DisOrientation: Fidget Fun Friday

Join the Disability Access Center (DAC), Disability Outreach Center (DOC), Ershig Assistive Technology Resource Center (EATRC), and Institute for Critical Disability Studies (ICDS) for fidget making and lunch! This event will be in the Ershig Assistive Technology Resource Center (Miller Hall 001) on Friday, September 26 from 12:00 noon - 1:00 PM with food provided. We will learn how to make our own fidgets, get to know the Ershig Assistive Technology Resource Center, and hear about DAC, DOC, and ICDS services and resources. Bring your friends!

Check in by scanning the QR code at the event for a chance to spin our prize wheel to win one of our DOC giveaway prizes! After each event, people who answer the evaluation questions on WIN will be entered into a raffle to win a prize including Loop earplugs and Zenni FL-41 rose tinted glasses.

DisOrientation is the Disability Access Center (DAC) and Disability Outreach Center (DOC)’s Western Welcome programming. Join us for a week-long welcome (back) to Western for all students, including new first year, transfer, and graduate students as well as returning students. Join us to build community and connections, learn about how to access and navigate university services and resources at Western including the DAC and DOC, and have fun!

Other DisOrientation events:
• DAC and DOC at the AS Fall Info Fair (Day 1 & Day 2)
• DAC and DOC Open House
• Glam Up Your Mobility Devices and Campus Accessibility Tour
• Speed Friending
• Silent Disco
• Adaptive Late Night at the Rec Center

AA/EO. Accessibility Statement: This event is intended for all participants including those with apparent or non-apparent disabilities. For disability accommodation(s) (such as ASL interpretation or TypeWell transcription), please contact Axel.Cichocki@wwu.edu. Advanced notice is appreciated and sometimes necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.

Masks are strongly encouraged and will be available at entrances and upon request.

The EATRC is located in Miller Hall 001 on the bottom floor. To access the elevator down to the EATRC, enter through the door of Miller Market. Take the elevator to the lowest level and the EATRC is just across the hall. Miller Hall is an ADA accessible building. Button activated entrances are located on the southeast, northwest and east sides of the building. Two elevators provide access to all floors and split levels. This building has accessible all-gender restrooms in MH 413. Please refer to the Campus Map and select the ‘Accessibility’ filter for information about the nearest accessible doors, elevators, walkways, routes, and parking spots and refer to the reflection and meditation spaces page for low-sensory spaces on campus.

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