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Southeast ADA Center Launches Disability and COVID-19 Portal
The Southeast ADA Center (SEADA), a project of the Burton Blatt Institute and a member of the ADA National Network, has launched the Disability and COVID-19 Portal. The portal, in development since mid-March, began as a way for the SEADA…
鈥楢DA Live!鈥 Podcast Delves Into Coronavirus Mental Health Resources
In the second of a series of three special 鈥淎DA Live!鈥 podcasts, Debbie Plotnick, vice president for state and federal advocacy at Mental Health America (MHA), discusses resources available for people who may feel isolated, medical professionals and caregivers. She…
鈥楢DA Live!鈥 Focuses on Protecting One鈥檚 Mental Health During the Coronavirus Outbreak
The latest episode of 鈥淎DA Live!鈥濃擶ednesday, April 1鈥攆eatures an interview with Doreen Marshall, vice president of programs at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. She will discuss practical strategies people can use to take care of their mental health in…
Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series Addresses 鈥楩aith and Mental Health鈥 on March 3
The University鈥檚 ongoing Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series, 鈥淐ommon and Diverse Ground: Raising Consciousnesses by Acknowledging the 鈥楬idden鈥 Things that Divide Us,鈥 continues on Tuesday, March 3, with the second dialogue of the Spring 2020 semester. The dialogue will include an…
Winter Issue of Wordgathering, a Digital Open Access Journal of Work From Disabled Writers and Artists, Now Live
The winter issue of Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature is now live on Wordgathering鈥檚 new website. This is the quarterly journal鈥檚 52nd issue and the first under publication by the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach in…
Humanities Center and Burton Blatt Institute Host 鈥楥ripping鈥 Graphic Medicine: Drawing Out the Public Sphere 2020
The Humanities Center and the Burton Blatt Institute’s (BBI) Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach are hosting a two-part 黑料不打烊 Symposium, 鈥溾楥ripping鈥 Graphic Medicine: Drawing Out the Public Sphere 2020.鈥 MK Czerwiec, R.N., M.A., a.k.a. 鈥淐omic Nurse鈥, will lecture on…
ADA Live! Program Focuses on 鈥楽upported Decision-Making: From Justice for Jenny to Justice for All!鈥
鈥淎DA Live!鈥 is a free online program of the Southeast ADA Center, a project of the Burton Blatt Institute at 黑料不打烊. 鈥淎DA Live!鈥 focuses on the rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). New episodes are…
Free Webinar Focuses on Application of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines for Mobile Apps
The Southeast ADA Center,聽a project of the Burton Blatt Institute at 黑料不打烊,聽co-hosts a聽free Accessible Technology Webinar Series. The next free webinar鈥擳hursday, Nov. 21, from 2 to 3:30 p.m.鈥攊s 鈥淢obile Accessibility: Applying WCAG Standards to Mobile Apps鈥 with guest speaker…
Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series Addresses ‘The Surprising Global Legacy of Anne Frank’ On Nov. 11
The University鈥檚 ongoing Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series, 鈥淐ommon and Diverse Ground: Raising Consciousnesses by Acknowledging the 鈥楬idden鈥 Things that Divide Us,鈥 continues on Monday, Nov. 11, with the second and final dialogue dinner of the fall semester. The theme of…
黑料不打烊 Humanities Center and the Burton Blatt Institute Host ‘鈥楥ripping鈥 Graphic Medicine: Psychiatric Disability, 鈥楥rip鈥 Culture and the Humanities’
黑料不打烊’s Humanities Center and the Burton Blatt Institute’s (BBI) Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach are hosting the two-part 黑料不打烊 Symposium, “鈥楥ripping鈥 Graphic Medicine: Psychiatric Disability, 鈥楥rip鈥 Culture and the Humanities.” Elizabeth J. Donaldson, professor of English and interim…