By Maria Bernier We are excited to announce the formation of a new Affinity Group for employees at UConn! The Disability and Neurodiversity Alliance (DNA) aims to create a supportive community for UConn employees who identify with a disability/as disabled, identify as neurodiverse, or have a related identity. Our mission is to foster a welcomingContinue reading “UConn Employees with Disabilities: Come Join Us in a New Affinity Group!”
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Event Review: Deaf Perspectives on Mental Health & Suicide Prevention
by Psyche Ready, with support from the DAC team Earlier this semester, on September 26th, it was a blustery, gray day, and I had two doctor’s appointments back to back. The last one was at UConn Health, which is on the other side of Hartford, and I was driving home to Windham, headachy and tired.Continue reading “Event Review: Deaf Perspectives on Mental Health & Suicide Prevention”
Marriage, Self-Sufficiency, & Disability
Written by Madison Bigelow This slideshow presentation contains alt text descriptions for text and images present on each slide. Additionally, a full transcript of the slide text can be downloaded here: Author’s note: This presentation was originally created as a part of an annotation series for the “Doing Disability Studies in the Humanities” graduate courseContinue reading “Marriage, Self-Sufficiency, & Disability”
Exploring Disability Studies in Turkey
Written by Elisa Shaholli, Mina Keleş, Sude Kılınç, Hayel Yelek, and Duru Urer Elisa: Instructor’s Introduction For the past six months, I’ve been living in Izmir, Türkiye as part of the U.S. Department of State’s Fulbright Program. For Fulbright, I’m completing the English Teaching Assistantship (more commonly known as the Fulbright ETA) where I’ve been placed atContinue reading “Exploring Disability Studies in Turkey”
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