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Our Commitment
Kalamazoo College is committed to provide reasonable accommodations, modifications, or auxiliary aides to enable equal access for students, faculty, and staff with disabilities. The College does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of disability in admission, treatment, or access to its programs, activities, or in employment and fosters a collaborative process with Student Disability Services or the Office of Human Resources.
Training Alert
Ableism 102 – July 10, 2024 (Virtual)
This workshop builds on the lessons of Ableism 101 to explore the next steps in dismantling ableism. We will dig deeper into the causes and impacts of ableism and how to create true inclusion. Participants will identify how they can fight ableism within their spheres of influence.
Learning goals:
- Explain the difference between the medical model, social model and holistic model of Disability and recognize their respective approaches to addressing Disability in society.
- Recognize the dynamics of privilege and power for Disabled people and identify how societal norms and structures impact their experiences, rights, and access to resources.
- Identify and describe three ways to confront Ableism and become a more effective ally for the Disability Community.
- Identify specific ways in which ableism contributes to the exclusion and marginalization of people with disabilities within the community setting.
Please note that this training is virtual. Registration link – https://forms.office.com/g/xv8CWYJxCY
Know Your Rights
A qualified person with a disability has the right to an equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs, courses, employment, services and activities offered through the College; an equal opportunity to learn and to work, and to request reasonable and effective accommodations, academic adjustments, and auxiliary aids and services; appropriate confidentiality of all information regarding their disability; and information, reasonably available in accessible formats.
