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”
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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”
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”
In the Quest for a “Diabetic Aesthetic”: Where Ramadan and Diabetes Meet through Sculpture
Written by Elisa Shaholli with support from the DAC team For the past few months (Spring semester 2023) at the University of Connecticut, I have been working on my undergraduate senior thesis. My thesis, titled, “Religious Identity and Diabetes: A Muslim American Perspective” explores the experience of Muslim diabetics specifically within the United States, butContinue reading “In the Quest for a “Diabetic Aesthetic”: Where Ramadan and Diabetes Meet through Sculpture”
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