Raising Disability Awareness on Campus

The Office of Disability Services and Raising Awareness on Campus

One of the many roles of the Office of Disability Services is to provide information and to educate the campus community so we can all promote the diversity behind disability throughout the entire academic year!

Raising personal awareness is the first and most critical component in understanding disability related topics.

The following information educates and challenges previous misperceptions of what living with a disability is all about!
The websites below highlight individuals living with a disability. They not only inform, but show how diverse the world of disability can truly be.

EDF CLIP

This brief film from an external link shows a world in which the “able bodied” individual discovers the difficulties of living in an environment designed solely for individuals with disabilities:

http://www.edf.fr/html/pubtv_2005/diversites/edf_en.html

I’M TYLER

This clip from an external link is all about Tyler, a pretty typical high school student with a mission to increase “Ability Awareness:”

http://www.imtyler.org/

JOSH SUNDQUIST

The following external link high lights Josh, a Paralympic ski racer and comedian, he has been named one of CNN’s Heroes for his online amputee community, www.LessThanFour.Org. Josh has also performed at UNC Charlotte during Disability Awareness week.

Josh’s website

http://www.joshsundquist.com/

The Office of Disability Services is committed to raising disability awareness on campus.

Our staff has presented to many classes and groups interested in exploring the diversity of disability.

For more information or to schedule a presentation, please contact our office!