Raising Awareness of Disability Issues at the University of Kansas

At the Meeting

Allison Werth, Callie Strahm, Zach Coble, Katey Birge, and Monica Holderbach

Kick-Off

• Jay Bowl, Feb. 10, 6:00
• Look into funding for bowling
• Still working on food with West Side Deli
• Invitations are in the works
  • Suggestions for them? Contact Katey
• Fliers need to get done

Funding Ideas

• Will look into funding from ASHC and AURH
  • Maybe we could personally chip in or beg family
  • Possibly create link to donate online thru website (Pay Pal)

Website

• http://www.ku.edu/~ablehawk
• In future, message board or guest book and counter

Advocacy

• This semester more about building and maintaining group, next semester stronger focus on advocacy
• The one accessible parking spot by the scholarship halls gets misused by students who leave lights on and run up to campus
• How to approach professor when have disability and what to do if professors give students with a disability a hard time
• Look into ways of preparing professors and students
• Establish self-advocacy forums to educate students on how to take care of business

New Business

• Colors of KU - people agreed to keep in contact and hold meetings at MRC- we could partner with people thru this
• Would encourage others to go in future
• Disabilities were discussed and represented in some activities
• Applied for cubicle in Union
• Discussion of disability, disability laws, etc. in future meetings to see how we feel about certain issues
• Can do this over social outing, like restaurant