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”
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”
Miss Fritz and Norm Mate – The Love Story
Written by Brenda Brueggemann with support from the DAC team This short video-composition, “Miss Fritz and Norm Mate” – represents what “doing Disability Studies in the Humanities” is about. I often share it in my disability studies courses as a way to anchor and acclimate our critical and creative work ahead with “doing disability studies.” Continue reading “Miss Fritz and Norm Mate – The Love Story”
How Do We Teach, and Learn, Universal Design?
Written by Alyssa Carbutti with support from the DAC team. ***This post is in reflection of ideas discussed during an interview with UConn Professor Erin Scanlon regarding her Accessibility Fellow. The link to the interview transcript can be found here I love the idea of having a learning community for UConn professors to become educatedContinue reading “How Do We Teach, and Learn, Universal Design?”
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