September 2024 Meeting

Meeting Date

9/10/2024

• Opening quotation 
  • “Being a mentor is so important for me, both for kids with disabilities, but also without disabilities. To show them that… their disabled peers can do anything.”
    • Chuck Aoki, Michigan Wolverine and Member of the United States' wheelchair rugby team that claimed silver in the 2024 Paris Paralympic games.
    • Link to quote: https://x.com/Aoki5Chuck/status/1765857384642077118 
    • Link to article about Chuck Aoki and the wheelchair rugby team’s silver medal win: https://mgoblue.com/news/2024/9/2/olympics-paralympic-updates-sept-2 
• Updates about Wolverines in the Paralympics: 
  • Chuck Aoki, Michigan Wolverine, Won silver with the United States' wheelchair rugby team.
    • Article about the win:  https://mgoblue.com/news/2024/9/2/olympics-paralympic-updates-sept-2 
  • Leo Merle of the University of Michigan Dental School is the U.S. record holder in the 1,500-meter run (4:06.13).  He placed sixth with a time of 4:16.43.
    • Article about the win:  https://mgoblue.com/news/2024/9/7/olympics-paralympic-updates-sept-7 
  • Sam Grewe of the University of Michigan medical school made his third Olympic appearance, finishing eighth in the high jump.
    • Article about the win:  https://mgoblue.com/news/2024/9/3/olympics-paralympic-updates-sept-3 
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• Agenda 
  • Disability Community Month activities
    • The link to the 2024 Disability Community Month Events Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Zu-K3fLnKTKbodWyIYOCk5LglwjpFi8EE9BvRQnQjvk/edit?usp=sharing 
    • The link to the google form to submit events: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHGbwZH4GTDlPRtcOoLg_hkNluXWYswDNtcHvnqK9Ebi0ATw/viewform?usp=sharing 
      • Accessible now
    • If you don’t see your event, please add it!
    • These materials will be up on the CfDC website
    • NDEAM (National Disability Employment Awareness Month) resource fair (October 3rd, Weiser hall) from 10:00am - 3:00pm in Weiser Hall.
      • Keynote at 3:00PM
        • register ahead at happening @ Michigan of time (limited seating)
      • NDEAM is one of the 12 or 13 events during October from the Disability Equity Office (U-M’s Disability Community Month)
        • For questions email: [email protected] 
  • Open Discussion 
    • No captions at the first football game (sometimes it has a giant screen with tiny captions)
      • Other athletic events also don’t have captions.
      • Any employee, staff, student, faculty, guest, member of the public, etc can report an access barrier at U-M here: https://ecrt-umich-accommodate.symplicity.com/activity_provider_request/ 
      • Plans have already been made to reach out to athletics - Stay tuned!
      • The football stadium got new large screens but put tiny captions in the corner.
        • Hard to see
      • The stadium staff were unable to address accessibility concerns during the game.
    • Legal requirement for captions (from caption vendor, so take with a grain of salt)
    • Questions: Why are bars required to have tv captions but not U-M?
      • Ordinance on captions
        • Ann Arbor ordnance (possibly not applicable to U-M?) Date of adoption was February 6, 2017
      • Maybe not enough noise was made.
      • Could be a human error: Someone didn’t know how to do it.
        • Possible Phil Deaton or ITS accessibility team could provide additional guidance for them
• Other Matters Arising 
  • We are hoping to have an announcement about a new co-chair for the Council For Disability Concerns soon!

 

• Announcements
  • 5th Annual Center for Disability Health and Wellness Virtual Disability Research Symposium will take place on Friday, October 18, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    • The focus is on knowledge translation and community engagement.
    • Researchers will provide brief presentations on their research findings in a way that communicates results back to participants, the community, and other researchers.  There will also be the opportunity to engage participants to facilitate the interpretation and application of results for a limited number of presenters. As part of the day,  we will be engaging representatives from community organizations to discuss their community’s history, priorities, concerns, and interest in research collaborations.
    • While we are prioritizing presentations by the Center’s IDEAL RRTC and other CDHW-associated grants, we will also open this opportunity to research investigators and trainees from U-M and CDHW affiliated projects. 
      • Contact [email protected] for more information.
  • Native American Panel Discussion
    • The Center for Disability Health and Wellness AHEAD-DC project is planning a panel discussion about the healthcare experiences of Native American/American Indians living with disabilities. Our goal is to offer a welcoming environment to share, listen and learn from others to enhance our understanding of how healthcare services are administered, received, and perceived. This event will be held on Wednesday, November 6th from 3:00pm-4:30pm on Zoom.
      • We are looking for two types of assistance:
      • If you have conducted or participated in any research with Native American communities and would like to join us to plan this event or provide input informally, please let us (India Foy and myself) know.
      • If you can connect us to any state or national tribal leaders, we would greatly appreciate it.
        • Contact [email protected] for more information.
  • Anything to share with the Council?
    • Can always send announcements and agenda items to [email protected]