Posts
Small steps, including awareness, yield big health dividends
World Diabetes Day (November 14th) fell on a Sunday - within Diabetes Awareness Month - it was created in 1991 by the International Diabetes Foundation and the World Health Organization to...
November 18, 2021
·
1:39 PM
Read all about it on Inside Higher Ed
Campus disability support departments want to get the word out about how students may be affected by long COVID. The Long COVID Task Force work, including the role of UMBC's very own Service...
October 29, 2021
·
2:09 PM
IMPORTANT
Please read
SDS Student Reminders: 1. We are more than halfway through the semester, and we have an increase in accommodated testing appointment requests. Students, please schedule your tests well...
October 27, 2021
·
4:09 PM
Accessibility matters every day - celebrate inclusively
While Disability Awareness Month draws to a close with Halloween - accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities matters every day. Please join us (ADS, SDS, The Women's Center,...
October 27, 2021
·
2:15 PM
Ilhan Omar, Tammy Duckworth, Joe Biden and...you?
Would you like to run for elected office or work on a political campaign? Elevate: Campaign Training for People with Disabilities is a nonpartisan campaign training program. It will teach you...
October 14, 2021
·
2:39 PM
IMPORTANT
Celebrate the Diversity of Disability
National Disability Awareness Month is held in October to raise awareness about issues that arise within the lived experience of people with disabilities, and celebrates the many and varied...
October 5, 2021
·
12:47 PM
It's not just Frida Kahlo who has changed the world
Did you know there are 5.2 million Latinx individuals in the U.S. who identify as living with a disability? Please join us in celebrating the intersection of National Hispanic Heritage Month with...
September 24, 2021
·
1:34 PM
IMPORTANT
Great Information You Won't Want to Miss!!
Hello Students, We are so delighted to be back on campus with you! The Office of Student Disability Services (SDS) would like to share some reminders and offer some additional ways that...
September 21, 2021
·
1:07 PM
Accessibility and Disability Inclusion Matter
Thanks to Stephanie Lazarus, UMBC's Accessibility Manager & ADA Coordinator, for this important message about the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act....
August 3, 2021
·
11:04 AM
PTSD Awareness in June June is also Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder...
June 29, 2021
·
1:47 PM