Accessibility and Disability Update: May News and Events

Tue, 14 May 2024 08:10:46 -0400
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May contains multitudes beyond finals and commencements:

Asian American and Pacific Island (AAPI) Heritage Month has a lot of intersectionality with disability beyond luminaries like Alice Wong and local Lydia X. Y. Brown - Read more about the Asian Americans with Disabilities Initiative here.

May 16th is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) - click on the link to learn more about how to celebrate and enhance accessibility, especially digital accessibility, such as:

Know or experience a UMBC faculty or a department that champions accessibility? NOMINATE THEM for the ADS Accessibility Trailblazer Award via this link. Last year's awardees:

Dr. Laura Rose, Psychology (Faculty) and the Chemistry Department (2023)

Want to learn more about course accessibility, read on:

On May 21st Improve Course Accessibility with a 30 minute Quick Start with Instructional Technology, faculty can sign up for this online session here.

Learn more about ADS collaboration with UMBC's Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence research on neurodiversity in language teaching and learning (TESOL)

Also, on May 10, UMBC's Gamma Kappa chapter of Delta Alphi Pi International Honor Society for students with disabilities had its Induction, welcoming seven (7) new member and celebrating three graduating seniors.

In closing, don't forget to take care of yourself (Take the Moment) throughout all of May in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month!