Invisible Disabilities
This disability can cause feelings of deep sadness and hopelessness. People in this mental state of mind may choose to isolate themselves.
What is Depression?
People who intentionally decide to support and invest in a social justice case. They usually try to use their privilege to increase awareness for the cause.
What is Allyship?
A student run resource program that can help you study/complete homework/answer questions about a subject.
What is Tutoring?
The act of standing up for yourself in order to voice your concerns or needs.
What is self-advocacy?
A broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication
What is Autism?
This disability can cause intense feelings of worry and uneasiness that seems relentless. People with this disability may experience sweating, upset stomach, and rapid heartbeat when triggered.
What is Anxiety?
A way of speaking that places emphasis on the person rather than the disability that the person may be experiencing. For example, instead of saying "autistic child", it is better to say, "child with autism".
What is People-First Language?
As part of the Wellness Center, the office of _____ at UMass Lowell promotes diversity and inclusion by partnering with the campus community. We create equal access by removing barriers, promoting diversity, employing universal design and striving for inclusion
What is Disability Services?
Device, software, or tolls that can mitigate some of the struggles people with disabilities experience in their everyday life. For example, software that can read words out loud for people who are hard of hearing.
What is Assistive Technology?
A type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It causes inflammation of your digestive tract, which can lead to abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss and malnutrition
What is Crohn's Disease?
A language-based disability that can affect speech, reading, writing, and spelling.
What is Dyslexia?
Any change or adjustment that can help a student with a disability succeed or participate equally in a classroom or university setting.
What is Accommodation?
A place that students may visit when they are not feeling well or would like to use the free counseling services.
What is the Wellness Center?
Animals who have been trained to perform specific tasks to aid people with disabilities.
What is a Service Animal?
A complicated disorder characterized by extreme fatigue that lasts for at least six months and that can't be fully explained by an underlying medical condition
What is Chronic Fatigue?
A chronic respiratory disease that makes a person's airways become inflamed and narrow which makes it difficult to breathe.
What is Asthma?
An advantage in society that some people have who are not affected by physical or mental disability.
What is Able-Bodied Privilege?
This place provides free assistance for pre-writing, drafting, and revision stages of writing an assignment.
What is the Writing Center?
A setting or environment where everyone, regardless of age, size, or ability, can fully access the space in an equitable way.
What is Universal Design?
Also known as manic-depressive illness is a brain disorder causing shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and ability to carry out day to day tasks
What is Bipolar Disorder?
This disability is characterized by persistent inattention, hyperactivity, and sometimes impulsivity.
What is ADHD?
This law was passed in 1990 in order to prohibit discrimination against people with disabilities. Employers and government agencies have to provide reasonable accommodations.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
True/False the Office of Disability Services is a resource for students, not just in receiving accommodations, but also assisting with time management and organization that can help students be successful in and outside the classroom
True
A companion animal who helps soothe someone experiencing a mental or emotional disorder.
What is an Emotional Support Animal?
A hereditary disease that causes persistent lung infections and affects the ability to breathe.
What is Cystic Fibrosis?