Spring/Summer Update
For students enrolled in courses for the Spring/Summer term:
An important update regarding the Spring/Summer term has been posted.
For instructors teaching courses for the Spring/Summer term:
A general checklist, exam information and resources will be posted soon.
Disability Awareness
Student Accessibility Services has engaged in disability awareness activities on campus for more than 25 years. Disability Awareness can be a series of events throughout the school year.
The goal of these activities is to promote disability awareness and accessibility, and to educate McMaster students, faculty and staff on issues faced by persons with disabilities. Activities can showcase talents of people with disabilities to challenge the myths and barriers surrounding disability and impairment.
For more information you may contact us at csdmpa@mcmaster.ca.
Poster Campaigns
2016-2017: Humans of McMaster
2015-2016: Strive for Accessibility and Inclusion
2014–2015: Break the Silence
2013–2014: Have You Ever
2012–2013: Engineering
- Structures Need Support (PDF)
- Make a Change (PDF)
- The Campus Hero – Part 1 (PDF)
- The Campus Hero – Part 2 (PDF)
- We are the Willing (PDF)
2011–2012: Attitude
2010–2011: Recognize Disability, Emphasize Possibility
- Accessibility — Make the Case, Change the Space (PDF)
- Learning — Be Literate About Dyslexia (PDF)
- Mental Health — Combat the Stereotypes of Mental Illness (PDF)
- Mobility — Mobility Can Be an Uphill Climb (PDF)
- Sensory — Open Your Eyes (PDF)
- Speech — Not Being Able to Speak (PDF)
2007–2008: Awareness is Key to Understanding
- “Awareness is key to understanding” (PDF)
- “I have a disability, but I am far from disabled” (PDF)
- “Help and support is enabling us to acheive our goals” (PDF)
- “Don’t let your disability silence you.” (PDF)
- “Look beyond your disability and focus on your goals” (PDF)
- “I have overcome the attitudes of others and accomplished many things that I was told I couldn’t do” (PDF)
- “You don’t need to overcome a disability. All you need to do is see the good within it” (PDF)
2006–2007
- “It just brings you one step closer to your ambitions.” (PDF)
- “I do not need pity, but I do need empowerment” (PDF)
- “Don’t let it be a hurdle in your life.” (PDF)
- “ADHD may lead me to become an eccentric professor, but it is my passion for learning and my determination that will ensure that I become a successful eccentric professor” (PDF)
- “I didn’t let my speech impediment get in the way of my success (PDF)“
- “Active mind. Active person.” (PDF)
- “The social stigmatization surrounding those of us must be understood and challenged” (PDF)
- “I was able to control my ADHD and increase my ability to focus” (PDF)
2005–2006: The Empowered
- The Empowered: Heroes come in different shapes, sizes, and abilities. (PDF)
- “I may use wheels to get around, but my future isn’t idling.” (PDF)
- “I may be hard of hearing, but I never miss a beat.” (PDF)
- “I may have a learning disability, but I will succeed.” (PDF)
- “I have cerebral palsy. I have created my own path.” (PDF)
- “I have a disabiility that affects learning, but I have learned to persevere.” (PDF)
- “Sometimes I may stumble on words, but my strength and inner voice never waver.” (PDF)
- “I may have a learning disability, but I have learned to define success in my own terms.” (PDF)