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  • March 1st was the annual Disability Day of Mourning, and my feed was full of vigil videos and sorrow. The Autistic Self Advocacy Network and other organizations began using this date twelve years ago to memorialize the disabled beloveds we lose each year to filicide, the murder by a family member or
    By Gretchen Maune | March 11, 2024 | For Multigenerational | From Uplift Access
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
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  • As UUs, our eighth principle calls us to fight for systemic change against oppression. While we don’t all have the platform of Rev. Dr. William Barber, we can all advocate in our own way. May your new year be full of opportunities to affect change and excellent movie experiences!
    By Gretchen Maune | February 1, 2024 | From Uplift Access
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
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  • Despite the bright, twinkling lights and the chiming bells, some of us are full of grief, fear, and pain. We believe there should be a time to honor these feelings as well.
    By Gretchen Maune | December 12, 2023 | For Families, Multigenerational | From Uplift Access
    Tagged as: #DisabilityJustice, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Anti-Oppression, Disability, Health, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, Wholeness, Disability & Accessibility
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  • The more I fill my life with people who love me for who I am, the more I’m able to unmask my autism, be open about my blindness and my depression, and freely share my gender and sexuality.
    By Gretchen Maune | October 31, 2023 | For Multigenerational | From Uplift Access
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
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  • In order to dismantle the systems of oppression that not only deny access, but also inhibit our bodily autonomy we must directly challenge the status quo.
    By Amanda Schuber | September 23, 2023 | For Multigenerational | From Uplift Access
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
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  • Learn about inclusion and accessibility, and the importance of providing captions or sign language interpreters. Discover ways to promote the rights of deaf people and access to education and technologies. Understand that deaf and hard of hearing individuals are just as capable and able.
    By Barbara F. Meyers | September 20, 2023 | For Multigenerational | From Uplift Access
    Tagged as: #DisabilityJustice, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Acceptance, Disability, Inclusion, Unitarian Universalism, Disability & Accessibility
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  • In honor Deaf Awareness Month may you consider all the many blessings and gifts that we receive from the deaf community and be mindful of deaf inclusion in your congregation and all spaces every day of the year.
    By Gretchen Maune | September 20, 2023 | From Uplift Access
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
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  • The ADA is a civil rights law that provides broad, legal protections for disabled Americans. Signed by president George H. W. Bush on July 26, 1990, it was the culmination of decades of steadfast advocacy by thousands of disabled activists, including leaders like Judy Heumann and Brad Lomax.
    July 26, 2023 | From Uplift Access
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
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  • The seventeen eye-opening essays in Disability Visibility, all written by disabled people, offer keen insight into the complex and rich disability experience, examining life’s ableism and inequality, its challenges and losses, and celebrating its wisdom, passion, and joy. On Order!
    Book | By Alice Wong | July 23, 2023 | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop
    Tagged as: Disability, Personal Stories, Young Adults, Disability & Accessibility
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  • The seventh in our Skill Up series was a BIPOC panel with Rev. Marisol Caballero, Ayanna Kafi, and Mackenzie MacDade in June 2023. The webinar explored the intersectionality of being BIPOC and neurodivergent. Both of these identities require navigating systems that were not meant for them....
    Webinar | July 14, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
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  • Subscribe to UPLIFT Access, our newsletter uplifting accessibility in and beyond Unitarian Universalism.
    June 20, 2023
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
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  • UPLIFT Access blog is for “Uplifting Accessibility In and Beyond Unitarian Universalism.” UPLIFT Access is a platform for the UUA to highlight LGBTQ accessibility and disability justice featuring related programming, reflections, and content circulated in our quarterly email newsletter.
    June 9, 2023 | From Uplift Access
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Activism, Anti-Oppression, Disability, Inclusion, Disability & Accessibility
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  • In March of 2023 we were joined by Mackenzie McDade who shared her experience of ADHD as a person and Religious Educator. This presentation will highlighted the assumptions that people make about ADHD and how those assumptions prevent us from providing meaningful lifelong ministry to those with...
    Webinar | March 31, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
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  • We welcomed Rev. Leela Sinha (ze/zim/zir) to share about zir Sinha Intensive/Expansive Framework to describe a variety of ways people’s brains, energy patterns, and work and play styles differ. Ze uses this framework in coaching individuals and teams in embracing their strengths and...
    Webinar | February 24, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
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  • This panel presentation focused on supporting neurodivergent children and youth. Katie Resendiz, Rev. Sierra-Marie Gerfao, April Rosario, and Meredith Plummer joined us. Between them they have extensive experience across many kinds of neurodivergence and decades of experience with...
    Webinar | February 24, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
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  • Meredith Plummer's presentation is titled "Trapdoors and Treasures: The Undiagnosed Autistic in Congregational Leadership." She has served as the Director of Lifespan Faith Development at the First Unitarian Church of Cincinnati since 2009. Please find the talk and Q&A session...
    Webinar | February 24, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
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  • Dr. Ramon Selove discusses their experience in congregational life, with direct applications for neurodiversity inclusion.
    Webinar | February 23, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
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  • In our first interview with Heather Petit we talked about everything from a definition of neurodivergence, models of disability, communication, and much more.
    Webinar | By Heather Petit | February 22, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
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  • A provocation to reclaim our disability lineage in order to profoundly reimagine the possibilities for our relationship to disability, kinship, and carework...
    Book | By Jennifer Natalya Fink | November 3, 2022
    Tagged as: Disability, Disability & Accessibility
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  • A memorandum of understanding building on the historic partnership between EqUUal Access and the UUA ensures more resources and staff to address ableism within Unitarian Universalism and to support equity in the engagement of disabled people in society as a whole.
    October 19, 2022 | From Press Releases
    Tagged as: Congregational Administration, Disability & Accessibility, Social Justice
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