Each October, Miami is excited to celebrate Disability Identity and Culture Month, stemming from the nationally recognized Disability Employment Awareness Month. Miami uses this time to highlight authentic representations of disability, disability language, and how society understands disability.
During this month and beyond we hope all members of the Miami community take time to listen to the disability community, learn about disability in its various forms, and act to increase accessibility in their daily lives.
Follow the Miller Center for Student Disability Services on Instagram (@miamioh_millercenter), X (@miamioh_mcsds) and Facebook throughout the month to stay up-to-date on event opportunities and to learn more about the disability community, disability identity and culture, and access!
The AccessMU Center works to create a more accessible environment by providing information and services to enhance equal access for students with and without disabilities. Responsibilities include the accessibility review and testing of applications, websites, and documents; accessibility training; and captioning support services.
Accessibility Tools and SupportThe Miami University Center for Assistive Technology (MU-CAT) is housed within the College of Engineering and Computing. MU-CAT is a cross-disciplinary scholarly research center to enable engineering solutions for socially relevant problems for improving quality of life by assisting the lives of older adults and people with disabilities.
The disability studies minor offers a broad liberal arts approach to the study of disability, providing students with knowledge of the historical, social, artistic, literary, legal, educational, philosophical, and political framing of disability.
