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Students can experience life of the physically challenged
By: Erich T. Doerr
Issue date: 10/15/07 Section: News
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Facilitators from the David Garcia Project will roll around campus today in wheelchairs to promote Disability Awareness Week at CMU.
"I think everybody should have that experience to notice the differences of being in a chair," said Mount Pleasant senior Latherio Agoff, a wheelchair user.
CMU's Volunteer Center is accepting donations to buy athletic chairs for the U.S. Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby Team.
Through the week, the Volunteer Center will host various events to give people a new appreciation for those with a disability.
"Disability Awareness Week is our way of recognizing and allowing our students to understand what it might be like to live with a disability," said Tim Novak, graduate assistant at the Volunteer Center.
Each day the group will offer a different event to help students to better understand different disabilities.
"It's an amazing opportunity for our community to understand the importance of empathy versus sympathy. I hope everyone gets a chance to attend at least one event," said Detroit sophomore TaNisha Parker, chairperson for Disability Awareness Week.
A wheelchair hockey game will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in Finch Fieldhouse.
Students will have the opportunity to make their own Braille name tag from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Bovee University Center's Terrace Room D. Students will get to decode words and phrases in Braille while blindfolded.
Also from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, the event "Hazed and Confused" will take place in the Pearce/Anspach courtyard. The event is designed to teach students about visual disabilities. Students will wear eye patches or bandanas and try to maneuver through an obstacle course.
Students can try their hand at some tricky wheelchair races from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Pearce/Anspach courtyard.
The 2005 film, "Murderball," will be shown at 5 p.m. Friday in the UC Auditorium. The documentary portrays the world of full contact wheelchair rugby.
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"I think everybody should have that experience to notice the differences of being in a chair," said Mount Pleasant senior Latherio Agoff, a wheelchair user.
CMU's Volunteer Center is accepting donations to buy athletic chairs for the U.S. Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby Team.
Through the week, the Volunteer Center will host various events to give people a new appreciation for those with a disability.
"Disability Awareness Week is our way of recognizing and allowing our students to understand what it might be like to live with a disability," said Tim Novak, graduate assistant at the Volunteer Center.
Each day the group will offer a different event to help students to better understand different disabilities.
"It's an amazing opportunity for our community to understand the importance of empathy versus sympathy. I hope everyone gets a chance to attend at least one event," said Detroit sophomore TaNisha Parker, chairperson for Disability Awareness Week.
A wheelchair hockey game will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in Finch Fieldhouse.
Students will have the opportunity to make their own Braille name tag from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Bovee University Center's Terrace Room D. Students will get to decode words and phrases in Braille while blindfolded.
Also from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, the event "Hazed and Confused" will take place in the Pearce/Anspach courtyard. The event is designed to teach students about visual disabilities. Students will wear eye patches or bandanas and try to maneuver through an obstacle course.
Students can try their hand at some tricky wheelchair races from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Pearce/Anspach courtyard.
The 2005 film, "Murderball," will be shown at 5 p.m. Friday in the UC Auditorium. The documentary portrays the world of full contact wheelchair rugby.
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