Our second FIG of Spring 2024 was attended by 14 people on April 11th on line at 3.00pm. The inclusive FIG participants included 2 staff from the Accessibility office at KCC, 6 faculty, 2 alumni, one undergrad and one Melissa Riggio alum, plus 2 current students, and 2 Melissa Riggio staff. A truly inclusive group of disability advocates!
We began the meeting with updates from Margot Cole alum of KCC, now an undergraduate at Penn State University re. her advocacy work there, a review of the Autism Walk as part of KCC’s Disability Awareness Week, updates regarding 2 MRHEP students field placements in EDC4000 and a reminder of the CUNY Neurodiversity Conference!
The main section of the meeting was a discussion about Dr Stephen Shore’s (autistic professor at Adelphi University) keynote address at KCC. Please see enclosed recording/ the zoom link. The meeting finished in an upbeat way with Michael Lettman’s updated Youtube channel coverage of his read aloud with KCDC and the Autism walk! Sing Along & Symposium! – Living with Autism by Michael Lettman (youtube.com)
Our next meeting is May 2nd at 12.00 with Donatella Camedda from Trinity College Dublin’s inclusive center/ program for students with intellectual disabilities, followed by lunch with our guest. All welcome! This meeting will be hybrid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoLt23JYNvs
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