Episode 76: Nothing About Us Without Us: Accessibility, Accommodations, and the Student Experience
Description
AUSU VP Community and Wellness Natalia Iwanek presents on student accessibility, accommodations, disability activism, terminology, and representation and how these apply to the student experience and student leadership.Natalia is a disabled and chronically ill fourth-year student at Athabasca University (AU) in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS), Natalia also brings valuable insights and knowledge that they have collected while advocating for increased accessibility and accommodations through their executive position on the AUSU Student Council. Natalia is serving their third term as the VPCW, having first served as Vice President External and Student Affairs (VPEX). You can follow along with the slide deck available here.
Starring: AUSU VP Community and Wellness Natalia Iwanek
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