NEWS AND EVENTS

Site Unseen 2009: (Dis)abling Conditions

For one night only on Monday, November 9, 2009, from 6-9 p.m., the Chicago Cultural Center will host Site Unseen, a site-specific performance event featuring theater, dance, music, and visual art by individual artists and ensembles of local and international acclaim. Presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the performances, installations, and video works will all consider issues around disability. Works will be created specifically for the architectural spaces of the Chicago Cultural Center, located at 78 E. Washington Street. Admission is free.

For more information go to their Web site at:

http://bit.ly/4ucT7

 

AbilityLinks Virtual Job Fair

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and AbilityLinks is hosting a 24/7 Virtual Job Fair Monday, October 12th through Friday, October 16th. As an employer, job seeker with a disability or service provider, you are invited to participate in this timely and important diversity recruiting event.  

For more information go to the event Web site at:

http://bit.ly/30INNm

  

Got talent?  We want it.

Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, PepsiCo, Target, Goldman Sachs and Google are recruiting UIC Students with Disabilities

Lime represents a fresh approach in the disability talent space. Students with all disabilities are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about what your future can hold, and network in a more intimate setting with business lines, recruiters and Lime.  You’ll also hear first-hand from others who have been in your place and realized success.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 6:00 - 8:00 pm (registration begins at 5:30) PepsiCo’s Chicago Headquarters - 555 West Monroe Street (at Clinton Street)

For more info, and to RSVP: http://bit.ly/2hxs64

 

Surviving and Succeeding in College with ADHD/ADD

This workshop is designed to help college students determine if the challenges they are experiencing are more than the normal ups-and-downs of college life, and are instead caused by Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The workshop will help students learn effective coping skills and strategies to manage the challenges of ADHD in academic performance, relationships, and tasks of daily living.

When: Thursday, October 22, 2009 from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Refreshments will be provided.

Where: ADHD Centers, 30 N. Michigan Ave., Conference Room 1015, Chicago, IL 60602 (Please bring Photo I.D. for ground-floor security desk)

Details available at: www.addcenters.com

Out All Night and Lost My Shoes-Bluntly Comic

Written and Performed by Terry Galloway
November 15, 2009, 7:30pm

ONE NIGHT ONLY

Not quite blind as a bat but definitely deaf as a doornail, *Terry
Galloway*is a modern medical accident who makes wild sport of her own disabilities in defense of the defenseless. Side -splitting funny and
shocking, she’s brimful of ideas for shaking an audience out of its
gosh-aren’t-we enlightened complacency and onto that uncomfortable narrow ledge where they’re not sure whether they should be laughing or crying.

*For more information on Terry Galloway, visit her website at
http://bit.ly/yIhAu.*

Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door
Victory Gardens

Chicago Cited as one of the Top "Deaf Friendly Cities"

Deaf411, a deaf-oriented marketing and public relations company, released the final report and results of a year-long survey on which cities are considered “deaf friendly" to deaf consumers and travelers.  Chicago is listed among the top twenty deaf friendly cities.  The Deaf411report can be accessed online and is free.

QUOTE OF THE MONTH

“Living with a disability is difficult. Acknowledging this difficulty is not a defeat, I have learned, but a hard-won accomplishment in learning to live a life that is not disabled.  The difficulty for people with disabilities has two parts really—living our ordinary, but difficult lives, and changing structures, beliefs, and attitudes that prevent us from living ordinarily”

 

          -Nancy L. Eiseland, The Disabled God:  Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability.  (Nashville:  Abingdon Press, 1994.) p. 13.

[NOTE:  With this quote, we begin an expanded format of  our Quote of the Month.,  offering a reflection on the idea (s) it expresses and an opportunity for you, the  reader, to respond.  We hope this will add richness and depth to the ongoing conversation between the DRC and the wider UIC community.)

Expanded Format of the Quote of the Month

 

American Association on Health and Disability(AAHD) Launches Scholarship Fund

The AAHD Scholarship Fund will support students with disabilities who are pursuing undergraduate or graduate work in the field of disability research, disability policy, health promotion or public health. The scholarships will initially be funded by royalties from the Disability and Health Journal. Scholarships will be limited to under $1,000 per student.

Check AAHD's website (www.aahd.us) for information about the application process, selection criteria and other important details.

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.