Disability Awareness Week 2008
Through Disability Awareness Week events and activities, the students, staff, and faculty of the University of California at Berkeley celebrate the Principles of Community, Standards of Excellence, and embody the spirit of Inclusion and Diversity by promoting and empowering the contributions of people with disabilities throughout the world.
Monday March 17, 2008
12:00 - 1:00 pm: Movie Beyond Disability
Location: 126 Barrows
5:30 - 7:00 pm: Disability History: Mining the Past, Exploring the Future
Location: Room 340 Moffitt
Presenting:
Susanna Castillo-Robson - Associate Vice Chancellor of Admission & Enrollment
Professor Susan Schweik - Disability Studies Program/Department of English
Tuesday March 18, 2008
4:00 - 7:00 pm: Managing Disability in Graduate School
Location: 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building (VLSB)
Synopsis: How do graduate students with disabilities get accommodations and services they need in graduate school?
7:00 - 9:00 pm: Hidden Disability Event
Location: Unit 1 Cheney Lounge (2560 Durant Ave.)
Synopsis: An educational event showing the characteristics of hidden disabilities such as ADHD, schizophrenia, and their impact on students
Wednesday March 19, 2008
12:00 – 1:00 pm: Movie “Equilibrium”
Location: 126 Barrows
2:00 - 4:00 pm: Fraternities Wheelchair Basketball
Location: Recreation Sports Facility, Blue Court (RSF 2301 Bancroft Way)
3:00 – 5:30 pm: Employer Panel and Employer Resume Review
Location: 170 Barrows
Synopsis: Employers from the Non-Profit, High Tech, Government, Education and Financial industries will be present to talk about recruiting students with disabilities. Panel will be followed by a resume review session
5:30 – 7:00 pm: The Intersection of Race and Disability
Location: Tilden Room Marin Luther King Jr. Building (4th Floor)
Presenting: Kathy Martinez - Director of the World Institute on Disability (WID)
Thursday March 20, 2008
3:30 – 4:30 pm: ACS(Are Cripples Screwed?) Disability Sexuality Panel
Location: 202 Cesar Chavez
Synopsis: A panel discussion and Q+A regarding disability and sexuality in life and society, hosted by Cal students.
Friday March 21, 2008
12:00 – 1:00 pm: Movie “Abnormally Funny People”
Location: 126 Barrows
3:00 – 6:00 pm: Community-Based Organization Panel
Location: 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building (VLSB)
Synopsis: Disability Rights Advocates (DRA), Center for Independent Living (CIL), World Institute on Disability (WID) and Center for Accessible Technology (C for AT) come together in this remarkable and informative panel presentation covering their organizations as well as introducing many other beneficial programs.
For disability accommodation requests and information, please contact Danny Kodmur at (510)292-7670 (voice) or (510)642-6376 (TTY) for communication services, or Jamie Wilson at (510)292-7671 for mobility services. The Disability Access Services website is: http://access.berkeley.edu.
Please make your service request with as much advance notice as possible.
Sponsored by: ASUC, Cal Dining, Cal Transitions, CalStar, Disabled Student Union, Disabled Staff Resource Network, TRIO/Disabled Students’ Program, Sigma Nu Fraternity, Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity