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Sensory Disability and Apps as Assistive Technology
Navigating sight, sound and more
When Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago wrote the novel Blindness in 1995, he highlighted how losing sight can bring out the best (and worst) in people. Technology has evolved  since those days before...
November 13, 2019 · 10:52 PM
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Designing Courses Inclusively for Students w/Disabilities
Faculty know-how w/Blackboard Ally & UMBC Instructional Tech
Instructional Technology is hosting a series of events for National Distance Learning Week, and many of concepts and skills that are imparted directly support better outcomes for students with...
November 1, 2019 · 5:45 PM
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What is it like living with a disability? Veterans share
Explained so even a 5 year-old can understand it
In our post-9/11 experience, we have more people, including more veterans, who have survived traumatic events and are navigating life with a disability.  Here are two examples: Life with an...
September 18, 2019 · 11:08 AM
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Happy 29th Anniversary Americans with Disabilities Act!
How will you celebrate?
   July 26, 2019 marks the 29th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act that was signed into law in 1990.  The ADA and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) give civil rights...
July 24, 2019 · 5:47 PM
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Break the Silence, End the Stigma
The Office of Accessibility and Disability Services is celebrating May as Mental Health Awareness Month.  Established in 1949, this celebration raises awareness of the importance of mental health,...
May 10, 2019 · 8:07 PM
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World Autism Awareness Day is TODAY!
Celebrate with Darryl Hannah, Dan Akyroyd, Temple Grandin...
The United Nations has declared April 2nd World Autism Awareness Day, and with its prevalence - which was recently updated by the CDC to occurring in 1 in 59 live births in the United States -...
April 2, 2019 · 2:43 PM
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Accommodations at Work featuring UMBC Faculty on MPT
Dr. Lasson on essential aspects of diversity and inclusion
Dr. Elliott Lasser, Director of UMBC's Industrial/Organizational Psychology program, had the opportunity to sit down with Jeff Salkin of Maryland Public Television recently to briefly discuss...
November 19, 2018 · 8:55 PM
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Grit-X talk Robotic Journeys – A Quest for Independence
Got Grit? Come out for this innovative Homecoming talk
Join us for this Homecoming highlight on disability and inclusion within the Grit-X Talks on Saturday Where? Performing Arts & Humanities Building in the Dance Cube  This talk happens...
October 12, 2018 · 9:12 PM
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Disability as Diversity on the Job
How is inclusion practiced in our workplace?
Faculty and staff can learn more about what disability, the interactive process, and accommodation are about, as well as challenges that affect the connection with campus resources in this dynamic...
September 7, 2018 · 5:58 PM
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