Written by Nicole Weatherwax, a UConn student, with support from the DAC team This series of short poems was written about Nicole’s own experiences with rheumatoid arthritis. She was particularly interested in how it affects her relationships with others and how Covid-19 impacted those relationships.
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Motherhood & Disability
Presentation by Allison LeMaster, a UConn student, with support from the DAC team
William Hay and The Hmong
Written by Max Soroka, a UConn student, with support from the DAC team Context: While taking the advanced seminar in Disability Documentary and Narrative at the University of Connecticut we had numerous opportunities to connect the literary works we were exploring. I wrote the following piece in response to a prompt asking to compare andContinue reading “William Hay and The Hmong”
A Weekly Writing & Photo Collage for UConn Disability Course AMST-2274W
Written by Davianna Larocque, a UConn Student, with support from the DAC team For this week’s writing prompt, I decided to create a photo collage based on Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom by Ellen and William Craft. In the collage, I have included two maps which I created on Google Maps showing the Crafts’Continue reading “A Weekly Writing & Photo Collage for UConn Disability Course AMST-2274W”
Audism and Autism: An Investigation of the Similarities and Differences between Deaf and Autistic Individuals Along the Axes of Education, Language Acquisition, and Socialization
Presentation by Mary-Katherine Cormier, a UConn Student, with support from the DAC team A Note Sheet to Accompany the PowerPoint Introduction Education Language Acquisition Socialization WORKS CITED Jean T. Slobodzian (2011) A cross‐cultural study: deaf students in a public mainstream school setting, International Journal of Inclusive Education, 15:6, 649-666, DOI: 10.1080/13603110903289982 Da Silva, B. M. S., Rieffe, C., Frijns, J. H. M.,Continue reading “Audism and Autism: An Investigation of the Similarities and Differences between Deaf and Autistic Individuals Along the Axes of Education, Language Acquisition, and Socialization”
DORM LIFE ACCESSIBILITY: A Review By a Former Student Resident of UConn’s Towers
Written by Hannah Dang with support from the DAC Team For years, UConn has asserted its commitment to being an accessible school for its disabled professors, faculty members, students, and visitors and having a zero-tolerance policy for disability-related discrimination through the following: But are their facilities truly accessible? For the most part, UConn has prioritizedContinue reading “DORM LIFE ACCESSIBILITY: A Review By a Former Student Resident of UConn’s Towers”
A Reflection About Concert Experiences for People with Disabilities: Louis Tomlinson’s FAITH IN THE FUTURE and Charlie Puth’s CHARL!E World Tours
Written by Hannah Dang with support from the DAC team It wasn’t initially in my summer plans to check-off another objective on my bucket list. As someone who grew up classically-trained in music on the violin, I attended and performed in a number of concerts during middle school and high school, but for a longContinue reading “A Reflection About Concert Experiences for People with Disabilities: Louis Tomlinson’s FAITH IN THE FUTURE and Charlie Puth’s CHARL!E World Tours”
The Edge of a Sunset
Written by Allison Slitt, a UConn student, with support from the DAC team Prelude: This short composition was a piece submitted to Brenda Brueggemann’s Disability in American Literature and Culture course. In this course, we were asked to read the About Us Collection in the New York Times. This is a collection of beautiful personalContinue reading “The Edge of a Sunset”
The Disability & Access Collective Official Playlist
From The DAC Team Take a second to listen to our Disability & Access Collective Official Playlist on YouTube! BRENDA: Playlist Offerings: “Vincent” by Don McLean (1972) “Now” by Karen Carpenter (1982/1983) “We are Xtra,” Lachi with Mad Crow (2019) I’m clearly going (mostly) “old school” here with my selections – because, well –*ahem* –IContinue reading “The Disability & Access Collective Official Playlist”
Chalk Marking as a Display of Solidarity and Defiance
Written by Ashten Vassar-Cain with support from the DAC team In a course on Disability in American Literature and Culture in fall of 2022, we learned about the detention of disabled immigrants at Ellis Island. If deemed “unfit,” their clothing would be marked with chalk–a tangible reminder that they were considered “less than” by theContinue reading “Chalk Marking as a Display of Solidarity and Defiance”
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