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PUC celebrates Disability Awareness Month
By: Nicole Elischer
Issue date: 3/5/07 Section: News
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The student organization Hoosier ADAPT and Student Support Services will be recognizing Disability Awareness Month with various activities and speakers. This year's theme is 'Make Room for Everybody.'
Andrea Pepler-Murray, who founded Hoosier ADAPT in 1999, said the purpose of the organization is to promote awareness about people with disabilities to students, faculty and staff. They also work for changes to make the campus compliant with the Americans with Disability Act laws.
"We're people too," said Pepler-Murray.
She said the organization will be going to Purdue West Lafayette to receive the Focus Award on March 6 at the Disability Awareness Month reception. The Focus Awards are given annually to faculty members, students and organizations affiliated with Purdue and have made an outstanding contribution for further awareness to disability accessibility and diversity.
Pepler-Murray said the organization will be doing a presentation called 'Don't Dis My Art' in Alumni Hall on March 29 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The presentation will feature poetry and excerpts from three Shakespeare plays-Othello, Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet-performed by members of ADA PT and a student artwork CD-ROM slide show.
Chris Karson from Ball State and Vice Chancellor for Advancement Judith Kaufman will be guest speakers. Karson will be doing a wheelchair monologue and Kaufman will be talking about the future YJean Chambers Performance Hall and how it will meet ADA laws.
Pepler-Murray said during Romeo and Juliet, audience members will be asked to cheer on the actors during a sword fight. They will also have tables set up for people to decorate their own masks.
An Easter basket will be raffled off the week of March 19 on the first floor of SUL. The winner will be announced March 29.
Michaeline Florek, coordinator of services for students with disabilities, said student support services will also be sponsoring a couple of brown bag forums this month. March 21, from 11a.m. to 1 p.m., Sarah Sharp will talk about her work helping people with disabilities make transitions from high school to college and so on.
March 22, from 10 a.m. to 2p.m., speakers from the Crown Point affiliate and advanced individuals with autism, asperger's syndrome and pervasive developmental disorder will talk about their disabilities. March 28, Laura R. Davis, assistive technology specialist from student support services will talk about the types of assistive technology available on campus. All will be held in SUL 321.
Andrea Pepler-Murray, who founded Hoosier ADAPT in 1999, said the purpose of the organization is to promote awareness about people with disabilities to students, faculty and staff. They also work for changes to make the campus compliant with the Americans with Disability Act laws.
"We're people too," said Pepler-Murray.
She said the organization will be going to Purdue West Lafayette to receive the Focus Award on March 6 at the Disability Awareness Month reception. The Focus Awards are given annually to faculty members, students and organizations affiliated with Purdue and have made an outstanding contribution for further awareness to disability accessibility and diversity.
Pepler-Murray said the organization will be doing a presentation called 'Don't Dis My Art' in Alumni Hall on March 29 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The presentation will feature poetry and excerpts from three Shakespeare plays-Othello, Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet-performed by members of ADA PT and a student artwork CD-ROM slide show.
Chris Karson from Ball State and Vice Chancellor for Advancement Judith Kaufman will be guest speakers. Karson will be doing a wheelchair monologue and Kaufman will be talking about the future YJean Chambers Performance Hall and how it will meet ADA laws.
Pepler-Murray said during Romeo and Juliet, audience members will be asked to cheer on the actors during a sword fight. They will also have tables set up for people to decorate their own masks.
An Easter basket will be raffled off the week of March 19 on the first floor of SUL. The winner will be announced March 29.
Michaeline Florek, coordinator of services for students with disabilities, said student support services will also be sponsoring a couple of brown bag forums this month. March 21, from 11a.m. to 1 p.m., Sarah Sharp will talk about her work helping people with disabilities make transitions from high school to college and so on.
March 22, from 10 a.m. to 2p.m., speakers from the Crown Point affiliate and advanced individuals with autism, asperger's syndrome and pervasive developmental disorder will talk about their disabilities. March 28, Laura R. Davis, assistive technology specialist from student support services will talk about the types of assistive technology available on campus. All will be held in SUL 321.
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