The ASUW Student Disability Commission presents: “Disability Pride Week” (to celebrate disability culture and pride)! Join us for the following events:

MON MAY 21
Kick-Off Event (featuring a performance by King Khazm) @ Red Square, 12-1PM
Sexability Workshop by Babeland @ Parrington 309, 5:30-7:30PM

TUES MAY 22
Disability & Sexuality FemSpace @ Savery 151, 4-5PM

WED MAY 23
Disability Justice: Intersectionality and Grassroots Organizing @ Condon 110A, 5:30-7PM

THURS MAY 24
Cripping Culture Poetry Night @ Parnassus, 6-7:30PM
Social Gathering/Recpetion @ Schultzy’s, 8PM           

FRI MAY 25
ASL Club’s 1st Annual Performance Night @ Savery 264, 6PM

ACCESSIBILITY: These events will be wheelchair accessible. ASL/CART available upon request (see DSO contact information below). We also ask that event participants avoid using fragrances to so people with chemical sensitivities can attend. For more information on how to be fragrance free for people with environmental illness or MCS, please reference this: http://www.peggymunson.com/mcs/fragrancefree.html

For other access requirements, please contact the Disability Services Office: 206.543.6450/V, 206.543.6452/TTY, 206.685.7264 (FAX), or email dso@u.washington.edu

Co-sponsors/Supporters: AccessSTEM, Queer Student Commission (QSC), Rainy Dawg Radio, Seattle Disability Justice Collective, Manic Mouth Congress, Disability Advocacy Student Alliance, UW ASL Club

QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? want to VOLUNTEER? or perform in the poetry event? Please email Ann Luetzow at asuwswdc@uw.edu!

Hey everyone!

Please mark your calendars! The next SDC/DASA meeting is next Wednesday, October 26, from 3-4pm. We’ll meet again in the Suzzallo study room, across from the cafe.

I hope you’ll be able to make it. We’ll be discussing A LOT of things, including (but not limited to):

Disability History Month Celebration (Oct 27, 3:30-5:30pm in the Walker-Ames Room, Kane 225)
Other events for the school year (bringing scholars, film directors, anyone awesome)
Accessibility project
SDC history/archiving project (new!)
Upcoming social events (we’re planning them! bring your ideas!)
Updates on the disability cultural space for next year
Diversity Requirement @ UW (this is an awesome initiative!)
Anything else you want to talk about (including things you want to work on/change)

Please come (or at least stop by) if you can make it! It will be a jam-packed, exciting meeting!

Hope to see you there,
Ann

Disability History Month Celebration
October 27th, 3:30-5:30pm
Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall

Please join our disability community and celebrate the past as well as the future of disability at the University of Washington. Guest speakers will be discussing the history of Disability Studies, ASL & Deaf Studies, student groups, and activism here at the UW. Enjoy refreshments and get to your know fellow community members at this event sponsored by the Student Disability Commission and DO-IT.

We ask that participants at this event please avoid using fragrances to make this space accessible for folks with chemical sensitivities.

This event is wheelchair accessible. There will also be ASL interpretation and CART. For other access requirements, please contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: 206.543.6450/V, 206.543.6452/TTY, 206.685.7264 (FAX), or email dso@u.washington.edu

Hello again,

You are all cordially invited to the first SDC/DASA meeting of the quarter! It will be THIS THURSDAY, October 13, in the Suzzallo Study Room (across from the cafe). The meeting will start at 5:30pm, and end at 6:45pm, please be as prompt as possible. We will be discussing what’s going on now, ongoing projects to get involved with, and opening the floor for new ideas.

This is a great time to get involved! Please come to our first meeting, and spread the word (forward widely)!

Best,
Ann

Hello all,

Welcome to the Student Disability Commission website! My name is Ann Luetzow and I am the SDC director for the 2011-2012 school year. We are constantly looking for volunteers, interns, project ideas, criticisms, and support, so please don’t hesitate to contact me or come to a meeting to get involved! I look forward to working with everyone this year.

Sincerely,

Ann Luetzow