Happy October everyone;

 

October is Disability Awareness Month. We have many things planned for
your education and enjoyment. 

Please find time in your busy schedule to attend one or more of our
activities. We would also appreciate if you would offer some kind of
incentive to your students to get them to come to these activities as
well. We could also provide test questions for the session, so the
students that attend can get extra points on their tests. The list of
activities is as follows:

 

Thursday October 13, 2005

FAC 356

5:00-7:30

 

A night at the movies. We will be showing The Horse Whisperer. 

 

Grace and her friend are hit head-on by a Mack truck which jack knifed
on an icy road trying not to hit them. This leads to the death of one
girl and her horse and severe injury to a second girl and her horse. The
survivor, Grace, has lost the lower half of one leg and she is severely
traumatized by seeing her best friend killed. Her horse is also
traumatized.  Her parents have difficulty coping with her condition and
her mother decides to travel to Montana to see a 'horse whisperer'
hoping he can help the horse and through that her daughter.

 

The movie will begin promptly at 5:00 followed by a discussion about the
portrayal of people with disabilities in this film.

 

Monday October 17, 2005

UC-Lookout Mountain Room

12:00-1:00

 

Brown Bag Session about Physical Disabilities

Speaker Jill Hindman will lead a question and answer session about
living with a physical disability. Participant are encouraged to ask
those "difficult to ask" questions. 

 

Wednesday October 19, 2005

UC-Lookout Mountain Room

12:00-1:00

 

Brown Bag Session about Psychological Disabilities

Speaker Dr. Nancy Badger will lead a discussion about the misconceptions
and myths surrounding people with psychological disabilities. 

 

Friday October 21, 2005

UC-Signal Mountain Room

12:00-1:00 (2:00?)

 

Brown Bag Session about Sensory Disabilities

Speaker Emily Frank will engage the participants in an experiential
approach to learning about hearing and vision impairments. Participants
will be involved in activities to point out the varying levels of each
of these disabilities.

Wednesday October 26, 2005

UC-Lookout Mountain Room

12:00-1:00

 

Brown Bag Session about Learning Disabilities

Speaker Jim Tucker(?) will lead a discussion about the impact of living
with an invisible disability. Participants will take part in a
simulation exercise to develop a higher level of understanding of these
types of disabilities.

 

Thursday October 27, 2005

FAC 356

5:00-7:30

 

A Night at the movies. We will be showing Nell

 

Set in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains contrasted with  urban
ugliness. Jodie Foster is a young woman who has  been brought up by her
mother who had suffered a stroke in the deep backwoods. She is found by
a doctor (Liam  

 Neeson)  after her mother has died but she is unable to speak except in
a language known only to her mother. The doctor becomes her teacher; she
becomes our teacher for this is another film in which those with
learning difficulties/autism are associated with the natural, a life we
have lost, and what might be good for us. A worthy film, worthy
performances, Foster headed for an   Oscar even if some might see the
bones beneath the skin

 

The movie will begin promptly at 5:00 followed by a discussion about the
portrayal of people with disabilities in this film.

 

Friday October 28, 2005

 

*Administrators Adopt a Disability Day: Administrators form UTC will
adopt a disability to live with for the day. They will go about their
lives as normal with the exception of having a "disability". This
activity will culminate in a panel discussion including those
participants and students of UTC that live with disabilities every day.
The panel discussion is scheduled for 3:30 in the UC (?)

 

*Disability Awareness Fair 

Booths will be set up for participants to learn through fun experiences
about aspects of disabilities ranging form mobility to communication.
There will be a disability obstacle course as well. Participants will
enter into a drawing at each booth they visit for a grand prize drawing
at the end of the day.

 

 

 

Friday October 31, 2005

1st Floor of Frist Hall

12:00-2:00

 

Office for Students with Disabilities Open House. Come trick or treating
in Frist Hall. Learn about all the tricks we have for our students with
disabilities and leave with a treat of your own.

 

 

Michelle Rigler

Office for Students with Disabilities

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

423-425-4006

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