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Nancy Hansen
Wed, Aug 30, 2023 3:10 PM

Concerning very concerning

Nancy E Hansen, PhD,

Professor, Director,

Interdisciplinary Master's Program,Disability Studies

Accessibility is not an optics issue or a choice it is a necessity

If you say I have special needs ... then just say the word disabled. Euphemisms only fuel ableism. Disability is not a dirty word.  Haben Girma
True Inclusion moves at the speed of trust. Atif Choudhury
128 Education Building

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg,

Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2

Email:Nancy.Hansen@umanitoba.camailto:Nancy.Hansen@umanitoba.ca

Chapter 18: DisAppearing Disability: Disability MAiD Invisible, by Nancy Hansen

https://canadianscholars.ca/book/disappearing/


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Thoughts on this?

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Subject: Niagara College and Brock University co-develop immersive VR tool to help students learn about ableism and accessibility | Niagara College

Interesting tool to help students learn about ableism and accessibility.
https://www.niagaracollege.ca/blog/2023/08/28/niagara-college-and-brock-university-co-develop-immersive-vr-tool-to-help-students-learn-about-ableism-and-accessibility/

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Concerning very concerning Nancy E Hansen, PhD, Professor, Director, Interdisciplinary Master's Program,Disability Studies Accessibility is not an optics issue or a choice it is a necessity If you say I have special needs ... then just say the word disabled. Euphemisms only fuel ableism. Disability is not a dirty word. Haben Girma True Inclusion moves at the speed of trust. Atif Choudhury 128 Education Building University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2 Email:Nancy.Hansen@umanitoba.ca<mailto:Nancy.Hansen@umanitoba.ca> Chapter 18: DisAppearing Disability: Disability MAiD Invisible, by Nancy Hansen https://canadianscholars.ca/book/disappearing/ ________________________________ From: Reg Urbanowski <Reg.Urbanowski@umanitoba.ca> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 8:38 AM To: Valerie Williams <Valerie.Williams@umanitoba.ca>; Nancy Hansen <Nancy.Hansen@umanitoba.ca> Subject: FW: Niagara College and Brock University co-develop immersive VR tool to help students learn about ableism and accessibility | Niagara College Thoughts on this? -----Original Message----- From: Lalitha Raman-Wilms <Lalitha.Raman-Wilms@umanitoba.ca> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 8:21 AM To: Peter Nickerson <Peter.Nickerson@umanitoba.ca>; Anastasia Cholakis <Anastasia.Cholakis@umanitoba.ca>; Netha Dyck <Netha.Dyck@umanitoba.ca>; Reg Urbanowski <Reg.Urbanowski@umanitoba.ca> Subject: Niagara College and Brock University co-develop immersive VR tool to help students learn about ableism and accessibility | Niagara College Interesting tool to help students learn about ableism and accessibility. https://www.niagaracollege.ca/blog/2023/08/28/niagara-college-and-brock-university-co-develop-immersive-vr-tool-to-help-students-learn-about-ableism-and-accessibility/ Sent from my iPhone