We often hear: “Yes, disability accommodations exist at Humber and UGH, but how will students manage in the real world?” 

The Real-World Spotlight series consists of interviews conducted by Accessible Learning Services (ALS) with Humber and UGH alumni with disabilities who accessed ALS and other campus supports.  

This week we are featuring Dilshan Jayasinghe - Bachelor of Business Administration at the University of Guelph-Humber.

The goal of the series is to highlight how learners with disabilities transition into the workforce and their experiences navigating accommodations. In celebration of October being National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we will post a unique Student Spotlight for the next three weeks.  

The interviews focused on: the accommodations they found helpful as a Humber and UGH learner, the support they receive from their current employers, how they handled disclosure of their disability, and how Humber and UGH can help future learners with disabilities.

Learn more about Disability Justice:

• Disability Justice is a framework that sees inherent value in all bodies.  

• The concept began in 2005 by disabled activists of colour, originally queer women of colour Patty Berne, Mia Mingus, and Stacey Milbern, to be joined by Leroy Moore, Eli Clare and Sebastian Margaret.  

• The framework of Disability Justice was developed from conversations and experiences of the lack of addressing ableism within other movements. 

• It challenges the idea that our worth is determined by our ability to perform or produce in our society 

• Disability justice holds that forms of oppression cannot be separated from each other. 

• There are 10 Principles of Disability Justice. Please see the attached document to learn more about each of these principles. 

References: 

• https://www.sinsinvalid.org/news-1/2020/6/16/what-is-disability-justice  
• https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/this-is-disability-justice
• https://www.djno.ca
• https://www.sinsinvalid.org/blog/disability-justice-a-working-draft-by-patty-berne  

Visit our ALS Information for Faculty website to learn more about accommodating students with disabilities. 

Please email us at accessible-learning@humber.ca with suggestions for key accessibility-related topics that you would like us to address through the Communiqué.

LinX Lounge Billiards Tournament coming soon!

LinX Lounge will be hosting a pool table tournament for all students. Dates and times for the tournament will be posted in the Communiqué on October 31, 2023. 

Registration for the event begins on November 1. You can register for this event by visiting LinX Lounge and signing up. 

Information for the event will also be posting to our instagram page. Follow us on Instagram.

Great prizes to be won!

Gourmet Express will be open with reduced hours during reading week.

Visit us between 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. during October 23-27 for all your coffee and to-go meal needs! 

Reading Week Hours of Operation
Monday to Friday
7 a.m. to 3 p.m.