December 2024 Meeting | U-M Council for Disability Concerns

12/10/2024

Opening quotation
- “Why do we see disability different from any other aspect of being human?”- Judith Heumann
Agenda
- Year in Review
  - Topics covered this year!
    - Updates from disability partners
    - ADA Accommodate System
    - UHS with Joe Myers
    - Admissions process with Karina Moore
    - Adaptive Sports and Fitness Program with Erik Robeznieks
    - Advisory group for the provost with Debbie Willis
    - Disability Network and Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living with Alex Gossage
    - Accessible voting guide with Winter McLeod
    - Neubacher Award
- What members want to see next year:
  - Efforts in mental health disabilities like depression, PTSD, anxiety, neurodivergence, etc.
  - Hear from the new Associate Director of Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services
- Updates:
  - A year using the Accommodate System
    - Working to create an annual report using data collected.
      - Requests for accommodations and consultations are growing.
      - Can submit requests for CART within 6 months of the event date.
  - Link to Accommodate SSO - https://ecrt-umich-accommodate.symplicity.com/.
  - Upcoming Disability Equity Office Events and Workshops - https://events.umich.edu/group/5177
    - January events posted
  - Recorded presentations are posted on our website: https://ecrt.umich.edu/get-help-support/disability-accessibility/presentations-trainings/ and on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ECRTumich
  - Also please sign up for our Newsletter for information, events and updates: https://umich.us18.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=155e051009a7f5441a41bef64&id=6c9fbf9d2c!
- Open discussion - DEI / Regents
  - Mention of the LSA Disability Navigator Program
    - Engineering is in the process of getting a navigator program.
  - Interested to hear about what people think about future disability support. Especially since it has been tied to DEI in the past.
    - Maybe separating disability concerns from DEI in the future would be beneficial?
  - Need for a Disability Culture Center
  - Conversations in CSG and LSA student government
  - “I was disappointed that they stopped letting in attendees to the regent meeting”
    - “I arrived roughly 20 minutes before the start time and they said it was full and they were no longer allowing people to come in”
    - Unfortunate. They should make more room for people in that space.
Other Matters Arising
- Anti-ableist conversation
  - The author of The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World, Tiffany A. Yu, and Haben Girma will discuss the book on Zoom. This event will take place December 10th from 12:00 - 1:00 PT. This book talk is open to all, free, and ASL and CART will be provided.
    - Join them by registering with this link: https://lnkd.in/g78wyDbR
    - Link to zoom:
    - https://us06web.zoom.us/w/88379489519?tk=vVjyOe4J2S34aFwO4xM9SM0hfE8XKCAqYbJZp6c3XK0.DQcAAAAUk9P87xZGbkxOUWJ4T1FqU1V3elhFM3JXRW53AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA&uuid=WN_aA_zNKAFRFqFb9sjBzpDsw
- Fireside chat with Temple Grandin, a celebrated author, advocate, and thought leader in autism and animal behavior. The conversation will be guided by two student leaders from University of Michigan National Student Advisory Council. These students will ask Dr. Grandin questions throughout the event.
  - Event Details:
    - What: Fireside Chat with Temple Grandin
  - When: Thursday, December 12th, 2024, at 8:00 PM EST
  - Where: Virtual (link to join provided upon registration)
  - Register Here: https://thendalliance.formtitan.com/ftproject/eventfeedback/virtualeventreg
- The city of Ann Arbor through Destination Verified is working with a group called Wheel of the World
  - A lot of work to go but at least this is a starting point.
    - “Verified” does not mean the work is over.

Announcements
- Anything to share with the Council?
  - Can always send announcements and agenda items to [email protected]