HearsDustin @ U-M: Creating a Community Where We Overcome Adversity With a Positive Mental Attitude

For Disability Community Month 2023, the Council for Disability Concerns, Disability Culture @ U-M, LSA Faculty & Staff Disability Navigators, and Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services are partnering to bring Dustin Giannelli of HearsDustin, a profoundly Deaf motivational speaker, to campus. We aim to bring attention to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing experiences, as well as steps our community can take to create more inclusive spaces and activities on campus.

This 1-hour hybrid speaker event will be held on October 19 from 3–4pm (doors open at 2:45pm). Live captions and ASL interpretation will be provided. The in-person venue (Weiser Hall Event Space 1010) is wheelchair accessible, including the restroom, and we will have limited assistive listening devices available for checkout. There is a live stream option for those who can not join us in person.

This event aims to:

• Highlight the disability community at U-M in a positive light,
• Amplify DEIA efforts at U-M,
• Introduce strategies and solutions for creating access for those who are Deaf/HOH, including some piloted in spaces at U-M, and
• Discuss how accessibility best practices can support everyone.

We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to enable your full participation in this event. Please contact LSA.Disability.Navigators@umich.edu to request specific accommodations or access needs, providing as much notice as possible.

For Disability Community Month 2023, the Council for Disability Concerns, Disability Culture @ U-M, LSA Faculty & Staff Disability Navigators, and Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services are partnering to bring Dustin Giannelli of HearsDustin, a profoundly Deaf motivational speaker, to campus. We aim to bring attention to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing experiences, as well as steps our community can take to create more inclusive spaces and activities on campus.

This 1-hour hybrid speaker event will be held on October 19 from 3–4pm (doors open at 2:45pm). Live captions and ASL interpretation will be provided. The in-person venue (Weiser Hall Event Space 1010) is wheelchair accessible, including the restroom, and we will have limited assistive listening devices available for checkout. There is a live stream option for those who can not join us in person.

This event aims to:

• Highlight the disability community at U-M in a positive light,
• Amplify DEIA efforts at U-M,
• Introduce strategies and solutions for creating access for those who are Deaf/HOH, including some piloted in spaces at U-M, and
• Discuss how accessibility best practices can support everyone.

We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to enable your full participation in this event. Please contact LSA.Disability.Navigators@umich.edu to request specific accommodations or access needs, providing as much notice as possible.