KU Faculty Staff Council on Disability Inclusion

The Faculty Staff Council on Disability Inclusion advocates for a climate of full inclusion across all aspects of life at the University of Kansas.

[Alice Wong 王美華 @SFdirewolf]

📭🗳️ Hey, disabled folks who care about disability issues and considering voting this November! Check out the #CripTheVote 2024 U.S. Election Disability Issue Survey
https://t.co/IMrnafBrS8

Examples of some survey questions below

[Great Plains ADA Center @ADAGreatPlains]

Join us in celebrating #InternationalSignLanguageDay! This annual event takes place every September 23 and celebrates the unity created by sign languages. This year's theme is "Sign Up for Sign Language Rights." To learn more, visit https://t.co/E5pmK4rkZq

[AAPD @AAPD]

Barriers like inaccessible polling places, strict ID laws, & lack of accessible info keep disabled voters from the ballot. Get involved: https://t.co/wcvgdaaprw #NDVRW2024

[Life Span Institute @kulifespan]

The SDLMI model of learning from @kucdd has improved outcomes for #students with #disabilities for more than a decade. New research shows it also helps #teachers and students in general education classes as well!

Link to more info in the comments 👇

[NACDD @NACDD]

Your ability to vote is protected by law, and there are accommodations available to you. Find more information on all able resources here! #OVN2024

https://t.co/TapeSzgkA6

[Disability Rights Florida @DisabilityRtsFL]

🎙 New Podcast: 2024 Elections & the Disability Vote with @NDRNadvocates' Michelle Bishop, Monica Wiley, and Jack Rosen

Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Recording and transcript available on our website: https://t.co/mDrUW7yzyB

#CripTheVote #DisabilityVote

[Life Span Institute @kulifespan]

The next big idea starts HERE! Join Jayhawks worldwide on Feb. 15 for #OneDayOneKU, our seventh annual 24-hour day of giving. https://t.co/gbhV0Mttuu

[AUMI KU InterArts @aumi_ku]

Book celebration Thursday, February 8! 6:30-8:00 Central time.
Improvising Across Abilities: Pauline Oliveros and the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument (University of Michigan Press). Hybrid event! Lawrence Public Library or Zoom: https://t.co/KMouU9fw4l
Passcode: 401458

[KU Faculty Staff Council on Disability Inclusion @KuFSCDI]

Thank you to everyone who came to take FSCDI up on our offer for free face masks and COVID tests yesterday! They were flying off the table (because of the demand and also that Kansas wind)
Reach out to [email protected] to request masks or COVID tests!

[KU Faculty Staff Council on Disability Inclusion @KuFSCDI]

If you missed us at Wescoe Beach, you can still email us for free masks! Protect yourself this cold and flu season
[email protected]

[KU Faculty Staff Council on Disability Inclusion @KuFSCDI]

Disability Rights Iowa is hosting their 2nd Annual National Mental Health Awareness Event and are offering a training titled: "Assistance Animals and Mental Health".
To register, visit: https://t.co/SIUyTgcRcE

[KU Faculty Staff Council on Disability Inclusion @KuFSCDI]

Join us in honoring Dot Nary for the Judith Heumann Disability Rights Advocacy Award!
Friday, April 21st @ 3:00pm on Zoom
Register: https://t.co/cdodzUadlo

[KU Faculty Staff Council on Disability Inclusion @KuFSCDI]

Free KN95 masks!
Continue to help protect people with disabilities by providing masks in your department.
Contact [email protected]

[KU Faculty Staff Council on Disability Inclusion @KuFSCDI]

Join us on Saturday, March 4, from 4-7 p.m. in Learned Hall for an accessible hybrid screening of the 2020 documentary "Crip Camp" in celebration of National Disability Awareness Month.
Masks strongly recommended! Register for the online screening here: https://t.co/LHkhgCQOY6

[KU Faculty Staff Council on Disability Inclusion @KuFSCDI]

Enter if you haven't already! These amazing authors came and spoke at KU this last year.

[KU Impact & Belonging Team @KU_Belonging]

Thanks to everyone who entered! We will be contacting winners soon. If you haven't entered just yet you have until 5PM central time TODAY. Best of luck!

[National Rehabilitation Information Center NARIC @NARICInfo]

In celebration of #DisabilityPrideMonth and the 32nd Anniversary of the #ADA, the @USDOL is hosting a virtual event on July 28th between 10:30 and 11:15 am, ET. Register here: https://t.co/xZLe0VdJHU

[Dole Institute of Politics @DoleInstitute]

32 years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed & signed into law by President George H.W. Bush. To make this law a reality, both Republicans & Democrats worked together to protect the rights of children & adults with disabilities, & advocacy through today.

[Disability Rights TN @TNrights]

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed and signed into law by President G.H.W. Bush on July 26, 1990.

Today we celebrate this landmark piece of legislation and the launching pad it became for future policy protecting the rights of people with disabilities.

#ADA32

[KU Impact & Belonging Team @KU_Belonging]

Today (7/26/22) we celebrate 32 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act #ADA32.

Learn more about ADA on campus here: https://t.co/FcSyYB53o0

Learn more about Disability Inclusion efforts on campus by following the @KuFSCDI.

[The Harkin Institute @HarkinAtDrake]

Meet our speakers for tomorrow's panel "The ADA Generation at Work"! This virtual panel starts at 11:00 A.M. (CST), and there will be ASL/CART provided.

Visit https://t.co/sBmbjRkfGL to view full bios, and to find the event's Zoom link.

#ADA32 #ThanksToTheADA #ADAGeneration