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Disability is Diversity Week 2019
February 25, 2019 - March 2, 2019
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This week full of events, all free and open to everyone, educates about disability-related issues, rights, and experience with a strong focus on disability as an identity of diversity and difference to be not only accepted but celebrated.
If you have questions about accessibility of any event, or would like to request accommodations, please contact Carolyn Ogburn, UNC Asheville director of accessibility services, at 828.232.5050 or email caogburn@unca.edu.
Monday, Feb. 25
- Geek Trivia and Cosplay in the Sandbox with prizes, snacks, trivia and more. 3-5 p.m., Disability Cultural Center, Ramsey Library lower floor.
Tuesday, Feb. 26
- Veterans with Disabilities Speak Out – 1-2 p.m., Veterans Center for Excellence, Highsmith 118.
Wednesday, Feb. 27
- Film – Defiant Lives: The Rise of the Disability Rights Movement – 5-6:30 p.m., Highsmith 108.
Thursday, Feb 28
- Lunch & Learn – Understanding the Intersection of Autism, Eating and Sensory Processing Disorders, presented by Kim Clairy (also part of NED Awareness Week) – noon-1:30 p.m., Brown Hall 217. Bring your own lunch – water & desserts provided. RSVP required.
Friday, March 1
- Disability Day of Mourning – 9-11 a.m., Ramsey Library, Whitman Room.
Saturday, March 2
- Keynote Workshops with Lydia X.Z. Brown – Rekindling and Reconnecting: Community-Building at Intersections of Queerness and Disability, 2 p.m.; and, Disability Justice Fights Racism: Confronting and Resisting the Ableism of White Supremacy, 3 p.m.; both in Highsmith 225/226.
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