Month: November 2018

The Accessibility Commission is proud to announce that our Accessibility Portal has updated!

This Portal was designed to be a “one-stop-shop,” connecting all of the university’s accessibility information in a single location. Since the Portal was launched in October 2017, Clemson has taken great strides in developing more resources and services to further improve accessibility. Today, our updated Portal includes information and access points to these new developments and hints at a few more projects that are being built. The look of the site has also been updated with more visuals and interactive features. We encourage you to check it out and then share it with friends and colleagues as we work together to further increase accessibility and accessibility awareness at Clemson.

As excited as we are for the updated Portal, we are even more excited for the progress that next year will bring!

Thanks for all that you do, Happy Holidays, and Go Tigers!

Thanks to all who were able to attend the 2018 National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) keynote presentation, “Pay Me What I’m Worth: Valuing the Work of Disabled People” by Vilissa Thompson. This was our third annual NDEAM event. We hope you can join us for our fourth NDEAM event in October 2019!

For those who were unable to attend the Vilissa’s presentation, you can see what you missed in the video below.

• Event Files, Information, and Resources
  • Raw Live Transcript (Download)
  • PowerPoint Slides (PDF Download)
  • Flickr photo album
  • Related blog posts
    • Accessibility Commission’s Event Announcement
    • Inside Clemson’s Event Announcement
  • Event Flyer
  • Calendar Event
• Resources listed in presentation
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics: Economic News Release
  • Department of Labor: Wage and Hour Division
  • Lawmakers Work to End Subminimum Wages for Workers with Disabilities
  • Department of Labor: National Disability Employment Awareness Month
  • USA Today: Does my wheelchair make you uncomfortable? How my disability may have cost me a job.
  • The Arc: Employment Issues for People with Disabilities
  • The ADA: Your Employment Rights as an Individual With a Disability
  • Rooted in Rights: Bottom Dollars (Video Documentary)
• Vilissa’s Contacts and Website
  • Ramp Your Voice (http://rampyourvoice.com/)
  • Email: vilissa@rampyourvoice.com
  • Facebook – Ramp Your Voice
  • Twitter Handles: @RampYourVoice, @VilisaThompson, @WheelDealPod

For more on accessibility, check out Clemson’s Accessibility Web Portal.