STUDENTS with DISABILITIES

and FRIENDS...SDF

"Give me a lever long enough and a prop strong enough ... I can single handedly move the world."

- Archimedes (circa 250 B.C.)

Mission Statement: The Students with Disabilities and Friends seeks to unite and build community among disabled and non-disabled students, faculty and staff; and to create awareness through education about learning, physical, and psychological disabilities in order to help ensure equal opportunity and access for everyone at SSU.

• SDF addresses on-campus issues related to physical, learning, and psychological disabilities.
• SDF discusses accessibility to campus facilities and learning, and works with administrators and campus committees to promote necessary changes.
• SDF holds on-campus events that are designed to inform the public and raise consciousness about the needs of people with physical, learning, and psychological disabilities; and publishes an informational newsletter about disabilities each semester.
• SDF provides a social network and a place to meet new friends. Members participate in several social events each semester and are encouraged to continue their association as alumni.

SDF IN ACTION...

• Promotes equal access to campus facilities.
• Endeavors to raise public awareness of physical, learning, and psychological disabilities.
• Works closely with Disabled Student Services (DSS) and the Disability Advisory Committee to provide information and campus accommodations to students with disabilities.
• Holds on- and off-campus events to educate people about disabilities.
• Publishes a bi-annual educational newsletter about disabilities and the SSU campus.
• Works with campus facilities and programs to promote fitness for people with disabilities.
• Provides a social network for making new friends.

• Disability Student Services provides to students with verified disabilities services, such as assistance with classroom accommodations, advising, consultation with faculty, and alternative media.
  

• AsTech, the assistive technology computer lab, is equipped with hardware and software for students with physical and learning disabilities.

• Learning Skills Services, Tutorial Program, and the Writing Center provide special academic support to students with disabilities.

CLUB MEETING DAYS: Wednesdays, 12-1pm in the ICC (Intercultural Center in the Student Union).

OFFICERS:

SDF Fall 2001 Newsletter

May 2002 SDF Cosby Event

Cosby graduation

Russell Cosby Bio

Web page maintained by Cathy Freund: catherine.freund@sonoma.edu.