February 2024 Meeting

Meeting Date

2/13/2024

• Opening quotation 
  • “Finding love in the flaws of my disability, made me actually love myself more than I have ever did”- Wesley Hamilton
  • https://wesleyhamilton.life/about-wes-hamilton/
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• Agenda 
  • ADA Team, Equity, Civil Rights & Title IV 
    • Roll out of new Accommodate system and how to utilize it  
    • Slides 

 

• Updates on various Accessibility initiatives
  • Contacting ADA Coordinators through accommodate
    • New system put in place in January 
    • Can be used for more than requesting workplace accommodations  
  • ITS Accessibility Training Page 
  • Feedback on developing a standard list of Meeting Norms 
  • Initial contact form: https://ecrt-umich-accommodate.symplicity.com/public_accommodation/ 
    • Questions about anything disability related at U of M
    • Requesting ASL interpretation or CART
    • Event accommodation for university events
    • Digital accessibility
    • Michigan Stadium seat back accommodation
    • Use this form for very first form of contact with ECRT
  • If you have already used the form use Accommodate
    • Additional request form: https://ecrt-umich-accommodate.symplicity.com/ 
    • Accommodate for employees: https://shibboleth-ecrt-umich-accommodate.symplicity.com/sso/employees 
    • View past communications
    • No limit to the amount of times you can request
  • Accommodation Database within Accommodate
    • Resource library
      • Locate forms you my need to fill out
      • Watch recordings of workshops
      • FAQs
        • Coming soon to the website
    • Recordings of events
    • FAQs
  • Questions:
    • After the initial form what should we use for additional requests?
      • Go through Accommodate
    • This doesn't apply to Michigan Medicine employees right? Since we now are directed to MM HR ServiceNow site.
      • We still routinely provide guidance and assistance as the ADA Coordinators for Michigan Medicine, so yes, people can contact us through Accommodate for consultations etc.
      • For faculty you will still likely request ECRT but anyone from Michigan Medicine would work with the HR Solution Center.
      • For accommodation requests you would likely not be going to ECRT but if they are unable to help you they will point you in the correct direction.
      • Still report barriers to ECRT and request training.
    • Should you only report things that impact us directly?
      • Not necessarily. If you notice a website's color contrast is difficult, let ECRT know because it could be an access barrier to someone else. They recommend even if it doesn’t directly impact you, you should report it.
    • So after the initial form, we should use the additional requests?
      • Once you have used the initial form and opened a case with us, you would use additional requests for further accommodations. Training and barrier requests would be through the link Angie added :)
        • https://ecrt-umich-accommodate.symplicity.com/activity_provider_request/ 
    • If an employee has an existing Accommodation plan should you contact ECRT to add it to the new Accommodate system?
      • If you have a record of something that took place in the ECRT before January your previous interactions will not be in Accommodate. They still have access to it but there is no need to load it into Accommodate.
• ITS Accessibility team updates
  • New website: https://accessibility.umich.edu/training
    • Training opportunities available
  • Canvas course that has a module for accessible meetings
    • Link: https://umich.instructure.com/courses/682446/pages/events-and-meetings-home 
      • Link to individual module: https://umich.instructure.com/enroll/JKWCL8
    • Event and meeting accessibility canvas page
      • Can be taken on your own time
      • Inspired by the inclusive event checklist in the DEI office.
    • Can be accessed as a non-UM employee
• Often at other events on campus there are no set meeting norms
  • Develop with input of CfDC
  • Zoom announces that captions are being turned on
    • Announce that the captions are used for accessibility purposes only
  • Are you planning to create a document that we can all edit with suggestions for best practices for meetings or would you prefer getting our feedback after you and others develop it?
    • Yes this is the plan
• Announcements
  • Disability day of Mourning will be hosted on March 1st at 7pm
    • Event link: https://fb.me/e/3wgSznlz7 
    • DC@U-M will be hosting a virtual vigil for people who 
    • Through autistic self advocacy network
    • Will be hosted on a virginia tech zoom
    • Looking for volunteers to read out names, poetry, or helping facilitate the event
    • For more information email: [email protected] or Ava Armour
  • Central student government will vote on the disability community center:
    • Sign by 7:30 tonight
      • Not sure when signatures will stop being accepted
    • Petition: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EbSPP3dBqEzezzszerwpt9ShaJ8NkoLwLtXeKFwDfXA/edit?usp=sharing 
    • Resolution: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yiUEQqbY5MUJ4gD5HPFhz4O04wIDtJhNdyOMiwKK2Qg/edit?usp=sharing 
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  • Get university to change SPGs - Emmanuelle Marquis
    • Unemployment benefits issue
    • Get anonymous quotes to get the word out that the university is not always kind about work connections, supervisors, etc. 
    • Emmanuelle, could you provide a list of SPGs that have problematic language, and the specific places where they are problematic?
      • There is a document that Emmanuelle Marquis will see if it is able to be shared.
    • DC@U-M has collected testimonials in the past re: our #WhyDisabledPeopleDropOut campaign.
      • Social media campaign about testimonials for the creation of a disability community center.
      • A good way to collect quotes and testimonials.
  • Anything to share with the Council?
    • Can always send announcements and agenda items to [email protected]