UML DS MONTHLY SCOPE

Monthly Newsletter from Disability Services

MAR 2025

Frame of flowers that says: Can't clean up the whole room? Clean a corner of it. Can't do all the dishes? Do a dish. Can't get in the shower? wash your face. Always look for the thing you CAN do, with the energy and focus you DO have. Little wins pave the way for bigger wins. 1% beats 0%. Dr. Glenn Doyle

We hope you had a restful spring break. We love seeing the sun, longer days, and are awaiting for the early signs of spring growth. 

As you get ready to push through the last half of the semester - we believe in you, believe you can do hard things, and we're here to help!

The DS Team (Jodi, Brandon, Lauren, Evelyn and Aida) 

Important Dates

  • 3/17 (Mon)
    • Spring Recess ends
    • 8-Week Online Spring Start II Courses Begin
  • 3/21 (Fri)
    • Last Day to ADD All 8-Week Online Spring Start II Courses without Permission
  • 3/22 (Sat)
    • Fall 2025 schedule of classes will be viewable in SIS
  • 3/28 (Fri)
    • Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Graduate 10-Week Online Spring Start I Courses
    • Last Day to DROP All 8-Week Online Spring Start II Courses. No refund after this date.
    • Last Day to ADD All 8-Week Online Spring Start II Courses with Permission
  • 3/31 (Mon)
    • Extended faculty advising hours begin
  • 4/7 (Mon)
    • Enrollment for fall 2025 courses begin using enrollment appointment dates obtained from student SIS self-service
  • 4/6 (Sun)
    • 10-Week Online Spring Start I Courses End
  • 4/7 (Mon)
    • Course Registration Opens for Fall Semester
  • 4/11 (Fri)
    •  Last day for students to withdraw from courses with grade of “W” for regular session - UGRD 15-Week (Full-Term) Online and On-Campus Spring Courses
  • 4/18 (Fri)
    •  Extended faculty advising hours end.
  • 4/21 (Mon)
    • Patriot's Day (university closed)
  • 4/22 (Tue)
    • Last Day to WITHDRAW with a "W" for All Undergraduate 8-Week Online Spring Start II Courses
  • 4/23 (Wed)
    •  Last day to drop classes with grade of “W” for GRAD 8-week Session II and 15-Week full term courses 

Updates from the DS Office 

Spring 2025 Accommodation Letters

  • You may now request your Spring 2025 accommodation letters on Accommodate 
    • Remember: If you made any schedule changes/additions after you've requested letters, you will need to request again - Including ADDED online session 2

Summer and Fall Course Registration - What to Consider

  • Do I need breaks between classes (for health, mental health, focus, extended time, brain breaks)?
  • Am I at my academic best during mornings or afternoons/evenings (due to medication, health, focus)?
  • Do I need more/less classes per day, certain days off (for appts, for focus, breaking down work)?
  • Am I at my academic best with a variety in types of courses and/or reduced courseload?

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 click here

Podcast: 'The Disability Dish' - the UML Perspective

Logo for the disability dish the UMASS Lowell Perspective. Has a plate and silverware with word bubbles coming off it

Episode 18 - "The Disability Dish" can be found your favorite podcast platforms, including: Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts.

 

On-Campus Information

University Dining 

Have any Dietary Restrictions? Let our servers know!

4 images: 1. grey pan with green spatula - Vegetarian/Vegan Pan Available at the Omelet, Pasta and Stir Fry station. 2. Green handle knife: Vegetarian/Vegan Knife Available at the Deli. Red handle knife: Pork Free Spatula Available at the Grill. 4. Black pan with red spatula: Pork Free Pan Available at the Omelet, Pasta and Stir Fry station

Counseling Services Groups

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Interested?

Contact the Wellness Center at 978-934-6800 to schedule a triage appointment or email: Maddie Freeman

  • Women’s Therapy Group:   Mondays 2:30-4:00p 
  • BIPOC Therapy Group: Tuesdays 2:30-4:00p
  • Graduate Student Therapy Group:   Wednesdays 10:30a-12:00p
  • General Therapy Group:  Wednesdays 2:30-4:00p
  • Men’s Therapy Group:   Thursdays 2:30-4:00p
  • LGBTQ+ Support Group:   Fridays 2:30-4:00p
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Disability in the News

One-armed basketball player makes women’s Division III history

Image of a young black woman with a jersey that says LESLEY 5 holding a basketball in her left hand and her right arm is about the size of a baby arm

Baileigh Sinaman-Daniel, 22-year-old guard at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, became the first NCAA Division III women’s basketball player with one arm to score in a collegiate game.

“When people look at me, I just hope they see me as Baileigh. I hope they see me as a basketball player and also see me as somebody who’s willing and able to do everything that everybody else is doing,” she said.

nbcnews.com

Paralyzed from the waist down from a climbing accident, this adventurer is going to ski hundreds of miles across Antarctica

Since his accident, Darren Edwards has dedicated his life to exploration, already completing more physically demanding challenges than most do in a lifetime.

A disabled adventurer, he has completed seven marathons on seven continents over seven days; at the end of this year, he aims to ski 207 miles in 20 days across Antarctica to the South Pole.

cnn.com

Image of a man on adaptive skis with poles and a big red duffle pack among heavy snow

Our own Dean of KCS, Noureddine Melikechi's new picturebook How Do You See the World?

Children's book cover with Title ''How do you see the world?''; Noureddine Melikechi (Author), Michelle Simpson (Illustrator). the background is illustration of sky and grass. The words of the title are in bold blue and a little blurry except for a pair of red glasses with the words ''you'' and see'' in the lenses very clearly written

Praised by eye experts and parents alike, How Do You See the World? received a 2025 Outstanding Science Trade Book Award, representing each year’s best K-12 science books.

According to optometrist Dr. Erica Metzler, author Noureddine Melikechi “unravels the complexities of vision and visual impairment through his descriptive storytelling and illustrations, making abstract concepts come to life.”

apnews.com

Illustration from page 10-11 of the book of a boy and a girl reading at the library. Everything is a little blurry except part of the painting behind them through big purpose glasses, you see people walking across the street. The words say: The image you see becomes blurred. When light is focused in front of the retina, this condition is called myopia or nearsightedness. If you hove myopio, you see the world cleorly if it's close to you. but objects for awoy look blurry. It might be difficult for you to see the whiteboord in school. Luckily. myopia con be corrected with prescription lens s. These ore gl4$seS or contact lenses that you can get from a_n eye specialist, like on optometrist. Glosses ond contoct lenses refocus light so thot it IQnds properly on your retino, To do thot, they need to be mode specifically for your eyes. If you have myopia. the lenses let you sec objects in the distonce more cleorly. Con you see a differe_nce if you look through the glosses in the picture? FACT! The most common vision ten is called the Snellen chart. You read letters on the chart and are assigned a number. like 20/20 vision or 20/40 vision. based on how much of th chart you can read while standing 20 feet (6 meters) away.

Disability Represents in the Arts

AutCon - May 15-26, 2025 - Provo, Utah

AutCon is a convention for and by adults on the autism spectrum. Society is not built for neurodivergent minds, so our goal was to create an "autistic space" where autistic culture can be celebrated, where we can be our authentic selves, and where we can make friends and access information in ways that are conducive to our patterns of cognition and socialization.

autconsva.com

Graphic of a superhero opening a business shirt that says Autism underneath. Says Autcon: an unconventional convention for adults with autism

Luke Combs talks about his ‘particularly wicked’ form of OCD

image of a white man with a reddish beard wearing a black hat and shirt and has an earbud in his ear. He is singing passionately into a microphone

The superstar country singer talked to “60 Minutes Australia” about living with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety.

Combs said he has an “obscure” form of OCD and suffered probably his worst flare leading up to his recent trip to Australia and in his initial time there.

“It’s thoughts, essentially, that you don’t want to have,” he explained. “And then they cause you stress."

cnn.com

And finally, Mind Matters Series: Content creators Open Up About Mental Health

Four YouTube creators across three generations sit down with The Jed Foundation (JED) to discuss loneliness, FOMO, and creating strong relationships at any age.

Dr. Laura Erickson-Schroth, the Chief Clinical Officer at JED, joins YouTube stars GloZell, Symonne Harrison, zoeunlimited, and Rosanna Pansino to talk about how social media affects relationships, whether they feel pressure to keep up with trends, and the process of making new friends when you’re lonely after moving somewhere new. 

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We love staying connected with you! Submissions/ideas/feedback are always welcome: disability@uml.edu 

 
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