on their phones which they carry with them everywhere. Additionally, Mary is Autistic and Nonbinary, Both of these identities are not typically represented within historical records. and I think it's important that their experiences be preserved within this archive.
I am submitting this object, along with Mary’s reasoning behind sending me this screenshot because it shows the ways that the education system is overwhelmed in trying to transition to remote forms of learning, which is, in turn, leaving behind many neurodiverse students. While the environment at home may be a bit more comfortable for Mary due to better control of external stimuli, they still don’t have access to the accommodations they need as an autistic student in high school.
This object also shows the overwhelming nature of online schooling, and how the technologies we use to help in remote learning oftentimes cause more stress to the student because the reminder of how much work they have is constant: it is on their phones which they carry with them everywhere. Additionally, Mary is Autistic and Nonbinary, Both of these identities are not typically represented within historical records. and I think it's important that their experiences be preserved within this archive.
Date (Dublin Core)
December 9, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Mary Harrigan
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Megan Bateman
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST241
Partner (Dublin Core)
Suffolk University in Boston
Type (Dublin Core)
screenshot
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Online Learning
English
Education--Universities
English
Health & Wellness
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
autism
Suffolk
neurodiversity
Boston
Massachusetts
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
#CovidMiniCollection
Suffolk
#CovidAndNeurodiversity
autism
neurodiverse students
Collection (Dublin Core)
College COVID Stories
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
12/16/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
01/26/2021
02/25/2021
10/21/2021
This item was submitted on December 16, 2020 by Megan Bateman using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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