2025 Disability Awareness Week

Mark Your Calendars!

Poster: Disability Awareness Week! Tuesday 4/1 10-11:30am Reasonable workplace accommodations workshop - Zoom. Wednesday 4/2 4-5:30pm :ove Podcast Q&A: Living a BOLD Disabled Life - UCC Maloney Hall. Thursday 4/3 1-1:45pm Loving Kindness Yoga - CRC Studio 2, 1:30-3 Allergen Friendly Snacks - CRC Lobby, 3-3:30 - Reducing Stress and Anxiety - Zoom. Friday 4/4 12-1pm Stories of Disability - UCC Room 255. For More information please keep scrolling.
Disability Awareness Week Tuesday, April 1 10 a.m-11:30am, Reasonable Workplace Accommodations Workshop. In this virtual workshop, the Massachusetts Office on Disability (MOD) will discuss the supports students need to perform their job and will participate in exercises to navigate disability conversations in the workplace, identify essential functions, and draft accommodation requests. Participants will have space to ask questions, complete the exercises, and receive feedback.  Click here to register for this Zoom event via Handshake

Register for the Reasonable Accommodations in the Workplace Zoom event

Disability Awareness Week Wednesday, April 2, 4 p.m. - 5:30pm.Live Podcast Q&A: Living a BOLD Disabled Life - Join us for the Disability Dish Podcast live recording with special guests: paralympic medalist Mackenzie Coan, blind scientist/ professor/world traveler Mona Minkara, and autistic professor/comedian Noah Britton, to their inspiring stories and participate in and engaging Q&A with our hosts and audience! Location: UCC Maloney Hall. 4 p.m.-6pm Wellbeing: Succulent Planting - join the Wellbeing office to plant a succulent! Research has demonstrated that plants help to relieve stress, boost mood, and improve focus.  Focus on your well-being by participating in this free event. Location - Serenity Center.

Zoom link for Living a BOLD Disabled Life if you cannot attend in person

Disability Awareness Week Thursday, April 3, 1p.m-1:45pm Loving Kindness Yoga - Join this gentle yoga session to learn how to practice loving-kindness yoga and incorporate its movements into your everyday practice. Taught by our own Evelyn O'Connor.  Location: CRC:  Studio 2 1:30 p.m.-3pm Allergen Friendly Snacks - DS is partnering with our campus Dietician to give away FREE allergen friendly snacks. Come stop by at the CRC Lobby to grab yours! Location: CRC Lobby 3 p.m.-3:30pm Live Webinar: Reducing Stress and Anxiety - MANUAL is hosting a webinar focused on learning practical tools to identify and manage stress and anxiety. Registration is open to all! Click here to register for this Zoom event!

Click here to register for the Reducing Stress & Anxiety Zoom event!

Friday, April 4, 12-1pm Stories of Disability - The Disability Advisory Committee invites you to hear personal disability stories from UML students and staff and engage in a group conversation. This is a hybrid event, we hope to see you there! Feel free to join us in person or virtually using the zoom link below. Location: University Crossing - Room 255 or Zoom Link

Zoom link if you cannot attend in person


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