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<Title>Summer Request &amp; Alternate Format Text</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><p><span>The Office of Student
    Disability Services would like to remind you that if you are taking classes for
    the summer session and want to use your approved accommodations, <strong>please
    submit your <a href="http://sds.umbc.edu/accommodate-semester-request/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Semester Request</span></a> now </strong>through
    Accommodate. </span></p>
    
    <p><span> </span></p>
    
    <p><span>For students approved
    for alternate format text accommodations, please make sure you fill out the <a href="http://sds.umbc.edu/alternate-format-text-request-form/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong><span>Alternative Format Text form</span></strong></a>.</span></p>
    
    <p><span> </span></p>
    
    <p><span> Students that
    are approved for note-taking assistance and are planning to use this
    accommodation for summer may want to consider Sonocent audio note-taker. For
    more information on Sonocent please visit their website at <a href="https://www.sonocent.com/en-us/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>www.sonocent.com</span></a> and
    contact our AT Specialist, Mr. Andrew Drummond, <a href="mailto:adrumm@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>adrumm@umbc.edu</span></a>.</span></p>
    
    
    
    
    
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<Title>Retrieving Class Notes from Accommodate</Title>
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    Disability Services would like to remind students who are approved and
    utilizing the note-taking assistance accommodation this semester, that they
    need to download their notes from our Accommodate system. <strong>Notes will not be
    available in Accommodate after the last day of class, 05/15/18.</strong> If you have
    any questions or need assistance in downloading your notes, contact us at </span><a href="mailto:sdsnotetaking@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>sdsnotetaking@umbc.edu</span></a><span> or 410-455-2459.</span></p>
    
    
    
    
    
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<Title>Please Schedule Your Final Exams!</Title>
<Tagline>During finals SDS will be open from 8:30am-6pm.</Tagline>
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    finals starting next week, we at Student Disability Services would like to
    remind students who are approved for testing accommodations to schedule your
    final exams with our office ASAP. Final exams start on Thursday, 5/17/18 and
    end on Wednesday 5/23/18. There is no testing on Study Day 5/16/18.  <br></span></p><p><span><br></span></p><p><span>Please
    schedule your exams through our online </span><a href="http://sds.umbc.edu/scheduling-exams-in-accommodate/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Accommodate system. </span></a><span>If you need assistance in
    scheduling your exams, please contact us at </span><a href="mailto:disAbility@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>disAbility@umbc.edu</span></a><span>, 410-455-2459 or visit us in
    person at our office located in Math/Psychology, 2nd Fl. Room 212.</span></p><p><span><br></span></p><p><strong><span>Shady Grove Students: </span></strong><span>To take a quiz/exam at Shady
    Grove, allow one week advance notice and please click on the link<strong> <span><u><span>Taking a Quiz/Exam with SDS at
    Shady Grove</span></u></span>. </strong><span><span> </span>For any Shady Grove scheduling questions and
    concerns, please contact </span></span><a href="mailto:usg-testing@umd.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>usg-testing@umd.edu</span></a><span>.</span></p>
    
    
    
    
    
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<Title>Start Scheduling Your Final Exams</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><p><span>As
    we approach the end of the semester, we at the Office of Student Disability
    Services would like to remind students who are approved for testing
    accommodations to start scheduling your finals exams with our office. Finals
    start Thursday, May 17, 2018 and end Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Please schedule
    your exams through our </span><strong><a href="https://sds.umbc.edu/scheduling-exams-in-accommodate" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Accommodate</span></a></strong><span><strong>  </strong>online system. <span> </span>For any scheduling questions or concerns,
    please contact us at 410-455-2459 or </span><a href="mailto:disAbility@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>disAbility@umbc.edu</span></a><span>.</span></p>
    
    <p><span> </span></p>
    
    <p><span>Students,
    who have been approved and are utilizing note-taking assistance, please make
    sure you are downloading your notes. Class notes will not be available after
    the last day of class. For any questions or concerns regarding note-taking
    assistance, please contact us at </span><a href="mailto:sdsnotetaking@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>sdsnotetaking@umbc.edu</span></a><span><span>.</span></span></p>
    
    <p><span> </span></p>
    
    <p><strong><span>Shady Grove Students: </span></strong><span>To take a quiz/exam at Shady
    Grove, allow one week advance notice and please click on the link<strong> <a href="http://www.shadygrove.umd.edu/campus-services/cas/dss" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Taking a Quiz/Exam
    with SDS at Shady Grove</a>. </strong><span><span> </span>For any Shady Grove scheduling questions and
    concerns, please contact <a href="mailto:usg-testing@umd.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">usg-testing@umd.edu</a>.</span></span></p>
    
    
    
    
    
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<Title>Wheelchair Basketball Night in the RAC</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><div><span>You are invited to help us raise campus awareness about accessibility by participating in a<span> </span></span><strong>wheelchair basketball game</strong><span> </span>with
     the Maryland Ravens, whose mission is to build cooperation and foster 
    relationships between people with disabilities and their community. </div><div><br></div><div>The
     Ravens organization provides the equipment, a brief training clinic for
     players of all abilities (with or without disability), and a very 
    entertaining game! Y<span>ou
     and your teammates (volunteer campus partners of staff, faculty and 
    students) provide the effort for a very enjoyable, mixed-ability game on
     wheels. </span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><span>Come
     out, ready to play and learn via this fun and supportive experience and
     strengthen the UMBC community as the Maryland Ravens build teamwork and
     cooperation between people with physical disabilities and able-bodied 
    people.<span> </span><span>This event has been a great success in the past and<span> </span></span><span><strong>we need you</strong></span><span><span> </span>to continue the tradition as a player or spectator.</span><span> </span>Bring a friend or colleague, and l</span><span>et's raise awareness about disAbility together!</span><span><span> </span></span><span> </span><br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><strong><span><span><br></span></span></strong></div><div><strong><span><span>WHEN: <span><span>April 25, 2018</span></span> in the RAC Arena</span></span></strong><br></div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong>Clinic at</strong><span> </span><strong><span><span><span><span>4:30 pm</span></span></span></span></strong>--- Learn how to navigate the game using a specialized wheelchair and shoot hoops with the team! </div><div><br></div><div><span><strong>Game: </strong><span> </span><strong><span><span><span><span>5 pm</span></span></span></span></strong>--- <span> </span></span><strong>Tipoff! </strong><span> </span>Use the skills you gained from the clinic and play in the game! </div><span><div> </div><div><u>Sign up to play here: <span> </span></u><strong><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/ceIhbBi9K5xgAllb2" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://goo.gl/forms/ceIhbBi9K5xgAllb2</a> </strong></div><div><br></div><div><strong>Meet and greet after the game:</strong><span> </span><strong><span><span><span><span>6:30-7pm</span></span></span></span>-</strong>-- Meet the players from the Maryland Ravens!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></span><div><span>The<a href="https://www.facebook.com/marylandravens" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span> </span>Maryland Ravens</a><span> </span>are a non-profit organization based in Baltimore that </span><span>strives to help<span> </span></span><span>physically challenged and able-body people</span><span> build a sense of teamwork, cooperation, and community involvement.  Learn more about them here: <a href="http://www.marylandravens.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.marylandravens.org/</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/marylandravens/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://www.facebook.com/marylandravens/</a><br></span><br><div>
    
    <a href="https://m.facebook.com/events/2032449750312211?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%223%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&amp;aref=3" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://m.facebook.com/events/2032449750312211?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%223%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&amp;aref=3</a>
    
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     event is being offered in partnership by UMBC's Recreation &amp; 
    Physical Education department (Athletics), the Office of Accessibility 
    &amp; Disability Services, Student Disability Services, the Adaptive 
    Sports Committee, Global Brigades, and Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.</div></div>
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<Title>Happy Autism Awareness Day!</Title>
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<Title>How to Make Course Materials Accessible</Title>
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    The objective of this hands-on training will focus on providing faculty 
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     and to learn how to easily make them accessible in order to support 
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     creation of an accessible document and remediation of inaccessible 
    content using common authoring tools including Microsoft and Adobe 
    products.<span> <span> </span></span>For questions or to RSVP, contact Andrew Drummond, SDS Assistive Technology Specialist at<span> </span><a href="mailto:adrumm@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">adrumm@umbc.edu</a><span> </span>or reserve through the myUMBC event site, <a href="https://my.umbc.edu/groups/sss/events/58426" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://my.umbc.edu/groups/sss/events/58426.</a> Space is limited.</span></p></div>
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<Title>Wheelchair Basketball Event!</Title>
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<Summary>Come support UMBC's Adaptive Sports Initiative by cheering for UMBC students, faculty, and staff as they pay against The Maryland Ravens (marylandravens.org).</Summary>
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<Title>New Location for How to Make Course Materials Accessible</Title>
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