Student Accessibility and Support Services presents a yearlong awareness campaign, Disability = Diversity, in collaboration with many campus partners including the Center for Innovative Pedagogy and the Departments of English and History.

Look out for related events and initiatives throughout the 2022-23 academic year, and contact wisee@kenyon.edu with any questions. Potential initiatives include:

  • September Poster Event: disability equals diversity posters will be displayed across campus; sponsored by SASS, Human Resources, the Career Development Office and the Office for Civil Rights.
  • October 11, 2022, at 11:10 a.m. Living and Working with a Disability: Ohioans with Disabilities, SASS, and the Career Development Office will offer a talk about disabilities in the workplace for National Disability Employment Awareness Month for students, staff, and faculty.
  • January 24, 2023, 11:10 a.m. Margaret Price, associate professor and director of the Disability Studies Program at Ohio State University will give a campus-wide talk, Mental Disability in the Classroom: Reimaging Access and Design, sponsored by SASS, the Center for Innovative Pedagogy, and the Cox Health and Counseling Center. Gund Gallery, Community Foundation Theater
  • February 2023: From Where I Sit, an exploration of campus barriers and access in collaboration with the Gund Gallery (spring 2023).

Please visit exploreaccess.org to learn more and to access toolkits related to accessibility. (the University of Arkansas, Partners for Inclusive Communities, All Rights Reserved)

What does inclusion look like?

  • “When people understand that some disabilities are invisible.”

    Jess Maglott, custodian

  • “Meetings and events without surprises where socialization is coordinated and facilitated.”

    Leah Reuber, director of the Office of Residential Life

  • "When people don’t assume that I am just playing with an electric shopping cart. Ambulatory mobility aid users exist."

    Yufan Lu, Kenyon student

  • "Equal access to opportunities"

    Dann Shifflet, assistant director of Summer Programs & External Client Events

  • "Recognizing that living with chronic fatigue is not the same as being tired."

    Mary Ellen O'Meara, executive assistant to the president & coordinator of administrative services

  • "When progress, as opposed to perfection and accomplishment, is valued in the classroom."

    Jackelyn Samandas, Kenyon student and disability rights ally

  • Recognition that my working hours may not be the same as yours. Narcolepsy and other chronic illnesses mean I need daily naps and don't work effectively at certain times.

    Gilda Rodriguez, Visiting Instructor  Women’s & Gender Studies, Political Science, & Latino/a studies  

Organizing Committee

  • Alex Alderman, instructional designer, CIP
  • Ashley Butler, digital media instructional technologist, CIP
  • Hillary Buxton, assistant professor of history
  • Ruthann Daniel-Harteis, director of Student Accessibility and Support Services (SASS)
  • Travis Lau, assistant professor of English
  • Joe Murphy, director of the Center for Innovative Pedagogy (CIP)
  • Orchid Tierney, assistant professor of English
  • Emily Wise, program and assistive technologies service coordinator, SASS

Student Accessibility and Support Services

Contact
Phone Number
740-427-5041
Email Address
sass@kenyon.edu
Location
Chalmers Library 220 (second floor)
Kenyon College
Gambier, Ohio 43022
Fax: 740-427-5523