Here is today's KCDC Disability News message.? I hope you have a wonderful day.?
Martha
Martha K. Gabehart | Executive Director
Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (KCDC)
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly
900 SW Jackson, Suite 100 | Topeka, Kansas 66612
(785) 296-6525 (direct) | (785) 260-4027 (cell)
[email protected] | www.kcdcinfo.ks.gov
Job Vacancy Announcements
Oracle has posted several new job vacancy announcements on their website. Please feel free to share.??
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Blue Cross/Blue Shield has posted some new job vacancy announcements on their website. Please feel free to share with others.?
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Note: Although this is a little late, the link to the "Ask questions" page is still working, so if you have questions for Ms. Wong, please go ahead and put them in.?
Hall Center for the Humanities
KU COMMON BOOK LECTURE
ALICE WONG
Disability Visibility:
First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
WED, FEB 22, 7:30 PM
ONLINE VIA Hall Center Crowdcast
*Please submit questions for the Alice Wong interview HERE, by the end of the day, Sun, Feb 5.
Alice Wong (she/her) is a disabled activist, writer, media maker, and consultant. She is the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, an online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture created in 2014. Alice is the editor of KU?s 2022-23 Common Book, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, an anthology of essays by disabled people. One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent?but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. From blog posts, manifestos, and eulogies to Congressional testimonies, and beyond: this anthology gives a glimpse into the rich complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of the community. It invites readers to question their own understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and the past with hope and love. Alice Wong will be speaking about the Disability Visibility Project and her experience working with the co-authors of the essay collection.
ASL interpretation and captioning will be provided, please contact [email protected] regarding questions or accommodation requests for the event.
The KU Common Book program is coordinated by the KU Libraries, the Hall Center for the Humanities, and the Division of Academic Success.
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This message is from Robert Cooper, Executive Director of the Kansas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.?
Hi everyone,
Local artist, Laura White will be showing her tactual art exhibit on Thursday, February 16th from 6-8pm at the Gallery at the Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center in Overland Park. The exhibit is FREE to the public. Laura will be in attendance to interact and answer questions. The art is very colorful can be touched lightly. There will be braille/print labels identifying each piece.
The Gallery at the Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center
8788 Metcalf Ave
Overland Park, KS 66212
Thurs, Feb 16, 2023; 6-8pm
RSVP is not required.
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The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) published the Median Annual Earnings information for each state.? It makes for some interesting reading.??
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