NEWS AND EVENTS

BSA Scholarships Available

BSA Scholarships are available for students who are visually impaired or blind. Anyone who is a legally blind resident of the six-county Chicago Metropolitan area qualifies. (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties) She/he must plan to study in the 2011/12 scholastic year in an accredited undergraduate, graduate, vocational, technical or professional school. Part-time students are also welcome.

The awards can be as high as $3,000. Past winners have included students at all levels, and of all ages. BSA wants to help people who have a clear and realistic goal of what they want from their education and who have begun to develop a track record of moving toward that goal.

For more information or for an application package call (312) 236-0808. The applications are available currently and the deadline for receipt of application, transcription, an eye report, essay and letters of recommendation will be in the spring of 2011. The exact date will be included in the application package.

QUOTE TO REMEMBER

“Indeed, when a child is spat from its mother’s womb, the first two questions heard are: ‘Boy or girl?’ and ‘Is it all right?’ No practitioner of the midwife’s art ever stands beaming above the mother and proclaims, ‘What a fascinating child you’ve given birth to! Six-fingered !’ or ‘Legs fused into a fin!’”

- Ahab, in Ann Finger’s short story, “Moby Dick, or the Leg.” From her book, Call Me Ahab: A Short Story Collection. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009). P. 168.

Expanded Format of the Quote to Remember

New Resource for Finding Employment

GettingHired is a national employment and new social networking portal that uniquely connects job seekers with disabilities with employers committed to hiring them.

Disability Resource Center

Two Bodies of Work: Network of Disability Arts and Culture Events this weekend, May 18 and May 20

Counter-Balance III: An evening of integrated movement that will change your thinking about dance.

Friday, May 18, 2012, 6:30-8:30 pm
Access Living, 115 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL

Link to Event Facebook event page

Featuring:
Ally Subak, Anita Fillmore Kenney, Christine DeAlba, Ginger Lane, Julie Boruff, Kris Lenzo Lilith Uddelohde, Maggie Bridger, Megan Adams, Michelle Chorski, Mollie Hillson, Nora Younkin, Stephanie Williams and Wannapa P-Eubanks

Personal Assistants, Sign Language Interpreters and Narrative Description will be provided

Embrace The Space: Saint Martin's Family Festival of Disaiblity Arts and Culture Presents: Images of Disability in Films for Kids

Sunday, May 20, 2012, 1:30-3:30pm
Saint Martin's Episcopal Church
5700 West Midway Park (near Central Avenue & Lake Street), Chicago, IL

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In this workshop, we will explore how Hollywood portrays characters with disabilities. Carrie Sandahl will show film clips from the Oompa Loompas in the Wizard of Oz to Winter, the dolphin, in the Dolphin Tale. Sandahl will ask, "How do we learn what disability means from a very early age?" Then you will have the opportunity to share your ideas with one another. We will discuss what kind of images of disability we would like Hollywood to show, and what we can do to change thinking about disability right here in Chicago.

The program is FREE. Snacks & Refreshments will be served.
Reservations Recommended!

Information & Disability Accommodations
Email: tpacio1@uic.edu Or Call 312 996-1967

Access Chicago: 2012 EXPO for People with Disabilities, July 19, 2012, 10am-5pm

Online Letter of Accommodation Form

An online Letter of Accommodations (LOA) Request Form is available now for students. You can ONLY submit this Request Form online if you are already registered at the Disability Resource Center. If you are requesting an LOA for the first time or if you need to make any changes to your accommodations, please schedule a meeting with your Disability Specialist.

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