{"id":17059,"date":"2023-03-13T13:51:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T19:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/?p=17059"},"modified":"2023-03-13T13:51:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T19:51:11","slug":"march-developmental-disabilities-awareness-month-week-3-focus-on-faculty-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/2023\/03\/13\/march-developmental-disabilities-awareness-month-week-3-focus-on-faculty-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"March Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month Week 3: Focus on Faculty &#038; Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From the EDI Office &#8211;\u00a0DDAM 2023:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We hope that you will utilize (by participating, exploring, and sharing) these events and resources during Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month (DDAM2023).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>The items below are student-centered resources\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Disabilities Resources &amp; Services at CU Denver<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucdenver.edu\/offices\/disability-resources-and-services\/accommodations\/rights-and-responsibilities\" rel=\"noopener\">Rights &amp; Responsibilities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucdenver.edu\/offices\/disability-resources-and-services\/assistive-technology\" rel=\"noopener\">Assistive Technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For students who want to become teachers, from USDoE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/news\/press-releases\/new-guidance-helps-schools-support-students-disabilities-and-avoid-discriminatory-use-discipline\" rel=\"noopener\">New Guidance Helps Schools Support Students with Disabilities and Avoid Discriminatory Use of Discipline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and this from CDoE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.state.co.us\/cdesped\/covid19-studentlearning\" rel=\"noopener\">Learning Supports for Students with Disabilities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>These items below are faculty-staff-centered<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For staff and faculty in higher education,<\/p>\n<p>A pilot was launched in CO in 2016 at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inclusivehighered.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Inclusive Higher Ed<\/a>, read the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cdhe.colorado.gov\/sites\/highered\/files\/2020%20Report%20-%20IN%21%20Pilot%20Program%2001-19-2021_CR.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">REPORT<\/a>. What we might do in CU Denver (and SEHD in particular) to embed greater disability awareness in our work and community?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Videos\/Ted Talks<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I'm a College Student with a Disability. Stop Treating Me Like a Child. | Op-Docs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UjmhDyJhgvs?feature=oembed\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n. | Op-Docs &#8211; 24 minutes<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The True Gifts of a Dyslexic Mind | Dean Bragonier | TEDxMarthasVineyard\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_dPyzFFcG7A?feature=oembed\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n| Dean Bragonier | TEDxMarthasVineyard &#8211; 17 minutes<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>The items below are community-centered resources<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Given the increase in reliance on digital technologies, here are some broadband access resources:<\/p>\n<p>CDHE (Colorado Dept. of Higher Ed.):\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmyarea.com\/resources\/guide-internet-people-with-disabilities\" rel=\"noopener\">Guide For People With Disabilities: Programs For Low-Cost Internet, Mobile Plans, And Digital Literacy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This resource explains how people with disabilities can receive low-cost internet and cellphone service. It also includes how to get free or low-cost devices and enroll in programs that foster digital literacy. The guide serves as a blueprint to ensure people with disabilities can:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Find low-cost internet service providers and phone carriers<\/li>\n<li>Receive certain discounts<\/li>\n<li>Boost their digital literacy<\/li>\n<li>Use current technology regardless of their income and employment status&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thearcofco.org\/family-resources\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The Arc Family Resources<\/a>\u00a0was Developed to support families of individuals with disabilities<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.211colorado.org\/children-and-youth-with-special-needs\/\" rel=\"noopener\">211 Colorado\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Children and Youth with Special Needs: This community resource exists to support children and youth with special needs, by providing a list of resources available to support them in accessing medical resources\/supplies, transportation, family support, and more<\/p>\n<p>Division of Vocational Rehabilitation\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dvr.colorado.gov\/councils-boards\/state-rehabilitation-council\/employment-first-advisory-partnership\" rel=\"noopener\">Employment First Advisory Partnership<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regarding state resources to support employment for those with disabilities<\/p>\n<p>This partnership offers another resource that may be particularly helpful for folks who are unfamiliar with what&#8217;s happening at the state level to support the employment of individuals with disabilities is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16TIDTlLe_Sr97Fx6KNsfKXPUhLY6NIdv\/view\" rel=\"noopener\">Employment First Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado State Board of Education\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.state.co.us\/CCR\/GenerateRulePdf.do?ruleVersionId=6251&amp;fileName=1%20CCR%20301-8\" rel=\"noopener\">Rules For Administering Colorado&#8217;s Exceptional Children&#8217;s Act<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccdconline.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition<\/a>\u00a0A state nonprofit focused on disability rights and representation.<\/p>\n<p>To learn about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denvergov.org\/Government\/Agencies-Departments-Offices\/Agencies-Departments-Offices-Directory\/Human-Rights-Community-Partnerships\/Divisions-Offices\/Division-of-Disability-Rights\" rel=\"noopener\">Denver&#8217;s Division of Disability Rights<\/a>, including local resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the EDI Office &#8211;\u00a0DDAM 2023:\u00a0\u00a0 We hope that you will utilize (by participating, exploring, and sharing) these events and resources during Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month (DDAM2023). &nbsp; The items below are student-centered resources\u00a0 Disabilities Resources &amp; Services at CU Denver Rights &amp; Responsibilities Assistive Technology For students who want to become teachers, from USDoE:\u00a0New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-events-services","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17059"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17061,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17059\/revisions\/17061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}