I have yet to have interactions with professional societies that aren't ableist.

I think it's past time for marginalized scientists to start their own professional societies instead of trying to reform the status quo societies. Just build it right from the alpha.

I've never seen a good faith effort from professional societies. It's all about getting brownie points for looking diverse without doing one bit of the work required to actually be inclusive and supportive. #DisabledAndSTEM #MarginSci

Some folks are afraid to do this because they want it to immediately be big expensive conferences at luxury locations, big publications...

You can't get there without being willing to start. You *build* it. But you have to have the audacity to believe something better is possible. #DisabledAndSTEM #MarginSci

@ml As an example, mathematicians, faced with racism in the American Mathematical Society, founded the National Alliance of Mathematicians