• Being Intentional and Creating Accessible Documents via Instructional Technology Nov 18 Noom-1p online
• Trivia at Sunset
• Delta Alpha Pi November meeting
• Writing With Our Bodies: Diversity, Embodiment, and Technology in the Humanities Classroom  Note: Faculty & Grad students only Nov 20 at 10a: 
• Department online trainings (request yours via the website below)
• Spring 2021 registration - consider taking ENGL 493 -01 with Dr. Drew Holladay explores the efforts of disability activists to gain inclusion and challenge harmful stereotypes about disability and neurodiversity

• Student Disability Services (department link) works with academic accommodations for all students and links to Accommodate on the home page.
  
• How to register and use the 24/7 Student Accommodate system (link) 
  

• Accessibility and Disability Services administers work-related accommodations for faculty, staff and student workers (TAs, GAs and more)
  
• Accessibility concerns may also be reported online at any time (link)
  

We remind all readers that UMBC staff are still here and available for support during this COVID-19 moment. Do not hesitate to reach out for questions, concerns, or care.

On-Campus Resources Available for Virtual Support include: 

• Counseling Center

• Office of Equity and Inclusion (Title IX and more)
  

• University Health Services

• Women’s Center

• Retriever Courage has a full list of campus resources and support to include resources for USG students, faculty, and staff 

• For up-to-date details on how to access these resources during this time of distance learning visit UMBC’s COVID-19 resources page.

To report a complaint of sexual misconduct or discrimination, please submit this online form.

Off-Campus Resources:

• TurnAround, Inc. Helpline (Available 24/7): 443-279-0379; Office: 410-377-8111.  If you are in Maryland and far from UMBC and  are seeking support locally, additional Maryland sexual assault/rape crisis centers are listed here (link). If you are concerned about relationship violence, contact TurnAround or your local center about next steps.  These centers have adapted to COVID-19, and there is a domestic violence exception to the stay-at-home order in Maryland. While procedures are modified for COVID-19, help and support remain available.
  

• MCASA is still open and supporting survivors. Their Fact Sheet on Sexual Assault and People with Disabilities (link) underscores why Accessibility and Disability Services and Student Disability Services take sexual violence and gender-based violence so seriously. Inclusion matters.
  

• The National Sexual Assault Hotline is 24/7, confidential and free: 800-656-HOPE (4673) and through chat.  They can also help you connect with a sexual assault crisis center that is convenient to you.
  

• The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 24/7, confidential and free: 1-800-799-7233 and through chat. 

• Visit Retriever Courage for a more extensive list of off-campus resources and support

• Don't jump to conclusions or make assumptions about what the individual's particular challenges related to autism may or may not be.  Every individual on the autism spectrum is different
• Listen for why they might be disclosing to you.  They may only want to be better understood. If they have academic concerns related to their autism, they can work with Student Disability Services for specialized support, beyond existing resources for all students like the Learning Resource Center.  For campus work concerns beyond what Human Resources routinely covers, the Employee Accommodation Request process begins online.
• Consider your role when information is shared with you.  As a peer, friend or colleague, ask them before disclosing to others.  As a supervisor, you might have a more nuanced discussion about if and how they might want the information shared with others if they are not requesting an accommodation.
• If you are unfamiliar with autism, learn more about it**.