Access, Equity, and DiversityUpcoming Events: Session: "Working with Autistic Colleagues, What You Need to Know about Neurodiversity and the Workplace" presented by Cecilia Pohs Buckley Date: February 15, 2024; 1 - 2:30 pm EST Please join us for a discussion with Cecilia Pohs Buckley, Research Associate for the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community at IU Bloomington. Whether you are a colleague or a supervisor of someone on the autism spectrum, this workshop will give you information that will help ease communication, understanding, and support of autistic faculty and staff. Together, we'll delve into the concepts of neurodiversity and the social model of disability, identify key characteristics of autism, and investigate some potential job accommodations. Finally, we'll focus on the positive aspects of autism for the workplace that can benefit everyone. Registration is open. Register Here __________ ISFAA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion StatementISFAA will pursue and promote, in principle and practice, the diversity and inclusion of its membership to represent the profession and the students we serve. ISFAA promotes a culture of diversity and inclusion by encouraging involvement and access regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, appearance, geographic location, professional level or institution type. Tribal Land AcknowledgementISFAA would like to acknowledge that the land on which our institutions stand, the offices where we work, and the homes of those we educate stand on the historic homelands of many Native peoples, including but not limited to the Miami, Wea, Potawatomi, Delaware, Chippewa, Wyandot, Winnebago, Seneca, Kickapoo, Piankashaw, and Kaskaskia tribes. We honor this land’s Indigenous inhabitants, recall their losses, and call attention to the contemporary issues still faced by tribal people today. NewslettersThe ISFAA Access, Equity, and Diversity (AED) Committee publishes newsletters to inspire members to engage in AED activities.
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The language of diversity is an evolving one that requires awareness, understanding and skill much in the same way as other areas of diversity competencies. Language can be a bridge for building relationships, or a tool for creating and maintaining divisions across differences. (source)
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