The Office of Disability Services will celebrate Disability Awareness Week April 19-22 with a series of programs and activities designed to improve awareness on issues that affect the disabled. All programs will be held at noon in Room 150, Pomerene Hall. Cathy McDaniels Wilson, psychologist with Counseling and Consultation Services, will discus attention deficit disorder. Carlo Collechia, coordinator of the Study Abroad Program in the Office of International Education, will discuss the program to increase study abroad opportunities for disability students. Kathy Sipes and Madeline McConnel, case managers in the Office of Human Resources, will cover disability management for faculty and staff at Ohio State.
All programs are free and open to the public.
For a complete calendar of activities, call the Office of Disability Services at 292-3307. Andrea Lunsford, professor of English and director of Ohio State's Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing, will deliver the keynote address during the Ohio State celebration of Take a Daughter to Work Day on April 22. More than 40 workshops will be held at locations throughout the day. Take a Daughter to Work Day was created in 1993 by the Ms. Foundation for Women to help girls explore career opportunities. Ohio State will sponsor workshops on everything from leadership skills to creating a Web page and offerings on careers in psychology, law enforcement, medicine and the performing arts.