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Recruiting school staff for a Sexual Health Education Study
International Day of People with Disabilities
Today we celebrate the International Day of People with Disabilities!
We are proud of how far we have come in the last 10 years to advance inclusive opportunities for our students. It is our passion to help students with disabilities achieve their dreams of independence and inclusion. Our students enjoy engaging in inclusive Ohio State academic coursework and work experiences while developing independent living and self-advocacy skills and participating in campus and community organizations, social activities and events.
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Ohio is home to 1.6 million people with disabilities. It is vital that we continue to celebrate and embrace our differences with empathy and understanding as well as remove barriers for individuals with disabilities to fully participate and be included in our society.
To learn more about the International Day of People with Disabilities, please visit https://idpwd.org/
Image Source: https://idpwd.org/
SABE Seeks Input on 2020 Election
Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered’s (SABE) GoVote Project has opened a survey to learn about the voting experience of people with disabilities.
Whether you voted by mail-in, by absentee ballot, in-person early voting or on Election Day, the SABE GoVoter Project wants to know if you had any problems or questions about your voting experience.
This includes your experiences with registering to vote, getting information about candidates, the attitude of poll workers and issues to casting your ballot.
Source: The Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council. “Council Connection.” Nov. 2020.
Help students achieve their dream of attending college!
Recruiting parents for a Sexual Health Education Study
Inclusion@Work: A Framework for Building a Disability-Inclusive Organization
Community Service: TOPS at COSI
As part of the partnership with COSI and Children’s Hunger Alliance teaming up to feed lives and minds of Columbus Children they have partnered to distribute grab-and-go meals and a new COSI “Learning Lunchbox,” which is a resource kit filled with hands-on science activities for children in need in the Columbus area. https://cosi.org/zoo/item/learning-lunchboxes
Seven TOPS students and two mentors attended a community service event on October 23rd, 2020 to assist with the assembly of science kits to support the COSI “Learning Lunchbox.” Student’s traveled in small group car pools and worked with their masks on. They were provided gloves and a socially distanced work station for this in-person event. We were able to take a quick moment to catch the group posing for a photo for you all. Thank you to COSI for allowing us to come and volunteer, and thank you to the TOPS Students and mentors for your service!
“Students had a lot of fun making science kits and listening to Halloween music. Molly and Alex from COSI were great!”
~Lauren B., Mentor
So happy to hear the students had a great time, we really enjoyed hosting them and they really helped out!
~ Molly, COSI
To learn more about the learning lunchbox project, please visit: https://cosi.org/zoo/item/learning-lunchboxes.
REMINDER: Get out and VOTE tomorrow!
Voting Checklist
- Find your polling place
- Learn what’s on your ballot
- Find out what you need to bring with you to vote
- Go vote on November 3rd!
Voting In-Person on Election Day
Know your polling place location and bring your proof of ID to vote. The General Election will be held on Tuesday November 3rd, 2020. Learn what will be on your ballot ahead of time to know more about which candidates are running and where they stand on important issues; you can bring your printed and filled in guide from Vote 411 with you into the voting booth to help you remember which votes you want to cast!
Polling Place Accommodations
Ohio polling places should provide touch screen voting machines and have audio adaptations for assisting the blind. There are also adaptations for voters with lack of muscle control.
If you have a disability you may also have assistance by two election officials (of different political parties) or by the person of your choice (except employer or union agent). Poll workers are urged to accommodate voters with disabilities in any way they can.
If the polling place is not accessible for you, when possible you may vote curbside. In these cases, two poll workers will take a voting device to the you.
For more information, you can utilize the American Association of People With Disabilities (AAPD) resource.
Source: “Election Information You Need.” VOTE411, 2020, www.vote411.org/.
Meet Matt – Student Nutrition Aide at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Matt came to TOPS with a great work experience that he wanted to continue building on as long as he was in a position making a difference and helping others. Matt shadowed the Nutrition Aide department in Spring 2020 to learn more about the role and decided he would love to work for them. He was supposed to start this summer but with COVID, things were pushed back. Matt joined the Nutrition Aide team this month – he loves shadowing and trying the tasks so far. He will be responsible for delivering meals to patients, taking meal orders, and following specific dietary guidelines if a patient has certain restrictions. Matt is excited to have the opportunity to help patients during their recovery through nutrition!
