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disability awareness Archive

Oct. 24 Screening of Film Exploring Use of Technology to Treat Disabilities

Oct. 30 Brown Bag Talk on Autism Inclusion in the Workplace

As part of Berkeley Lab’s efforts to increase awareness on Disability Employment Awareness Month in October, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Office and the All Access Employee Resource Group (ERG) will be hosting an autism awareness Brown Bag Lunch on Monday, October 30th from 12:00-1:00 p.m. at Pers Hall. This talk will cover information […]

Oct. 18 Brown Bag Talk to Look at 35+ Year Campaign for Disabled Rights

Google Doodle Honors Pioneering Disability Activist Ed Roberts—Time

Map of Accessible Parking Locations Now Online

Newton Nguyen’s Vision Loss Doesn’t Slow Him Down

By Keri Troutman As part of National Disability Employment Awareness Month we profile Newton Nguyen, a Research Assistant in Berkeley Lab’s Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division. In his last semester of college at UC Berkeley, Newton Nguyen competed in four triathlons while managing a 20-unit workload and writing his geophysics honors thesis. This would be […]

Disability Inclusion Talk by Sandia Computer Scientist Jeanine Cook on Oct. 24

Disability Inclusiveness in the Workplace—Local JobNetwork

Disability Inclusion ERG Launches New Website

“Lives Worth Living” Film Screenings to Highlight U.S. Disability Rights Movement

In highlighting the U.S. Department of Labor’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Berkeley Lab’s “All Access” Employee Resource Group (ERG), in partnership with the Diversity and Inclusion Council, will be hosting a series of events in the month of October to promote our Labwide Disability Inclusion Awareness Month.  All Access will host film screenings of […]