DisAbility Awareness Library Guide

Welcome!

This resource guide is designed and created to provide insights and information about disabilities and celebrate the contributions and insights of differently-abled people during Disability Awareness Month. This guide is a work in progress and we will be happy to get your valuable feedback for this guide.

Image Credit: Office of Disability Employment Policy

Observed each October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) celebrates the contributions of America’s workers with disabilities past and present, and showcases supportive, inclusive employment policies and practices that benefit employers and employees. ODEP has chosen "Advancing Access and Equity" as its theme for NDEAM 2023.

 Read more about this year's National Disability Employment Awareness theme here.

Get educated!

• Review the American Disability Act of 1990
• Learn general disability awareness/etiquette
• Take a training course on disability-focused workplace training programs
• Read about EARN: Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion

Spread the word!

• Support Disability Awareness Month at work, at school, and through social media
• Publish articles that bring about awareness of inclusion 
• Stay updated through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's news page

Be an advocate!

• Commit to making your community accessible to people with different disabilities
• Support artists with disabilities
• Participate in protests and demonstrations on disability issues
• Join and/or donate to disability organizations you like
• Talk about disability issues with friends, family, classmates, and coworkers

*Reference: This was culled from Ivy Tech Community College Library Disability Awareness Guide*

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San Diego Mesa College Library currently has:

• Over 100 electronic databases
• Over 85,000 print books
• Over 90,000 electronic books

​Students receive research support through:

• 24/7 chat reference
• Research appointments
• Library instruction class sessions

Resources are accessed through the library’s website at www.sdmesa.edu/library