To Campus Community:
The Campus Advisory Council on Disability and Accessibility Planning (CACDAP) includes the voices of all major constituent groups at UC Berkeley and is made up of individuals with a commitment to diversity and inclusion for disabled members of our community. Reporting directly to the Vice-Chancellor, its membership is comprised mostly of students, staff, and faculty with disabilities.
The Office of Disability Access & Compliance (DAC) would like to share our 2025 Disability End-of-Year Summary
Date: Monday 10/13/25
Time: 1-3 pm
Location: Zoom
Please join us to learn about major developments in 2025 that affect our community, and share what you want to see more of, less of, or a beginning of, going forward.
Hosted by Assistant Vice Chancellor for Disability Rights, Ella Callow, and the Executive Director for the Disabled Students’ Program and Disability Cultural Community Center Carmen Varela.
Join the DAC team! We're looking to hire a UC Berkeley student, eligible for Work-Study, to work part-time up to 19 hours a week at $25/hour. Students can access and apply for this position through the work-study portal(link is external)and search for job number 2994921225.
This is advance notice that UC Berkeley Office of Disability Access and Compliance along with the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Disability Cultural Community Center are delighted to announce that we are putting on another Beyond the Frame: Amplifying Disabilit
The Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Disability Accessibility & Planning (‘CACDAP’) invites you to attend a Town Hall on our Campus Disability Strategic Plan. Chancellor Carol Christ tasked CACDAP with developing a Campus Disability Strategic Plan. The current draft reflects several iterations of the plan and extensive input from CACDAP membership, faculty, students, staff and particularly those from the disability community.
Dear Disability Listserv Community,
We are currently looking to have stickers and potentially pins made for the DAC office to give to interested parties. If you would like to design what the sticker will look like, please email your suggested design to Donna (donnal@berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail)) by November 8, 2024, and include your phone number. The artist of the chosen sticker design will win a $50 Amazon gift card.
Join the DAC team! We're looking to hire a UC Berkeley student, eligible for Work-Study, to work part-time up to 19 hours a week at $25/hour. Students can access and apply for this position through the work-study portal and search for job number 6571948987.
UC Celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) - Putting Together the Accessibility Puzzle Pieces
When: May 16, 2024, 10:00-11:30 AM Pacific Time
Student Training and Education in Public Service (STEPS)
Cal Performances invites blind or visually impaired UC Berkeley students to attend the April 2, 2024 performance by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and to take part in audio description services and a pre-show haptic tour. We are happy to provide free tickets for up to 5 students (+ 1 guest) to the April 2 performance. In return, we would love to hear your feedback on these services.
Annoucement from the UC Berkeley Digital Accessibility Program:
The Digital Accessibility Program (DAP) is excited to announce our continuing accessibility workshop series! Sessions will take place every Tuesday and Thursday from 10 - 11 a.m. through March. Each virtual session will begin with 15-minute presentations on the topics listed below, followed by office hours with our accessibility specialists. Bring your accessibility questions!
BAMPFA Descriptive Tour - Sunday, December 3
Sunday, December 3, 11:15am - 12:30pm
UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
2125 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704, one block from the Downtown Berkeley BART station
$8 per person (special admission rate for this event)
This Friday, 10/20, RecWell will be hosting Adaptive Pickleball from 1:00pm - 3:00pm in the Kleeberger Field House within the Recreational Sport Facility. The sessions are FREE, great for beginners, and requires NO advance registration to participate.
Berkeley RecWell will be hosting Inclusive, Adaptive Clinics for the Fall semester! These samplers will feature different adaptive sports at each event. The sessions are FREE, great for beginners, and requires NO advance registration to participate.
American Sign Language Guided Tour of Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory
Saturday, April 29th, 1:30 PM
Patricia Lessard offers American Sign Language interpretation for a graduate student-led tour of the exhibition. Lessard is a specialist in ASL interpretation of visual art. All visitors are welcome.
