Syracuse University announces the founding of the Disability Cultural Center. Since its official opening in October 2012, the DCC has served and engaged faculty, staff, students, alumni, community members, and others by:
- coordinating campuswide social, educational and cultural activities on disability issues;
- providing training sessions about disability as culture and identity, including workshops on universal instructional design, accessibility and inclusion;
- developing and providing space for various disability groups to meet;
- providing support and peer mentoring, as well as empowerment and (self) advocacy opportunities for persons with disabilities and allies;
- serving as a meeting place for students, faculty, staff and community members who want to be affiliated with the center (self-advocacy groups, people who identify as autistic or family members of students with various disabilities), facilitating the goals of outreach and recruitment at SU;
- serving as a resource center for information on readings, media, periodicals, websites, services, advocacy groups and other international organizations that focus on disability issues;
- promoting disability art, inclusive recreational services and adaptive athletics; and
- working collaboratively with other campus organizations, offices and national disability centers.