Disability Action Month: DOC 15th Anniversary Birthday Party
Description
It's the Disability Outreach Center's 15th anniversary so we are throwing a birthday party! Join the Disability Access Center and Disability Outreach Center for cake (including traditional, vegan, and gluten free), 2010s music, and celebration. Dress up like it's 2010 and drop by!
Disability Action Month
Disability Action Month is Western Washington University’s month-long celebration of our disabled community. Throughout October, the Disability Access Center and Disability Outreach Center, in collaboration with campus partners including the Institute for Critical Disability Studies and Blue Resource Center, will have a variety of events and programs for students, faculty, and staff. We invite everyone to celebrate our disabled community and continue to learn about the issues we face and how we can make Western and the rest of the world a more accessible place.
This year we will be celebrating the Disability Outreach Center's 15th anniversary!
Events:
• Disability Pride Flag Raising and Reception
• unseen Film Screening with Blue Resource Center
• UnConference keynote lecture and reception with the Institute for Critical Disability Studies
• 15th Anniversary of the DOC Panel
• DOC 15th Anniversary Birthday Party
Accessibility:
AA/EO. Accessibility Statement: This event is intended for all participants including those with apparent or non-apparent disabilities. For disability accommodation(s) (such as ASL interpretation or TypeWell transcription), please contact disability.outreach@wwu.edu. Advanced notice is appreciated and sometimes necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
The DOC is on the ground floor of Wilson Library. Wilson Library is an ADA accessible building. The accessible entrance to the DOC is through the external door west of the skybridge that connects Wilson Library and Haggard Hall. There is signage for the Disability Access Center, the Disability Outreach Center, and lecture hall WL 164.
There is a variety of seating in the DOC including armless chairs, desk chairs, and couches.
This building has an accessible and all-gender restroom around the corner from the DOC in WL 165A. Additional all-gender bathrooms are in WL 182 (ADA accessible), WL 668, and WL 669. The accessible all-gender restroom in WL 165A has free menstrual products. Wilson Library has a changing room on the 1st Floor in WL-182C (Women's restroom) and a lactation room on the 3rd Floor in WL-367B (women's restroom).
Please refer to the Campus Map and select the ‘Accessibility’ filter for information about the nearest accessible doors, elevators, walkways, routes, and parking spots.
Masks are strongly encouraged and will be available upon request. Help protect our community by wearing a mask.
This event will have an air purifier that has four-stage hospital-type filtration with a true HEPA filter.
Please refrain from wearing scented products such as perfume, cologne, and fragrant personal care products while using this space, as they can trigger serious health issues for those with fragrance allergies and/or chemical sensitivities. We appreciate your cooperation in making this area accessible! For more information, visit the Accessible Spaces: A Fragrance-Free Toolkit.
Image Description:
Banner for Disability Action Month. Graphic has light blue background. The text, in white, reads, "Disability Action Month" and, in all-caps, "15th Anniversary of the Disability Outreach Center." In the bottom left corner is a white oval with text in black that reads, "AA/EO. Accessibility Statement: These events are intended for all participants including those with apparent or non-apparent disabilities. For disability accommodation(s), please contact disability.outreach@wwu.edu. Advance notice is appreciated and sometimes necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs." In the bottom right corner is the DOC logo and the WWU logo.