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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) 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(link is external)and search for job number 6571948987. 

UC Celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) - Putting Together the Accessibility Puzzle Pieces 

Register in advance for the GAAD webinar:

When: May 16, 2024, 10:00-11:30 AM Pacific Time

2024-Disability State-of-the-State Audio(link is external)

2024-Disability State-of-the-State address by Ella Callow(link is external)

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.

2023-Disability State-of-the-State Audio

2023-Disability State-of-the-State Transcript

2023-Disability State-of-the-State_Video with Captions

Rec Sports is hosting Inclusive, Adaptive Sports Clinics for the spring semester! This sampler will feature different adaptive sports at each event. The sessions are great for beginners, are FREE of cost, and require NO sign ups. Rec Sports are starting with Wheelchair Basketball on Friday, March 3rd from 1:00pm - 3:00pm in the Kleeberger Field House within the Recreational Sport Facility.

UPDATED: Starting February 9th, 2023 Steve Johnston will have in-person drop-in sessions once a month at the Disability Cultural Community Center (DCC) on campus. Please review the handy guide for detailed information.

Next sessions:

February 9, 2023: DCC and Zoom

February 23, 2023: Zoom

Steve Johnston, the Policy, Complaint, and Special Project Manager in Disability Access and Compliance will be holding bi-weekly drop-in sessions every other Thursday from 3-4 pm, starting on September 8, 2022. Please review the handy guide for detailed information, which includes the Zoom link and instructions.

September 2022 drop-in sessions: September 8th and 22nd

We're in the news! Read more about UC Berkeley's efforts towards a digitally accessible campus environment, including DAC's involvement in a 3-year pilot program to help support remediation of the top 200 public-facing Berkeley websites, and the "launching of a new high-level committee that will focus on making sure the campus’s digital infrastructure is accessible to everyone."

A confidential Self-Identification Questionnaire is now available for faculty, staff, and students with disabilities who believe that they may need assistance during an emergency evacuation. Read the full campus-wide email that was recently sent out Feb 3, 2022 from DAC Executive Director Ella Callow and Vice Chancellor of Administration Marc Fisher, which also provides a link to the Questionnaire.

The Office of Graduate Diversity recently hosted a UC Berkeley Diversity Academy "Neurodiversity Workshop" on October 28, 2021. Check out their video to learn more about graduate school for neurodiverse individuals!

Monday, November 29th | 6:10 - 8:10 PM | Zoom Event

All are welcome to join in community building and advocacy! Come to the "Know Your Rights" Disability Town Hall, presented by the ASUC Disabled Students Commission and Berkeley Disabled Students. DAC will be providing an overview of the UC Berkeley grievance process, and students will be able to share their experiences navigating UCB.