Office of Accessibility & Disability Services
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Grandma Builds Access Ramps with Legos in Hanau Germany
Got Bricks? Raising awareness one colorful ramp at a time.
HANAU, Germany (Reuters) Faced with rows of inaccessible shops and cafes, wheelchair user Rita Ebel has devised a low-tech high-fun solution - ramps made of Lego. "For me it is just about...
February 28, 2020 · 5:54 PM
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Calling All Faculty! Accessible Course Training with Ally!
How to Reach and Teach All Abilities with Ally
Have you met Ally?  Sign up for a proper introduction with Instructional Technology's training here:  https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/instructional-technology/events/79747 When:  February 12th at...
February 10, 2020 · 3:17 PM
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Spring Accessible Project Update and Discussion
February 5, 2020 at Noon in UC 310
Facilities Management and the Office of Accessibility and Disability Services are hosting a review of recent, current and potential construction projects that enhance accessibility, improve the...
January 13, 2020 · 5:34 PM
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DisAbility & Identity: Wendy Maruyama, Artist and Professor
Journeying from art student to world-renowned artist
How do we talk about disability as an identity? "Talking about Deafness and disability has never been easy.  I realize as time goes on, my being Deaf was the first identity that I was...
January 2, 2020 · 1:02 PM
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RAC Renewal and Accessible Paths to Aquatics
Stair-free routes to the pool 12/20/19-3/22/20
Facilities Management has shared that the RAC Renewal Renovation project is scheduled to begin as soon as the 2019 fall semester ends on 12/20/2019.  This post is excerpted from their "projects"...
December 10, 2019 · 1:28 PM
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Nothing About Us Without Us
Each year on December 3rd, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities is honored as the United Nation's commitment for promoting the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. The...
December 3, 2019 · 6:45 PM
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East Side Campus Access, Parking and Routes
Accessible Paths from the Commons Garage, Transit and More
Accessible routes and parking in the Commons Garage area have been available since the Interdisciplinary Life Science Building (ILSB) opened this Fall after three years of construction.  The...
November 21, 2019 · 4:29 PM
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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's it like living with a disability?
Minda Dentler, Business school student
When Minda Dentler was a baby she contracted polio, which paralyzed her legs. Adopted by an American family, she grew up watching other kids run and jump. It wasn't until she was at university...
October 21, 2019 · 7:38 PM
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