October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Every October the US Department of Labor promotes National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) which celebrates the contributions of America’s workers with disabilities past and present. NDEAM 2022 focuses on the important role people with disabilities play in a diverse and inclusive American workforce.
NDEAM Events
Sponsored by the Disability Working Group
Cosponsors: The Office of Equity & Access (OEA), The Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (DI3), the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Healthier U. and the Renaissance School of Medicine
Inclusive Recruitment & Hiring: People with Disabilities
Tuesday, October 11 @ 11 am
Location: via Zoom
Facilitator: Lin Tiedemann, OEA
This session will cover how to engage in an inclusive hiring process, from the writing of a job description through the interview process, with a focus on a process that is inclusive, accessible to and targets increasing the applicant pool from persons with disabilities. Provide additional resources and tools to help build an inclusive workplace culture that is welcoming of people with disabilities.
Accommodation Requests: A Primer
Thursday, October 13 @ 11am
Location: via Zoom
Facilitators: Karin Martinsen & Natalie Mertens, OEA
The when, why and how of accommodation requests. Participants will learn the legal foundations of accommodations under the ADA, how Stony Brook University handles requests, manages ongoing accommodations and best practices for supervisors.
Digital Accessibility: Testing Your Web Content
Tuesday, October 18 @ 11 am
Location: via Zoom
Facilitator: Glenn Dausch
Join us to discover strategies and identify resources which will enable you to meet your responsibility of ensuring the entire campus community is able to engage with your content. Participants will learn to define accessible content, identify and remove barriers posed by inaccessible content, use common tools to test accessibility while understanding their limitations and find web accessibility resources on campus.
Healthier U. Mindfulness
Thursday, October 20 @ 11 am
Location: via Zoom
Facilitator: Cathrine Duffy
People of all ages and walks of life have discovered the life-changing benefits of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), developed in 1979 by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn. Research shows that individuals who regularly practice mindfulness have decreased anxiety and depression, improved cognitive function, improved immune system function, decreased blood pressure and migraine frequency, reduced systemic inflammation, and improved coping with pain and illness. This session will provide an introduction to the practice.
Understanding Hidden Disabilities in the Workplace
Tuesday, October 25 @ 11 am
Location: via Zoom
Facilitators: Alexis Rodgers, EAP
Not all disabilities are visible; most, from neurological disorders to mental health issues to non-apparent physical disabilities, are hidden. This session will highlight how awareness of hidden disabilities can help supervisors and coworkers build a more inclusive work environment.
Healthier U. Chair Yoga
Thursday, October 27 @ 12 noon
Location: via Zoom
Facilitator: Cathrine Duffy
Chair yoga is a form of yoga done while sitting or standing and using a chair for support. Chair yoga can improve flexibility, concentration, strength and mood.
SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution Free Screening & Panel Discussion
Thursday, October 6 @ 4-7:30 pm
Location: HSC, Lecture Hall #2 or via Zoom
Panelists:
Judith Heumann - Lifelong advocate and leader of disability rights movement, teacher
& author. Featured in the film.
Michelle Nardio-Redmond, Ph.D - Author & Professor of Psychology & Biomedical Humanities,
Hiram College
Jeanie Walters - Paralympian wheelchair sports athlete and civil rights attorney
Brooke Ellison - Science, healthcare policy & ethics expert, author & Associate Professor,
Stony Brook University
Jacob Green - Graphic Designer of socks for Autism Awareness & recent graduate of
NY Institute of Technology
WINNER 2020 - Audience Choice US Documentary - SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
ACADAMY AWARD NOMINEE - 2020 Best Documentary Feature
How a summer camp experience in the 1970’s shaped the disabilities rights movement. In the early 1970s, teenagers with disabilities faced a future shaped by isolation, discrimination and institutionalization. Camp Jened, a ramshackle camp for disabled youth in the Catskills, exploded those confines. Jened was their freewheeling Utopia, a place with summertime sports, and campers experienced liberation and full inclusion as human beings. Their bonds endured as many migrated West to Berkeley, California — a hotbed of activism where friends from Camp Jened realized that disruption, civil disobedience, and political participation could change the future for millions. And did.