Monthly Newsletter from Disability Services |
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- Important Dates
- Updates from the DS Office
- Academic Services and Resources
- What’s Up around Campus
- Disability in the News
- Disability Represents in the Arts
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Thanks to the Disability Advisory Committee's feedback on the newsletter, it has been consolidated quite a bit. Always open to ideas to be something people want to read!
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- Classes resume (UG, GR, GPS)
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Last day for students to complete work for incomplete spring 2023 and summer 2023 courses (UG, GR)
- Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Undergraduate 8-Week Online Fall Start II Courses (GPS)
- Last day to drop classes with grade of “W” for regular session and 8-week/MBA session. (GR, GPS)
- Last day of fall semester classes. (UG, GR)
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Last day for faculty to file grades for incompletes and change of course grades for spring 2023 and summer 2023 courses. (UG, GR)
- Reading Day (no classes or exams) (UG, GR)
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- 12/16 (Sat) - 12/22 (Fri)
- Fall semester examinations (UG, GR)
- Residence halls close at noon.(UG, GR)
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Make-up day for examinations postponed because of weather. (UG, GR)
- Winter Recess begins.(UG, GR)
- Christmas (university closed)
- Deadline for final grades to be recorded in SIS by 4 p.m.(UG, GR)
- Winter 2024 Intersession begins (GPS)
- Last day to add winter session course (GPS)
- Last day to add winter session course with permission (GPS)
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Last day to drop winter session course. No refunds after this date. (GPS)
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Updates from the DS Office |
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Fall 2023 Accommodation Letters |
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Dec. 8 is the last day to request your Fall 2023 accommodation letters on Accommodate!
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Remember, your instructors don’t know you have accommodations until you request these letters and accommodations are NOT afforded retroactively. HOW TO REQUEST SEMESTER LETTERS
- Any schedule changes/additions after you've sent letters, need to re-request
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As always, sign up to meet on Accommodate if you have any needs
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Last chance to attend our Life Raft Series!
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Use your community to build academic skills by attending our Life Raft offerings, no registration required. If you require accommodations for any/all session(s), please reach out to Evelyn O’Connor .
Session 4: Calming the Senses: Combatting Information Overload & Confronting (Inevitable) Overstimulation - Friday, Dec. 1
Zoom Session Information: Time: Join from 11 a.m.-noon or Join from 2-3 p.m.
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Winter and Spring 2024 Accommodation Letters |
- Letters will be sent to faculty by the first day, Dec 27
- You will receive an email early January about when to request Spring 2024 letters
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As always, sign up to meet on Accommodate if you have any needs
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Podcast: The Disability Dish - the UML Perspective |
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The Disability Dish is now on your favorite podcast platforms! Find us at: Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts
NEW! Episode 14 - Jodi and Lauren talk about disability identity, community, and diagnosis at different life stages with Sue Kim, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies; Ann Ciaraldi, Associate Dean of Student Affairs; Kelley Lawson, Assistant Director of Student Success & Communications, Honors College; and Courtney Morin, Biomedical Engineering senior.
Want to be a podcast guest or have a topic idea? Email jodi_rachins@uml.edu
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Academic Services and Resources |
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Centers for Learning, Advising, & Student Success (CLASS) |
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What’s Up Around Campus and Lowell |
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| Honoring the Life & Work of Judy Heumann
Kristen Joiner - Co-author with Judy Heumann
Rolling Warrior
Tuesday, Nov. 28 6-7 p.m. ET via Zoom
Contact: Jeffrey_Gerson@uml.edu
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Mill City Grows Winter Market
Wednesday, Dec. 13 1-4 p.m.
University Crossing Lobby
The Rist Institute offers a winter farmers market for the campus with our partner Mill City Grows for fresh produce and other Lowell-based vendors to engage our students to shop locally!
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Robot vacuums present a more accessible alternative, offering greater autonomy and simplicity to the day-to-day lives of disabled people.
ecovacs.com
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The tragedy highlights their unique vulnerabilities during a crisis. It’s not clear how these challenges impacted the deaf victims in Lewiston. But at least some of them likely did not hear gunshots or other auditory warnings that help people make crucial decisions in those first few moments, experts say.
cnn.com
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Toymakers want to open their markets to a more diverse range of kids — and adults. Among them, LEGO is selling playsets with Braille bricks.
npr.com
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A woman pulled out of running the New York City Marathon after organizers said she could not wear a vest carrying supplies for her stoma and water. Gayle Redman has a stoma and needs to self-catheterize six times a day following surgeries for endometriosis.
bbc.com
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Disability Represents in the Arts |
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In a new Netflix mini-series, the two actresses playing the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel’s protagonist, are blind, just like the character. This production was the first time that blind lead characters in a major television show were being played by actors who were themselves blind, and the attention that went into accommodating those actors, and making the show as true as possible to the experiences of people who are blind, was significant.
nytimes.com
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This incredibly emotional film paints a moving portrait of Daniel Radcliffe’s double – and the accident that left him paralyzed. It’s a smart study of friendship, kindness and guilt.
theguardian.com
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