By Davi Kallman
A.D.D. is an organization that is dedicated on educating the community on disability issues. This is the organization’s first year on campus and strives to promote acceptance of students with disabilities takes on a positive deviance approach that is based on the observation that in every community there are certain individuals or groups whose uncommon behaviors and strategies enable them to find better solutions to problems than their peers, while having access to the same resources and facing similar or worse challenges. Through positive deviance we focus on the abilities of these students rather than their disabilities.
Our organization consists of numerous individuals that are focused on the development of communication systems that will foster a positive attitude concerning the issues of disabilities at a University level. This organization was created due to the negative stereotypes that disabled students are given once they transition to higher education. Negative stereotypes and negative connotations have adverse effects for this minority population and we are focused on highlighting the positive aspects of these students.
- Awareness booth with materials about disabilities
- We will be selling Braille Cupcakes
- Sensitivity Activities
- and Wall of Signatures: Which will be donation based in order to go to our ADD scholarship fund
A.D.D. is an organization that is dedicated on educating the community on disability issues. This is the organization’s first year on campus and strives to promote acceptance of students with disabilities takes on a positive deviance approach that is based on the observation that in every community there are certain individuals or groups whose uncommon behaviors and strategies enable them to find better solutions to problems than their peers, while having access to the same resources and facing similar or worse challenges. Through positive deviance we focus on the abilities of these students rather than their disabilities.
Our organization consists of numerous individuals that are focused on the development of communication systems that will foster a positive attitude concerning the issues of disabilities at a University level. This organization was created due to the negative stereotypes that disabled students are given once they transition to higher education. Negative stereotypes and negative connotations have adverse effects for this minority population and we are focused on highlighting the positive aspects of these students.
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