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I wish we had more participation
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I would like to see UAMS pay more attention to access in regard to all
of their events. Make sure venues are accessible, not just for mobility
impaired but for sensory and other types of disabilities. Include
information on access in announcements/promotional materials about the
event. For example, provide information on how to request an interpreter
or large print/materials; if it is a community event,is there accessible
parking available, etc.
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A quarterly newsletter distribution of UAMS and subcommittee events
and/or new education.
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Keep up the great work, I hope the subcommittee and events continue to
grow.
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This is definitely an area that needs more awareness. Disabilities in
the workplace are in the shadows.
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Do a lot of promotion in the UAMS announcements with plenty of notice
for people to participate. With more notice, departments can help
promote by including in their social media and internal newsletter
outreach.
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A disability can be physical or mental, visible or invisible. It is a
range of actions that cannot be performed with or without an assistive
device of some kind. Bathrooms, sidewalks, airplane seats, housing,
replace step escalators with incline escalators, remove steps and
replace them with ramps, so many places where we can do better. Our
country is way better than other countries, and I have been to many,
many of them, at providing those with disabilities a way to feel the
value of being a productive member of society yet there is a lot of work
to be done. Every day we need to look at things and ask ourselves how
can I make this activity more achievable/enjoyable/possible for a wider
audience.
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I would like to know that my place of work at The Family Medicine Clinic
is ADA complete. I also thank the disability subcommittee for their work
to assure our facilities are ADA assessable. Not only because it’s the
law but because this helps our patients to know they are important to us
as people.
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I am diabetic. No support on campus. I also have had 7 spinal surgeries,
both knees replaced, and most recently my shoulder fixed. I have
constant pain and parathesias in both hands and feet. No support, no
nothing. I am a nurse of 43 years. No one has ever asked me if they can
make my environment less painful. It might cost a little money! However,
I am still walking and working full time!
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Thank you for reaching out!
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I think that this is a great idea a people with different disabilites
need support as well
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please provide virtual attendance options as well
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Resources available on campus for people with disabilities. Information
like where you can park, what services are offered and where on campus
these are available.
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Let’s be all inclusive: not all disabilities are visible. Super
intelligent and motivated people are challenged with some type of
physical or emotional disability daily. Support groups are a way to get
people to admit and seek support for their disabilities. UAMS is not
only known for their excellence in medical care, but for their kindness
and compassion for all that enter their doors.
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Keep doing what you are doing to make sure ALL employees feel valued.
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Our Internal Medicine-Pediatric primary care clinic at Rahling Road
provides care for many patients/families of children and adults with
disabilities. If you design a T-shirt we would love to advertise this in
our clinic lobby as I think there could be significant interest from our
patient population.
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Educate campus community as a whole on the various disabilities and
provide data reflecting# of employees w/disabilities are employed and/or
accommodations provided.
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I have a few family members who are disabled, it would be nice to better
understand how to help those family members. Knowing where those family
members can find dentists and physicians that will see them. I’ve seen
patients with mental illness don’t always get the best of care since
aren’t always able to communicate where they have pain. Caregivers can
burnout when they try to take family members appointments and the their
doctors have no experience with treating adults or children with
disabilities.
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I rarely see much awareness for the resources available for people with
disabilities. It would be nice to see more advertisements/flyers/emails
detailing what resources are available and what is considered as a
disability here in our UAMS community.
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Hello. I work on the education team within the Institute for Digital
Health & Innovation. I am also a Ph.D. student at UCA in a DEI
leadership studies program focusing on digital-age education and
curriculum development. Through COVID, my team provided education for
telehealth/telemedicine to providers and patients. An area I felt needed
more attention was telehealth/telemedicine for those with disabilities.
I realized that the provider and the patient may need additional
support/education/tools for an effective telehealth visit. I’ve been
researching this topic as a potential dissertation, with the thought of
identifying the needs and developing education/training support through
an online workshop. I learned about your committee in the announcements
yesterday. Would it be possible to work with your committee to research
the need for this training and possibly present an online workshop once
content is created? Thank you.
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Include the Regional Centers when you have events. Just because we are
not on campus does not mean we will not participate.
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Just a suggestion to publicize the committee a little more, since I
wasn’t aware of the committee or its activities until I happened to see
this survey mentioned (and this may be the case for others as well)
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A little more information and learn more about the employee resource
group if one of the many disabilities that could possibly happen .
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None.
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Just want to thank you for all the work you do on behalf of the
disability community at UAMS! It can feel really isolating to be
disabled at a large institution, and I know firsthand how hard the
committee works to advocate on behalf of employees and students.
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I would like to see more discussion and resources for neurodivergence
and hidden disabilities.
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give an in-depth explanation or definition of what is disability, what
laws have been set for disability, what current programs to help people
with disabilities, what are the current ways UAMS is doing to celebrate
disability month, ….
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What is the point/goal of this subcommittee? I have a disability. I
have worked for UAMS for almost 16 years, I’ve never heard of this group
much less heard of any activities that were offered.
What is the point of a disability themed book club? or a t-shirt? I’m
honestly confused about this. What is a disability-themed webinar? Do
you mean a webinar about disabilities (that would be hard since they are
all different)…maybe about what resources are available to employees
(that would be a good one).
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Promote events more within UAMS.
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I would like to see the committee featured in a Town Hall meeting to
disperse more information.
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