Hello, Please share widely. This is a free virtual event. https://news.umanitoba.ca/panel-to-explore-solutions-to-ableism-in-higher-education/ [https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/iStock-1141509310.jpg]<https://news.umanitoba.ca/panel-to-explore-solutions-to-ableism-in-higher-education/> Panel to explore solutions to ableism in higher education<https://news.umanitoba.ca/panel-to-explore-solutions-to-ableism-in-higher-education/> The Rady Faculty of Health Sciences will host a panel discussion May 15 on ableism in academia and how it impacts students, faculty and staff with disabilities. The event is presented by the faculty news.umanitoba.ca 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 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/