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Banner reading "SAIC Honors Disability Awareness Month / Virtual Pop-Up Library"

From November 15th to December 15th, the SAIC community is encouraged to celebrate disability pride, promote disability awareness, and learn more about disability justice during SAIC Disability Awareness Month. National observances for Disability Pride Month typically take place in July when campus is less populated - therefore this special observance is to honor and uplift those living with disabilities at SAIC as we all work toward a more inclusive and accessible community. 

This virtual pop-up library is a non-exhaustive list to help folks learn, explore, and celebrate this month. Are there resources you would like to see included? We welcome you to email flaxman@saic.edu to suggest additions. This guide was last updated 11-13-2024.

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Embarking on self-education can be daunting. Where do you start? This section is a selection of resources to help if you are new to these topics. After checking these out, the sections below have resources to help you dig deeper.

Honor: Stories from People with Disabilities

Discover: Work by Artists with Disabilities

Resources

A transcript of this discussion and bonus materials are available on this page.

"Topics covered include disclosure, the impact a disability can have on your artistic process and materials, concerns about social media, careers in the gallery world and in academia, and more." More resources from this talk are available on this page.

Suggested Artists

Have suggestions for artists we should highlight or other resources to include? You can email your ideas to flaxman@saic.edu!