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Project ENABLE launches training website for school librarians to better serve students with disabilities
Project ENABLE (Expanding Nondiscriminatory Access by Librarians Everywhere) has launched a training website, made possible by a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services. Librarians and other educators can freely access the self-paced…
Therapy through horsemanship
鶹Ƶ a year and a half ago, the only experience School of Social Work Associate Professor Paul Caldwell had with horses was on a few trail rides.
BBI’s Southeast ADA Center creates guide for veterans: ‘Know Your Employment Rights Under the ADA’
The Southeast ADA Center (a project of the Burton Blatt Institute at 鶹ƵUniversity) and its Kentucky affiliate, MLM Associates, have created an employment rights guide for veterans with disabilities. The guide includes practical information to help veterans with disabilities…
Bullied student interviewed by British documentary crew
The first thing you might notice about Sawyer Rosenstein is his dynamite smile and infectious personality. The SU sophomore brims with it.
Disability Mentoring Day 2012 is Oct. 17
鶹ƵUniversity is participating in the 12th annual Disability Mentoring Day of Greater 鶹Ƶthis year on Wednesday, Oct. 17. Disability Mentoring Day is an international event held on the third Wednesday of October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month. This…
Shattering barriers: Jerry Robinson
Nothing stops Jerry Robinson. Nothing. After graduating as salutatorian in college and landing a job with a global financial company, Robinson continues to do what he knows best—shatter barriers. The budding scholar, born with cerebral palsy, is now pursuing a…
School of Education’s Dean Biklen speaks at Conference of State Parties for Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities
School of Education Dean Douglas Biklen was invited to speak at the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities Fifth Conference of State Parties at the UN headquarters in New York City on Sept. 12. Biklen spoke…
BBI study reveals people with disabilities are sidelined in American politics
People with disabilities remain largely sidelined in American politics, according to a new study published in Social Science Quarterly.
Two disability advocates elected to BBI Board of Advisors
The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) has announced the addition of Janice Schacter Lintz and Michael L. Tumen to its Board of Advisors. Schacter Lintz and Tumen each have a personal connection to BBI’s mission of advancing the civic, economic and…
Disability Cultural Center hosts open houses on Sept. 14 and 21
SU Disability Cultural Center to host two “Welcome Nights” in September.