Past Events
The mission of White Cane Day is to educate the world about blindness and how the blind and visually impaired can live and work independently while giving back to their communities, to celebrate the abilities and successes achieved by blind people in a sighted world and to honor the many contributions being made by the blind and visually impaired.
You’re invited to attend the next Autism Consortium of Texas meeting.
Dr. Lauren Bishop from the School of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be presenting Using Mixed Methods to Understand Health and Wellbeing in Autistic Adults.
The meeting will be held remotely on Zoom and live at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work Utopia Theatre, 1925 San Jacinto Blvd. Austin, Texas 78712.
Celebrate International AAC Awareness Month in October! This year's theme is "Get Out, Speak Up and Break Through the Screen in a Recovering World."
The theme for NDEAM 2021, “America’s Recovery: Powered by Inclusion,” reflects the importance of ensuring that people with disabilities have full access to employment and community involvement during the national recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more here.
Workshops and Resource College Conference centered around college readiness for individuals with disabilities.
Register for the Soaring to New Heights College Inclusion Conference.
Join us for Crip Conversations: Sex Work and Disability Justice webinar! Register for the September Crip Conversations event here.
Join the Critical Disability Studies Program at UT Austin on Sept. 22 at 2 pm CST, as we discuss the nuances of sex work, disability justice, the effects of policy, intersectionality, the experience of navigating ableism and social exclusion, and dreams for a world that shows love to disabled sex workers.
Autism Consortium hopes you can join our 1st consortium meeting of Fall 2021! We will kick off the academic year with a presentation by an esteemed colleague from Chicago, Yue Xu, PhD, MSW.
Presentation information:
September 16, 2021, 5:30-7 pm
To watch the event, click the zoom link here : https://txstate.zoom.us/j/96131765677?pwd=eSs4amdIM1JyOUwxT2Fha1FCblp0Zz09
Trainees are introduced to the ACT LEND program during an orientation event.
On July 26, 2021, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) turns 31! Check out the ADA anniversary national website here.
E4Texas students share their disability advocacy testimony at the Texas state capitol.