Disability Week October 14-17, 2024
Disability Week spans from October 14th through the 17th bringing community partners and regional organizations to campus to discuss disability and celebrate the knowledge, creativity, and innovations born from our shared experiences. It features a standing art exhibit, performances, panel discussions, and workshops and works to make noise, initiate conversations and create community.
This year the Disability Alliance is thrilled to partner with the UMKC’s Division of Diversity and Inclusion to align its important objectives to our campus-wide reading program, Roos Read. During the 2024-2025 academic year UMKC’s students will read and discuss Disability Visibility (2020), edited by author and disability activist Alice Wong. Wong will deliver a virtual presentation to UMKC’s campus community on November 7th.
All events are free and open to the public with in-person and hybrid accessibility options. Please register in advance for lectures, panels, and workshops. The schedule will be updated as event details are finalized.
Brief Schedule
This schedule offers a brief overview of all Disability Week events. You can click on event titles for more information about events and registration.
Monday October 14, 2024
Opening Ceremony
6-8 pm Opening remarks and Reception
Keynote: Christopher Robin Judson Worth BFA, MA, MED
SUCCEED Program Faculty, University of Missouri, St. Louis, PhD Student, visual artist, emerging scholar and disability researcher and educator.
Artist Spotlight: Just Angel
Scofield Hall 109
Tuesday -Thursday
Disability Art Exhibit
Scofield Hall 109
Tuesday October 15, 2024
Show Me College: Inclusive Postsecondary Education for All in Missouri
10 am Discussion
Co-sponsored by UM Extension EDI council’s Fireside Discussion
Join this discussion and learn more about the growth of inclusive postsecondary education (IPSE) programs for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). In the United States, access to higher education is associated with higher employment rates and earnings. However, many individuals with IDD have not had the opportunity to engage in higher education, thus limiting their access to learning, networking, residential living experiences, internships/employment opportunities and lifelong friendships. Missouri is working towards improving access and building capacity to increase college and career opportunities for students with IDD. Featuring April Regester, Associate Professor of Inclusive Education at the University of Missouri.
Student Union 402
Supporting Disability in the Workplace
1-3 pm Panel
Featuring: Job One, Center for Disability Inclusion CEO Meaghan Walls, UMKC Career Services, UMKC Accessibility Services
Student Union 402
Wednesday October 16, 2024
Disability-centered well-being strategies
9-11 am Workshop
Featuring: Disabled but not really, Isaac McBurney, and UMKC Neurodivergent Student Union
Location Scofield 109
Asking for and Understanding Accommodations
1-3 pm Panel Discussion
Featuring: Joy Roberts JD, MSN, APRN, BC Dean and Clinical Professor of Nursing and Health Sciences, Shannon Wheeler UMKC Accessibility Services.
Scofield Hall 109
Thursday October 17, 2024
Creating Disability Community on Campus and Beyond
9-11 am Panel Discussion
Featuring: Skye VanLanduyt, UMKC’s Institute for Human Development, The Whole Person, and Alphapoint.
Student Union 402
Living with Disability: An intersection perspective
1-3 pm Panel Discussion
Featuring: Avanzando, UMKC Affinity Groups
Student Union 402
Closing Ceremony
6-8 pm
Key note: Ashley Brickley
Director of the Disability Center at the University of Missouri, Columbia.
Disability activist, researcher. Ph.D. student. (Educational Leadership Policy Analysis, MU). Her current research interests include disability identity development, universal design, and disabled students’ sense of belonging.
Scofield Hall 109
