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Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living Hosts UTransition Workshops

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UTransition is a series of college preparation workshops for students with any type of disability or chronic health condition. Workshops will be held at the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living (CIL). Anyone interested in participating should complete this registration form. 

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Share Your Story on Investing in Abilities Student Panel Discussion

Share your story! The 2013 Investing in Abilities planning committee is seeking interested graduate students with learning disabilities to participate as part of a student panel discussion. The panel discussion is being held on October, 31, 2013 from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. in Assembly Hall, Rackham Graduate School.  The deadline has been extended to July 19th so apply today. 

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Intergroup Dialogues | Intergroup Relations

Graphic: IGR 25 years of excellence

Intergroup Dialogues are 2-credit courses carefully structured to explore social group identity, conflict, community, and social justice. Each dialogue involves identity groups defined by race, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic class, gender, sexual orientation, (dis)ability status, or national origin.  

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A Snapshot of SSD Today

Breakdown by Disability Academic Year 2012-13; Learning Disabilities 949 (46%), Mental Health Conditions 500 (24%), Chronic Health Conditions 265 (13%), Dual Disabilities 141 (7%), Temporary Disabilities 121 (6%), Visual Impairments 43 (2%), Deaf and Hard of Hearing 32 (1%), Mobility Impairments 30 (1%)

It has been a record year for the number of students (2,081) who have registered with the SSD office and all signs indicate that the number will continue to grow. Nearly half (949) of registered students are those with Learning Disabilities. Students with Mental Health Conditions (500) and Chronic Health Conditions (265) make up our two other highest areas. 

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New Closed-Captioning Glasses Help Deaf Go Out To The Movies : All Tech Considered : NPR

There will be a special attraction for deaf people in theaters nationwide soon. By the end of this month, Regal Cinemas plans to have distributed closed-captioning glasses to more than 6,000 theaters across the country. 

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