Spoons and Knives

Date

- 1:00pm

Location

Wilson Library 165 (Disability Outreach Center)

Description

Spoons and Knives is a group for students with chronic pain, chronic fatigue, and chronic illness to find community. We meet weekly on Tuesdays from 12:00 noon - 1:00 PM in the Disability Outreach Center (Wilson Library 165). The group is facilitated by Disability Outreach Center student staff.

AA/EO. Accessibility Statement: This affinity group 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 doc.education@wwu.edu. The Disability Outreach Center (DOC) is on the ground floor of Wilson Library. Wilson Library is an ADA accessible building. The easiest way to get 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. This building has accessible and all-gender restrooms around the corner from the DOC in WL 165A. Additional all-gender bathrooms are in WL 182 (ADA accessible), WL 668, and WL 669. Please refer to the Accessibility Campus Map for information about the nearest accessible doors, elevators, walkways, routes, and parking spots and refer to the reflection and meditation spaces for low-sensory spaces on campus.

Image Description: Dark green background with cream text at the top reading “Spoons and Knives” and “Fall Quarter 2024” in all-capital letters, with a graphic of an overlapping spoon and knife underneath. In the middle, is a thick cream squiggle with green text overlaying it, reading “Tuesdays 12-1pm, DOC - Wilson Library 165.” Underneath the date and time is the cream-colored description of the group which reads, “A social and support space facilitated by DOC student staff for WWU students with lived experience of chronic pain, chronic fatigue, and chronic illness.” In the lower left corner are the WWU logo and DOC logo, and in the lower right corner black text that reads: “AA/EO. Accessibility Statement: This affinity group 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 doc.education@wwu.edu.”