April is Autism Awareness Month! Show your support for inclusion!

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disorder  that affects a person’s ability to communicate and interact with others. More than 3.5 million Americans currently live with ASD, and 1 in 68 children are born with a variation of it, so it’s likely you know, whether or not you’re aware of it, someone on the autism spectrum.

With a growing incidence in the country, The Autism Society was founded in 1965 and in the early 1970s began a nationwide campaign to raise awareness. The first National Autism Awareness Month occurred in April of 1970. Nearly 50 years later, April is still celebrated as a time to raise awareness around the differences of those on the spectrum, supporting people and educating the public on autism.

Check out the full article here: April is Autism Awareness Month

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A keynote of the presentation was the Access Maryland program. Access MD is an initiative of the state to allocate funding to state facilities in order to renovate existing structures to be more handicap friendly. To read the full story please go to UMBC Seeking Equal Footing For All. ]]> On Feb. 8 Facilities Management and Student Disability Services representatives gave their biannual update on accessibility. A keynote of the presentation was the Access Maryland program. 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Frank visited UMBC on Friday, 2/3/17 for a tour of campus accessibility projects and discussion of our upcoming Access Maryland proposal. Student Disability Services was honored to welcome Deputy Frank to our office and appreciates the collaboration with Facilities Management to make this site visit possible. 


Pictured from left to right: Lenn Caron (AVP Facilities Management), Celso Guitian (Campus Planner- FM), Stephanie Lazarus (Accessibility Manager/ADA Coordinator), Deputy Frank (MDOD), Julianne Simpson (Director of Planning- FM), and Tawny McManus (SDS & Accessibility Resources Director).


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Congratulations to the 13 new Delta Alpha Pi (DAPi)  International Honor Society Inductees. For more information about DAPi please visit our website at http://sds.umbc.edu/dapi-international-honor-society/ ]]> Congratulations to the 13 new Delta Alpha Pi (DAPi)  International Honor Society Inductees. 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Please enter all requested information at the following link: http://sds.umbc.edu/alternate-format-text/ if you have been approved for alt text accommodations.  ]]> Alternative Text requests for Spring can now be submitted online. 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Paper accommodation cards are no longer being accepted. See the link below on how to submit your Semester Request. http://sds.umbc.edu/accommodate-semester-request/ ]]> Please submit your Spring Accommodation Semester Requests in the Accommodate student portal. Paper accommodation cards are no longer being accepted. 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Psst...Try Using Accommodate for Test Scheduling With final exams next week, we at Student Disability Services would like remind students, who are approved for testing accommodations, to schedule your final exams with our office ASAP. Final exams start on Thursday 12/15/16 and ends on Wednesday 12/21/16.
New Information: You can now schedule testing online through the Accommodate portal.
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