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disABILITY Advocacy Student Coalition

The disABILITY Advocacy Student Coalition is the student organization associated with Services for Students with Disabilities. Students with and without disabilities join together to raise awareness to disability and accessibility on campus. For more information or to get involved visit the DASC Blog, find them on Facebook or email dascatut@gmail.com

Fall  2018 Meeting Dates

All meetings are held on Mondays in the Student Activities Center (SAC) room 3.116 at 6pm

Fall 2018 Events

Disability Speaker Series

  • Date: Tuesdays, October 23rd and 30th
  • Location: Sanchez Building (SZB). More specific information about the location of each speaker presentation is in the RSVP document provided below.
  • Time: 11:30am-12:00pm
  • Description: The Texas Center for Disability Studies is collaborating with the College of Education and Services for Students with Disabilities to provide a lunchtime speaker series during October. Lunch will be provided.
  • Notes: If you want to attend any of these speaker presentations, RSVP here: https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cCMPSKuUU9YkmGN

 

Accessibility Q&A with Campus Experts

  • Date: Wednesday, October 24th
  • Location: SAC 1.106
  • Time: 3:15pm-4:15pm
  • Description: Hosted by the Student Government Disabilities and Inclusion Agency and SSD, all UT Students are encouraged to come chat with campus experts about accessibility at UT! Staff from various UT departments will be on hand to provide updates about accessibility on campus and to listen and respond to students’ questions and concerns related to accessibility. This is another great opportunity, beside the Mayor’s Committee, to discuss any disability-related problem you might be facing, as well as a way to take positive action for your Positive Action Project!

DASC Halloween Party

  • Date: Monday, October 29th
  • Location: SAC 3.116
  • Time: 6:00-7:00pm
  • Description: During our DASC general meeting, we will be having a HALLOWEEN PARTY! Come get spooky! We will have treats and other fun! Feel free to come in your costumed best. Have fun with DASC!

Morgan’s Wonderland

  • Date: Saturday, November 3rd
  • Location: 5223 David Edwards Dr, San Antonio, TX 78233. Locations for pick-up and drop-off for carpooling to Morgan’s Wonderland from the UT campus are TBA.
  • Time: Park is open from 10am-4pm. We will probably leave campus around 8:30-9am to get to the park at opening. Around 3pm or park closing, we will leave Morgan’s Wonderland and head back to Austin, arriving around 4:00-5:00pm. More details to come!
  • Description: The long-awaited trip! Morgan’s Wonderland is a fully accessible theme park in San Antonio. DASC will be carpooling to this wonderful inclusive space, and we will be having a fun-filled day there! If you are a due-paying DASC member, you do not have to pay for this trip; otherwise, if you have a disability, you get free admission into the park, but would have to pay for any concessions or other items bought.
  • RSVP required to coordinate transportation: email dascatut@gmail.com if you want to attend!

Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities

  • Date: Friday, November 9th
  • Location: Austin City Hall, 301 W 2nd St, Austin TX 78701, Boards and Commissions Room
  • Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm, with time allowed for a DASC dinner out afterwards!
  • Description: DASC will be attending the monthly meeting of the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities. This is a powerful way to have your voice heard on accessibility issues you might be facing, especially at an Austin-area level! You are given time to speak at the meeting about any topic you so choose. A great way to take positive action for your Positive Action Project! After the meeting, DASC will go have dinner at an affordable restaurant or café nearby. DASC will also be riding to and from the meeting on the Capital Metro bus service, in case you need transportation to the event.

Disability Fair

  • Date: Monday, November 12th
  • Location: SAC Ballroom (SAC 2.410)
  • Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm
  • Description: Come learn about disabilities of all types at this interactive and engaging event! Different disabilities and disability-related topics will have presentations, booths, and activities to help you explore the world of disability!
  • Notes: At the upcoming DASC meeting, we will be discussing more of what this event will entail, as well as the logistics of it. We will also be voting on a name for the event (Disability Fair is just one of our options)! If this event seems like something you would like to help plan or have ideas for, come to our upcoming next general meeting on Monday, October 22ndh from 6-7pm in SAC 3.116!

Disability History Presentation

  • Date: Thursday, November 15th
  • Location: Glenn Maloney Room (G1.310 in the SSB)
  • Time: 6:00-9:00pm
  • Description: Disability history?! What’s that? If you want to learn more about the history of disability, and the disability rights movement, come to this event! We are working on making this presentation engaging and interactive, as well as contacting key disability activists and professors from Disability Studies at UT to speak! More details to come soon.
  • Notes: We will also be discussing this event at our next DASC general meeting, so come out on Monday, October 22nd if this is a topic you’d like to add your thoughts to!

Austin Trail of Lights

  • Date: Monday, December 10th
  • Location: Zilker Park
  • Time: The Trail is open starting at 6:00pm, and we will probably spend 1-2 hours there. Afterwards, you are welcome to come to Kate, our Treasurer’s, accessible house and have a fun holiday afterparty! Carpools and transportation will be further arranged and planned as the event comes up.
  • Description: The Austin Trail of Lights is a community event that invites 400,000 people every year to come celebrate the holidays in the heart of Austin, Texas during the month of December. Come meander down a fully accessible path through beautiful light displays with DASC! Fairground games and fun also included, along with food and a giant lighted Christmas tree! Celebrate the holidays and the end of the year with DASC. Afterwards, we will be heading to Kate’s house and hanging there. Feel free to join us for a DASC holiday party!
  • Notes: The day that we are going (the 10th) is the first date the Trail of Lights offers free ADA access for disabled guests and up to 3 companions. We believe that this means the entirety of DASC will have free admission to the Trail of Lights! However, if you do want food, want to play games, etc., that will cost extra money. Come prepared! More details of this event will be discussed at DASC meetings closer to the day of the Trail visit.

Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities

  • Date: Friday, December 14th
  • Location: Austin City Hall, 301 W 2nd St, Austin TX 78701, Boards and Commissions Room
  • Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm, with time allowed for a DASC dinner out afterwards!
  • Description: DASC will be attending the monthly meeting of the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities. This is a powerful way to have your voice heard on accessibility issues you might be facing, especially at an Austin-area level! You are given time to speak at the meeting about any topic you so choose. A great way to take positive action for your Positive Action Project! After the meeting, DASC will go have dinner at an affordable restaurant or café nearby. DASC will also be riding to and from the meeting on the Capital Metro bus service, in case you need transportation to the event.

Join the DASC Facebook page or attend one of their meetings for important updates and reminders about these events!

 

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