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Faculty receive honors for their commitment to disability support
UAB Disability Support Services named this year’s winners of the Spring 2018 Faculty Awards. In this annual event, two faculty members are selected by students and through a vetting process of the professional staff in DSS. This year’s honorees are Mickie Powell (Ph.D.) and Robin Lorenz (M.D., Ph.D.).
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DSS student wins Karina Eide Memorial College Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia
Molly Clay, a junior psychology major, has been awarded the Karina Eide Memorial College Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia.
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Disability Support Services honor faculty and staff for their contribution
Each semester, Disability Support Services gives students the opportunity to nominate members of the UAB faculty and staff for an array of department issued awards. Read about this year's winners here!
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DSS takes on Lakeshore in wheelchair basketball during Community Week 2018
Disability Support Services will host their first wheelchair basketball game on Monday, Jan. 22, during the UAB Community Week 2018. This event is scheduled to take place in the Campus Recreation Center on Court 1 at 6 p.m. -
Disability Support Services wraps up October with Challenge the Stigma Campaign
Disability Support Services kicked off their Challenge the Stigma campaign in October where every Monday... -
Disability Support Services Staff member and student win awards
UAB’s Disability Support Services (DSS) Counseling & Services Coordinator Andrew Sparks has won Educator of the Year for the Birmingham Area Governor’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. -
Disability Support Services holds 6th Annual Wheelchair Flag Football Game
Disability Support Services is delighted to host another Wheelchair Flag Football Game in the Campus Recreation Center, featuring the Lakeshore Foundation’s Wheelchair Flag Football team versus UAB. -
Faculty honored for their commitment to disability support
UAB Disability Support Services recently named the winners of its Spring 2017 Faculty Awards. Every year, two faculty members are selected by students and through a vetting process of the professional staff in DSS. -
Parking & Transportation to offer a para-transit service to students, faculty and staff
UAB Parking & Transportation will offer a new van service for students, faculty and staff with mobility impairments start of the fall semester. This service will be called BlazeRide and will be in collaboration with Disability Support Services and the AWARE Disability Management Progam. -
Former journalist turned techie joins the DSS team
Disability Support Services recently welcomed Justin Quinn, their new assistive technology specialist. -
Disability Support Services offers a simulation experience
UAB Disability Support Services presents its first Disability Experience event the week of April 10. UAB students, faculty and staff have volunteered to experience a disability simulation, ranging from low vision to mobility limitations. -
Wheelchair Flag Football a win for awareness
UAB Disability Support Services and Campus Recreation hosted its annual Wheelchair Flag Football event. The match took place on Jan. 23 on the center court of the Recreation Center.
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ADRS College Prep Program Now Held on UAB Campus
Each summer, the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services (ADRS) offers a statewide College Prep program to all ADRS consumers with a plan to attend post-secondary training. The program originated in Birmingham in the late 1980’s and was first held on the campus of ADRS Lakeshore.
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Simulations promote a better grasp of campus accessibility
Students, faculty and staff put themselves in the positions of people with ADHD, dyslexia, multiple sclerosis and hearing, mobility and visual impairment to better understand obstacles to accessibility on campus. -
Van service for employees with limited mobility begins Aug. 21
Just in time for the fall semester, UAB Parking and Transportation will launch BlazeRide, a new van service program that will operate 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and provide door-to-door accessible transport.