Oread Disability Studies Section Ribbon Cutting part two – Ribbon cutting for disability-studies book section at Oread Books set for April 6 Life Span Institute doctoral student Dot Nary always thought that there should be a disability studies section in the Oread Bookstore in the Kansas Union. She found that Lisa Eitner, general book supervisor at Oread Books, was enthusiastic about the idea. The dedication of a section for books on disability studies and the disability rights movement will be 2 to 4 pm Thursday, April 6, in Oread Books in the Kansas Union on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence. A brief program at 2:30 pm will feature a ribbon cutting, speakers, a literature table and door prizes. Fifteen KU departments and organizations, including the Life Span Institute and several other Life Span affiliated centers, are co-sponsoring the event, which is free and open to the public. Typically, bookstores designate sections devoted to books on group movements and issues, such as women and racial minorities, but it is less common for books on disability to be shelved together. “It is important that we recognize the importance of the disability rights movement and of disability studies as an area of scholarship. This recognition can serve to promote greater awareness of the contemporary experience of disability in society and contribute to social change,” said Dot Nary, doctoral student in applied behavioral psychology and co-coordinator of the event. April 6 was chosen for the ribbon cutting to honor an event now …

 

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