Honoring Veterans Inclusively Co-Creating Belonging at UMBC for Veterans with Disabilities
On November 11,  we celebrate our veterans on-campus, within the extended UMBC community, and beyond.  We are taking a moment to go over resources that might be valuable to this community:

For Student Veterans with disabilities - Student Disability Services remains an academic resource for disability-based accommodations.  Register online via the SDS link here.

Employee Veterans with disabilities may request work-related accommodations via UMBC's Accessibility and Disability Services - and may begin the process via this brief online form.

Additional resources for supporting the disabled veteran community at home and at work include:

Wounded Warrior and Caregiver Resource Guide -Dept. of Labor, January 2022

Veterans: Resources by Disability-Job Accommodation Network

Veterans and the ADA: A Guide for Employers-EEOC

Employment Resources for Veterans-Dept. of Labor: Office of Disability Employment Policy

Disabled Veterans: Understand how your organization can benefit from sourcing and recruiting veterans with disabilities.
-Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN)

A closeup photo of a person in jeans and suede shoes from the knees down, standing next to combat boot, a camouflage day-pack and a US flag accompanies this post. Credit: Benjamin Faust via unsplash.com.
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When: April 1, at 4:00pm PST = 7:00pm Eastern - mind the time zone!

Where and how:  This free event will be held online - registration is at https://lca.sfsu.edu/events/2021-04-01-230000/820731.

Keah Brown is an actress, journalist, author and screenwriter. She is the creator of #DisabledAndCute. Her work has appeared in Teen Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire U.K. and The New York Times, among other publications. Her debut essay collection "The Pretty One" is out now. Her debut picture book, "Sam's Super Seats," will be published in 2022.

This promises to be a great event - If you'd like more than this taste - check out her website:  https://keahbrown.com/ which includes her TedX Princeton talk on Choosing Joy Ambition and Self-Love

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We look forward to a well-attended event - this shares the joy and energy of Dr. Donna Walton's Divas with Disabilities project
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