Episode 51: Who gets to decide what is reasonable?

Kimberly talks with Dr. Kristel Scoresby, assistant professor of social work at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Scoresby is deaf, and they discuss cochlear implants, accommodations, and universal design.

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Transcript

AI Voice You're listening to Demand and Disrupt, the podcast for information about accessibility, advocacy, and all things disability. Kimberly Parsley Welcome to Demand and Disrupt, a disability podcast. I'm your host, Kimberly Parsley. Sam Moore And I'm your co-host, Sam Moore. Kimberly, it is hard to believe it is already April. Kimberly Parsley It is, it is hard to believe. Sam  Moore And it's spring and all the pollen is blowing around. Kimberly Parsley It's, yes, it's dusty and yellow out there, I hear. Sam Moore And as we currently speak, the floodgates continue to be open, but, uh, you know, we're, we're staying high and dry so far. Me in Henderson, Kimberly in Bowling Green. So that's right. That's what counts for us at least. Kimberly Parsley We are, we, we are doing well right now. Sam Moore So that is, that is great. Um, we hope everybody else is staying above water too. Kimberly Parsley Indeed we do. So I have a wonderful guest today. Her name is Dr. Kristle  Scoresby. She is an assistant professor in the college of social work at the university of Kentucky, and she is also deaf and she talks about cochlear implants and she talks about her research and applying what she's learned in her research to her social work. So a wonderful, wonderful conversation I have with her and you know, something she said got me thinking,  as you do. And  this, this episode I entitled “Who gets to decide what's reasonable?” And you know, we talk about that phrase reasonable accommodations and so Sam, I'm wondering, has anybody ever in, in your time, either as a student or an adult working or, or anything anywhere questioned the reasonableness, if that's a word  Sam Moore if it's not a word, we can make it, we just made it a word of a request for accommodations that you made. I mean, heck with the Webster's dictionary. We're going to have the Moore-Parsley dictionary here. Keep your ears peeled eyes open for that folks, but anyhow, yes, everybody's interpretation of reasonable seems to be different and I'll tell you my, my college experience at Western Kentucky University was overall great. I'd say 98% of my professors were at least decent, but there's, there's always one or two bad apples. My worst apple was my freshman year. It was a broadcastin