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Students with Disabilities & Allies

 

Welcome to the Club for Students with Disabilities.

If you are a student with a disability, we would love your support in advancing our club activities!

If you are an ally or advocate for students who have disabilities, we would love to extend an invitation to join in being a part of our mission as well.

We are a new club. Our current work focuses on

  1. Membership development
  2. Establishing our club framework and signature events
  3. Creating our portfolio of storytelling assets and resources
  4. Developing subcommittee leadership that enables our vision
  5. Creating opportunities that cultivate the social growth and networking of our members
  6. Cultivating learning and leadership that supports the academic growth and career success of our members
  7. Forming friendships and bonds with bi-weekly meetings and monthly social gatherings on campus with games and activities

Join Us!

There is no membership fee.

Be a part of our founding development.

Contribute your voice to our developing vision.

Achieve accomplishments to add to your resume!

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The Club Mission:

Our mission is to advance the academic, social, and career interests of students with both permanent and temporary disabilities at Motlow State. We work to contribute to the college's mission of accessibility, diversity, and inclusion by advocating for all students who are uniquely-abled.

Club Goals:

Our goal is to ensure that Motlow has visible and engaged advocates for all students, promoting equal opportunities for participation in all aspects of campus life. We aim to play a collaborative role in developing partnerships that reach out to and liaison with all those interested in advancing the needs of students with disabilities and their allies. We also work to increase allies for students with disabilities and to advance the careers of allies interested in jobs in human service.

The Club Vision:

Our vision is a universally accessible campus where programs, services, and environments engage all learners and allies. We envision a welcoming college environment that fosters belonging and enables all learners to thrive and achieve their academic goals.

Our Guiding Principles:

  1. We believe that all bodies and minds are valuable, and we celebrate the unique perspectives that each student brings to our community.
  2. We propose that disability is an opportunity to innovate, and not a burden to accommodate, and we strive to put uniquely-abled learners at the forefront of education innovation.
  3. We assert that disability is an innate part of the human experience. Inclusion of students with disabilities is integral to achieve the diversity that is critical to the vitality of our campus community.
  4. We acknowledge and honor each students’ lived experience regarding the constraints they must navigate and how their story does or does not define them. We recognize and respect the interconnected and interdependent systems that impact a student's lived experience, as disability intersects with other forms of marginalized identities.
  5. We advocate for a voice in planning that affects our college experience and foster the principle of "Nothing about us without us." Decisions concerning disabled students should be made with disabled students engaged in the conversation.
  6. We believe that universal accessibility benefits everyone and that it helps all people live confidently knowing that human wellbeing is a priority at our College.
  7. We aim to make accessibility a forethought, not an afterthought. We advocate for embedding accessibility considerations into the educational planning and design process.
  8. We assert that accessibility is both a responsibility and opportunity of the entire campus community, not just select voices.
  9. We advocate for equitable access to all learning, leadership, and career development opportunities and assert that it is essential in defining authentic student success.
  10. We call for the pursuit of a welcoming, vibrant, inclusive design approach that demonstrates an environment that embraces people with disabilities. We work to ensure that all students feel valued, included, and supported.

Belong

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