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White House (OSTP) Seeking Feedback by July 15, 2024

People with Disabilities, Please Weigh In (Federal Register)

What Inequities Do Disabled People Face? Share Your Thoughts The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is seeking input from the disability community to help steer...

July 1, 2024 · 8:54 AM

NEW: UMBC Critical Disability Studies Minor

Housed in the English Department

Debuting in the Fall 2024 semester, the Department of English is now home to a new Critical Disability Studies minor. Students in this interdisciplinary minor will encounter both the lived...

June 20, 2024 · 10:29 AM

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Celebrating National LGBTQ+ Pride with Disability Awareness

~5 million disabled people under the LGBTQ+ umbrella

June marks National LGBTQ+ Pride Month and offers the nation the opportunity to reflect on the incredible contributions of the LGBTQ+ community. Our nation is at its best when it welcomes,...

June 4, 2024 · 1:07 PM

Accessibility and Disability Update: May News and Events

AAPI, GAAD, DAPi + Nominate UMBC Accessibility Champions

May contains multitudes beyond finals and commencements: Asian American and Pacific Island (AAPI) Heritage Month has a lot of intersectionality with disability beyond luminaries like Alice...

May 14, 2024 · 8:10 AM

Global Accessibility Awareness Day is May 16

Awareness, Resources with Training Opportunities

May 16th is Global Accessibility Awareness Day! This day is dedicated to discussion and brainstorming about digital accessibility, bringing the experience of one billion people with disabilities...

May 6, 2024 · 2:07 PM

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Join the Take The Moment Campaign

Each year, millions of people navigate the lived experience of mental illness. UMBC's Office of Accessibility and Disability Services, in solidarity with Student Disability Services, joins the...

May 1, 2024 · 8:09 AM

Fulbright Scholars with Disabilities Share Their Experiences

UMBC Alum Mariam Yaldram featured on May 6!

Please join us for Fulbright's online events that review and unpack the Fulbright experience for Fulbright Scholars with disabilities from around the world: May 2nd, 2024 3-4 pm- Navigating...

April 25, 2024 · 4:46 PM

National Assistive Technology Day is April 17

Join the U.S. Congress, Maryland Department of Disabilities and the disability community within UMBC and beyond to celebrate National Assistive Technology (AT) Awareness Day. National AT...

April 16, 2024 · 6:17 PM

Autism: From Awareness to Acceptance in April

Making Inclusion and Acceptance the Norm

Autism is a Spectrum- from Awareness to Acceptance April is known as Autism Awareness Month, including April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day (link). In listening to many within the Autism...

April 3, 2024 · 11:34 AM

REMINDER: unseen Documentary 3/14 at 4:30 PUP 105

Blind, Undocumented, and Launching into Social Work

Join ADS, SDS and Social Work for the UMBC (free) screening of unseen, an award-winning documentary described as: Most people dream of a better future. Pedro, an aspiring social worker, is no...

March 13, 2024 · 10:56 AM

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