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As we move into the fall season, the Office of Disability Access and Inclusion is pleased to announce the launch of several new resources that advance disability access and inclusion at UCSF. We invite you to explore these new resources below:
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Strengthen your event accessibility skills with Toolkit for Planning Accessible Events at UCSF. This toolkit provides concrete tips and strategies for ensuring that in-person, remote, and hybrid events are accessible to all at UCSF.
In community,
Wendy Tobias, Ed.D., CRC, LPCC (she/her)
Chief Accessibility and Inclusion Officer, ADA Coordinator
Cecile Puretz (she/her)
Assistant Director, Disability Access and Inclusion
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Office of Disability Access and Inclusion Launches New Website! | |
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The Office of Disability Access and Inclusion is pleased to announce a newly redesigned website.
Highlights include:
- Toolkit for Accessible Events
- Information about the Disability Resource Center (DRC)
- Training offerings
- Upcoming & past events
- Accessible event consultation services
- UCSF accessibility resources
- Grievance roadmap
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Toolkit for Planning Accessible Events at UCSF |
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Toolkit for Planning Accessible Events
The Office of Disability Access and Inclusion and the Committee on Disability Inclusion (CDI) partnered to create a Toolkit for Planning Accessible Events. Focusing on in-person, remote, and hybrid events, this toolkit provides a centralized resource for event planners.
This toolkit covers:
- Planning accessible events
- Responding to accommodation requests
- Accessible publicity/marketing
- Working with accessibility vendors
- Setting up ASL/CART in online platforms
- Facilitating events for accessibility
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Accessible Event Consultations
Consultations are open to all UCSF staff, faculty and learners who would like additional guidance on planning accessible in-person, remote, and hybrid events.
For more information, contact Cecile Puretz, Assistant Director, Disability Access and Inclusion by emailing: Cecile.Puretz@ucsf.edu
To schedule a consultation: Accessible Event Consultation Form
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The Office of Disability Access and Inclusion offers a 1-hour or 1.5-hour Disability 101 Training designed to provide foundational knowledge about disability and accessibility to UCSF Campus and Health learners, staff, and faculty.
Learning Objectives
- Build awareness of the types of barriers commonly experienced by people with disabilities (physical, systemic, attitudinal, digital, social).
- Understand the experience of disability through a social justice lens.
- Learn about ADA laws, regulations and UC policies.
- Gain an awareness around ableism, microaggressions, and common misconceptions about disability.
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UCSF Disability Awareness Campaign | |
UCSF Professor's Drive to End Mental Health Stigma Inspired by Father | Stephen Hinshaw, PhD is a distinguished professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at UCSF. It was his own personal mental health journey that Hinshaw knew could be looming once he began to understand the genesis of his dad's struggles. | | | |
2023 Chancellor Award for Disability Service | |
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Each year this award recognizes and honors individuals at UCSF who have demonstrated outstanding commitment and service in furthering the goal of enhancing accessibility of the physical, social, educational, clinical, administrative and virtual environment while promoting accommodation and full inclusion of people with disabilities within the UCSF community.
Learn more about this year's recipients of the Chancellor Award for Disability Service:
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Judy Rosen, MEd
Weaving compassion and care into advocacy and education, Judy Rosen has championed accessibility for people with disabilities and implemented structural change through policy implementation and mindset evolution.
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Lara Moyu Fu
A thoughtful innovator, Lara Fu imbues clinical care and research with empathetic insight to empower pediatric dental patients, strengthen community connection, and foster access and health equity for patients with disabilities.
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) Diversity Supplements at UCSF | |
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The Office of Diversity and Outreach is happy to announce a new process for requesting candidate eligibility statements for National Institutes of Health (NIH) Diversity Supplements at UCSF.
Funds are available from the NIH to aid in in recruiting and supporting students, post-doctorates, and eligible investigators from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in health-related research.
The new process is outlined at the ODO NIH Diversity Supplement webpage. For additional guidance with the application process, including how to draft a diversity eligibility letter, contact OSR Find My Support as early as possible.
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UCSF Office of Diversity and Outreach
Office of Disability Access and Inclusion
500 Parnassus, MU-102 West
San Francisco, CA 94143
Disability.ucsf.edu
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