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September is National Deaf Awareness Month
Celebrate Deaf Culture & Community
All month long, communities across the U.S. are uplifting ASL, celebrating Deaf achievements, and advocating for equal access in schools, workplaces, and public spaces. How it started: 1958:...
September 12, 2025 · 10:21 AM
Disability Film Discussion April 28: Noon
Representation and Belonging Matter - End Stigma/Ableism
As we come to the end of a month that focuses on celebrating both our Autism community and our Deaf community, we'd like to remind you to continue to engage in opportunities to learn more and...
April 26, 2023 · 5:41 PM
April is National Deaf History Month
Making the Audio More Visible via Captioning, ASL and more
National Deaf History Month 2023 National Deaf History Month is now celebrated from April 1-April 30th  to celebrate all aspects of Deaf Culture, and still honors its academic beginning in...
March 30, 2023 · 5:02 PM
Writing About Disability: Tips from the UMBC Style Guide
Words Matter: Affirming Identity and Co-creating Belonging
For Disability Awareness Month - take a look at UMBC's Style Guide for tips on how to write effectively about people with disabilities with the section on Inclusive and Affirming Language. With...
October 20, 2022 · 2:21 PM
Celebrate Disability Culture, Arts, Education & Pride
This Thursday online, free registration via Eventbrite
Check out this free event on Thursday, July 23rd: TransCen and the Mid-Atlantic ADA Center are proud to be among the sponsors of ADA30 Lead On: Celebration of Disability Arts, Culture,...
July 21, 2020 · 3:58 PM
How Do You Sign Black Lives Matter?
Race, Identity and Context: Angelenos and Gallaudet weigh in
The constantly evolving world of inclusive language that UMBC explored last week extends to the nuance, dialect and context of Black American Sign Language within the Deaf* and Black community. ...
June 18, 2020 · 2:47 PM
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
IMPORTANT
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
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
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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