Meeting Minutes

Meeting Times and Location

The Council for Disability Concerns meets the first Wednesday of each month in the Huetwell Visitor Center’s First Floor Conference Room (also known as the Large Conference Room) in the Student Activities Building (SAB). It is along the north wall behind the central yellow reception desk. The accessible entrance to the building is on the east, Maynard Street, side. The SAB is just to the north of the Fleming Building, across E. Jefferson St. and between Thompson and Maynard. (View map) . Contact us at disability@umich.edu to verify the location of the meeting you wish to attend, or to be reminded of future meetings and receive agendas. All meetings are open to members of the U of M community.

Most Recent Meeting Minutes

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CfDC Minutes — November 4, 2009

Attending: Doug White, Chair, Jill Rice, Scott William, Carole Dubritsky, Sue Bade, Mary Reilly, Kay Mutchler, Gerald Hoff, Eleanor Chang, Susan Bourrie, LuAnne Bullington, Diane Achatz, Martha Reck, Anna Cisler, Brittney Dye, Paul Gutmtman, Christa Moran, Tonye Burutolu, Carolyn Grawi, Anna Ercoli Schnitzer (minutes).

Doug White served as Chair in Jack Bernard’s absence.

After introductions all around, the Paws with a Cause representatives (Becky Canale, Ginny Sielert, and Diane Barrett ,with her foster pup Gyro, came to the meeting) gave us quite a lengthy, excellent demonstration of what Dart could do to assist individuals with specific disabilities.

View the Investing in Ability summary report »

Sue Bade suggested that the Council think about and discuss actions and processes to inform UM community members about what to do if they incur a disability or disease that is impairing their work or that is progressive and will do so in the future. We will discuss at the next IAW and perhaps the next Council meeting, as well.

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