Disability Studies Students to Present Final Projects at Tuesday, May 1 Event
Contact: Alan Parks at (207) 581-1236; Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — UMaine undergraduate and graduate students will present their innovative work on Tuesday, May 1 during the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies’ annual year-end ceremony. Students, who have completed concentrations in Interdisciplinary Disability Studies (IDS) will discuss and demonstrate their important work. UMaine student Chelsea Carbone will be the featured speaker at the event, scheduled for 4-6 p.m. in Memorial Union.
These research and theory-based projects demonstrate students’ mastery of disability studies theory and the application of universal access and social justice principles to advancing new knowledge and improving environments and the lives of all people.
The following projects span a wide range of interests: Lesson Planning for the Inclusive Classroom; Universal Accessibility and Adaptive Skiing; Universal Accessibility: Study of the Marketplace; Accessibility in Education: Curricula and Lesson Planning; Je ne parle pas American Sign Language?; The Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Child Abuse Curricula; Narrative Video; Disability: Epistemological Shapes; and Student Insights, Learning, and Activity: Examples During the Spring 2007 Semester.
Students present their projects in multiple formats to anticipate and meet the needs of a diverse audience. There will also be a listening station where visitors can hear audio descriptions of the content of the projects.
The following sixteen students will be recognized for completing the concentration : Bracey Barker, Chelsea Carbone, Linda Coro, Julie Feigenbaum, Jillian Higgins, Emily Jenkins, Jennifer Kelleher, Catherine Kotredes, Kassie Levesque, Sarah Mallon, Kylee McAvoy, Caitlin Meyer, Kathleen Norman, Andrea Squires, Erin Woodbury and Kevin Adair.
The public is invited and welcome to attend the recognition ceremony and view the projects. Please call 581-1207, or e-mail sandra.horne@umit.maine.edu, for information.