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Not Everything Meets the Eye: Invisible Disabilities and Special Abilities
December 15, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST
Free
Date: Thursday, December 16, 2021 @ 2-3pm ET
Speakers: Pepsi Holmquist, National Technical Institute for the Deaf/Rochester Institute of Technology / Melissa Postlewaite, Disability OutReach Inclusion Community / Stefan Kilyanek, University of Arkansas
Moderator: Paula Christopher, American Chemical Society
What You Will Learn:
- How to navigate interactions with people of all abilities, specifically those with invisible disabilities and special abilities
- How to meet a person where they are, and recognize the challenges that exist when disclosing an invisible disability to others
- Inclusive ways to communicate to your peers, ask for help, find resources, and adapt to your surroundings to facilitate a positive environment for all
Co-produced with: ACS Younger Chemistry Committee, The Chemists with Disabilities (CWD) Committee, ACS Department of Diversity Programs, and the ACS Diversity, Inclusion & Respect Advisory Board