Monday, October 27th – Saturday, November 1st
The University Committee on Disability invites you to celebrate Disability Awareness Week.
Please join us throughout the week at a variety of faculty lectures, programs, and activities.
Monday, October 27, 2008
- Disability in the Academy: A Panel Discussion & Luncheon for Faculty
12 –2 p.m., Kirchhoff Hall, Charles E. Young Grand Salon - Alternate Your Abilities & Pathway Art Exhibit
6 – 8 p.m., John Wooden Center, Events Lobby
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
- New Directions in Disability Studies: The Difference Literature Makes, 12 – 1:30, Student Activities Center, Conference Room 1 & 2
- Beginning and Experienced Adaptive Cycling, 2 – 4 p.m., John Wooden Center
- Murder Ball: A Film which features the 2004 USA Men’s Paralympic Quad Rugby Team followed by a Discussion, 7 – 9:30 p.m., DeNeve Auditorium
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
- Brief History of Sign Language in America and Signing to Music, 12 – 1 p.m., Wooden Center Main Conf. Room
- UCLA Recreation Adaptive Programs Volunteer Information Session, 4 – 5 p.m., John Wooden Center Events Lobby
- Wheelchair Basketball Exhibition & Clinic, 4 – 6 p.m., John Wooden Center, Collins Court
Thursday, October 30, 2008
- “Progress in research and treatment for childhood motor disorders: cerebral palsy and Duchenne muscular dystrophy”, 12 – 1 p.m., Nueroscience Research Building (NRB), Room 116
Saturday, November 1, 2008
- UCLA Recreation Adaptive Advanced Hand Cycling & Tandem Cycling, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., UCLA Marina Aquatic Center, Marina del Rey
- UCLA Recreation Adaptive Sailing Excursion, 1 – 3 p.m., UCLA Marina Aquatic Center, Marina del Rey
Monday, October 27, 2008
Disability in the Academy: A Panel Discussion & Luncheon
Noon – 2 p.m Charles E. Young Grand Salon, Kerckhoff Hall
This annual faculty luncheon and panel discussion addresses issues such as the legal and practical aspects of accommodating visible and invisible disabilities in the classroom. The panel includes Amy Blum, Campus Counsel; Liz Gong-Guy, Director, Counseling and Psychological Services; Kathy Molini, Director, Office for Students with Disabilities; Adrienne Malka, Manager, Employee Management Services and Stuart Biegel, Ph.D., Graduate School of Education and the School of Law.
This event is sponsored by the Office for Faculty Diversity & Development and the University Committee on Disability. An RSVP is required. Faculty should RSVP with Lori Davidson at ldavison@conet.ucla.edu.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Alternate Your Abilities & Pathway Art Exhibit
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m John Wooden Center, Events Lobby
Through interactive experiential activities, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in a variety of stations that will challenge your abilities, provide insight into what it might be like to live with a disability and provide opportunities to speak with students from the Disabled Student Union. The event will also feature art created by students in the UCLA Extension Pathway Program. This event is sponsored by the Disabled Student Union, UCLA Extension & UCLA Recreation. No RSVP is required. For additional information on the DSU and Pathway program, please visit www.uclaextension.edu/pathway and http://www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/dsunion/.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
New Directions in Disability Studies: The Difference Literature Makes
Noon – 1:30 p.m Student Activities Center, Conference Room 1 and 2 on the basement level
The Department of English and the Disability Studies Minor present the following research of current UCLA graduate students in disability studies:
- “Human Variation in the Postgenomic Era” – Olivia Banner
- “Breaking it New: Modernist Studies and Disability” – Valerie Popp
- “The Disability of Color: Reconsidering the Black Body in American Literature and Culture” – Dennis Tyler
Chair: Helen Deutsch, Professor of English and Chair, Faculty Advisory Committee, Disability Studies Minor.
Please join us for this brown-bag lunch presentation followed by a question and answer and discussion of disability studies. No RSVP required. For additional information on the Disability Studies Minor, please visit www.disabilitystudies.ucla.edu.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Beginning and Experienced Adaptive Cycling
2:00 – 4:00 p.m John Wooden Center front steps
Join us for a bike ride and see the campus from a different perspective on a tandem or a hand cycle. This program is designed for those with mobility impairments as well as for others that would like to experience the activity of hand cycling and tandem cycling. This is event is part of UCLA Recreation’s Adaptive Programs. Equipment is limited – please RSVP with Jamie Hoffman jhoffman@recreation.ucla.edu or (310) 825-1059
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Murder Ball: A Film which features the 2004 USA Men’s Paralympic Quad Rugby Team followed by a Discussion
7:00 – 9:30 p.m DeNeve Auditorium
This film was the winner of the Documentary Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize for Editing at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. The film features men who have arrived through very different journeys to find themselves competing in their own full-contact sport of Quad Rugby. Preparing for the 2004 Athens Games, this film will “smash every stereotype you ever had about “gimps” and “cripples.” It is a film about family, revenge, honor, and the triumph of love over loss. But most of all, it is a film about standing up, even after your spirit, and your spine, have been crushed” (www.murderballmovie.com). Co-Sponsored by the UCOD and the On-Campus Housing Council
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Brief History of Sign Language in America and Signing to Music
12:00 – 1:00 p.m John Wooden Center Main Conference Room
Come learn about the beginnings of sign language in America and find out what Gallaudet College taught the PAC-10. Participants will have the opportunity to learn some basic sign language and application to song. Sponsored by the Office for Students with Disabilities, please RSVP with Deb Owen at dowen@saonet.ucla.edu or (310) 794-5728.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Wheelchair Basketball Exhibition & Clinic
4:00 – 6:00 p.m John Wooden Center, Collins Court
Come see the Fast Breakin’ Lakers Wheelchair Basketball team in an exhibition game as well as get into a chair and learn about wheelchair basketball and shoot a few hoops. This program is designed for those with mobility impairments as well as for others that would like to experience wheelchair basketball.
Sponsored by UCLA Recreation’s Adaptive Programs, please RSVP with Jamie Hoffman jhoffman@recreation.ucla.edu or (310) 825-1059.Wednesday, October 29, 2008
UCLA Recreation Adaptive Programs Volunteer Information Session
4:00 – 5:00 p.m John Wooden Center, Events Lobby
Learn about the volunteer opportunities available through the UCLA Recreation‘s adaptive program. Volunteers are needed to work with UCLA students, faculty, staff, and community members, many of whom are for the first time experiencing recreational activities such as sailing, kayaking, hand cycling and wheel chair basketball. For more information, visit www.recreation.ucla.edu or contact Jamie Hoffman at jhoffman@recreation.ucla.edu or (310) 825-1059.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
“Progress in research and treatment for childhood motor disorders: cerebral palsy and Duchenne muscular dystrophy”
12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m Neuroscience Research Building, Room 116
The UCLA/Orthopedic Hospital Center for Cerebral Palsy and the UCLA Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research group present an overview of treatment and research. Presentations include:
- “Advances in treatment for cerebral palsy” – William Oppenheim, MD, Head of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery
- “Biomechanical and neuromuscular mechanisms affecting movement in cerebral palsy” – Eileen Fowler, PhD, PT, Associate Professor in Orthopedics and Faculty, Tarjan Center at UCLA
- “Research advances in Duchenne muscular dystrophy” - Melissa Spencer, PhD, Associate Profesor in Neurology and Carrie Miceli, PhD, Professor in the Department of Microbiology Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Please join us for this brown-bag lunch presentation followed by a question and answer and discussion. No RSVP required. For additional information on these programs, visit http://tarjancenter.ucla.edu/, http://www.uclaccp.org/, and http://www.ortho.medsch.ucla.edu/.Saturday, November 1, 2008
UCLA Recreation Adaptive Advanced Hand Cycling & Tandem Cycling
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m UCLA Marine Aquatic Center, Marina del Rey
Challenge yourself with increased distance and create a community while cycling with others in the Marina. This program is designed for those with mobility impairments as well as for others that would like to go for a group ride through the Marina and down the beach bike path. The program is provided through UCLA Recreation’s adaptive program. Equipment is limited so please RSVP with Jamie Hoffman at jhoffman@recreation.ucla.edu or (310) 825-1059.
Saturday, November 1, 20
UCLA Recreation Adaptive Sailing Excursion
1:00 – 3:00 p.m UCLA Marine Aquatic Center, Marina del Rey
Come out to the MAC and see Marina del Rey from the water. No sailing experience necessary come and gain a basic understanding of sailing. This program is designed for those with mobility impairments and their friends and family. The program is provided through UCLA Recreation’s adaptive program. Equipment is limited so please RSVP with Jamie Hoffman at jhoffman@recreation.ucla.edu or (310) 825-1059.
For more information on Disability Awareness Week, please visit our website at www.ucod.ucla.edu or contact:
- Wendy Motch
Co–Chair, UCOD
wmotch@recreation.ucla.edu - Jamie Hoffman
UCOD Activities and Programs sub-comittee
jhoffman@recreation.ucla.edu
