Ability KU

AbilityKU is a student-led organization for disability advocacy and awareness at the University of Kansas.

05/12/2025

Good luck on finals Jayhawks!

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The background is a dark turquoise. Books are on the top and bottom boarders in red, yellow, and blue. The center white book has the AbilityKU logo. The center has text that states “Good luck on Finals!”

05/09/2025

Resharing from
Disability Affinity Graduation Celebration
Join DREAM for our Disability Affinity Graduation Celebration-a virtual event honoring disabled college graduates! This celebration recognizes the achievements of disabled students across the country, providing space for community, reflection, and joy. Graduates will receive special recognition and graduation supplies. We’ll hear from disabled activists Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown, Shariese Katrell, and Jessica King. Open to graduates, students, allies, supporters, and family members.

📅 Date: Wednesday, May 14th
🕒 Time: 12 pm EST/3 pm PST (one hour)
🌐 Registration Link: www.tinyurl.com/DreamGraduation
It is also shared on our social media, including our Instagram, .

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A yellow background with a graduation cap and outlines of silhouettes of graduates with text stating “DISABILITY GRADUATION
Register: www.tinyurl.com/DreamGraduation
Join DREAM for our Disability Affinity Graduation Celebration-a virtual event honoring disabled college graduates! This celebration recognizes the achievements of disabled students across the country, providing space for community, reflection, and joy. Graduates will receive special recognition, graduation supplies, and we’ll hear from student speakers. Open to graduates, students, allies, supporters, and family members.”

04/18/2025

Today is Election Day! Please join our zoom meeting at 5! (link available through teams)

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A blue background covered with daisies. Centered is yellow test saying “Election Day 5pm via Zoom”. The AbilityKU logo is to the right of the text.

03/25/2025

This week is Ability Advocates’ Disability Awareness Week!
We encourage you to attend what you are able to!

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The text reads “ABILITY ADVOCATES’ DISABILITY AWARENESS WEEK
3/24
ASL INTRODUCTORY CLASS
(5:30 - 7:30 IN THE JAYHAWK ROOM)
3/25
BUBBLEBOX PERCENTAGE NIGHT
(3:00-6:30 PM)
3/26
SENSORY EVENT
(5:00-6:00PM, PINE ROOM OF UNION)
3/27
EXPLORING THE HAWK ROUTE (5:00PM, OUTSIDE OF SUMMERFIELD)” on an orange background. There is a hand signing I love you in the center

02/28/2025

Our Epilepsy Seminar is today! Join us in person or on Zoom!

Join Zoom Meeting https://kansas.zoom.us/j/91286707156  Meeting ID: 912 8670 7156 Passcode: 1111

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A purple background with purple squiggles are on the corners the text reads “Epilepsy Seminar Details This event is hybrid. A zoom link will be provided. The event will take place in LEEP2 iHAWKe lounge Directions: Enter the front of the School of Engineering and enter near the atrium. Take the stairs or elevator up 1 floor. Go past the Starbucks and take a right. The lounge will be to your left down the hallway. EVENT STARTS AT 5:30PM”

02/19/2025

Come join us next Friday, the 28th, for an Epilepsy Seminar featuring our guest speaker Kirstianna Guerrero! We want to give iHAWKe a big thank you for allowing us to use this space!

LEEP2 is located in the School of Engineering — Learned Hall

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A purple background with purple squiggles on each corner. The top text says “Epilepsy Seminar presented by AbilityKU” and underneath says “learn about epilepsy from a first hand prospective, how to recognize a seizure, and how to respond with seizure first aid”. In the center of the image, text states “Guest Speaker: Kirstianna Guerrero” with a portrait of her, a smiling woman with sunglasses and a blue hat”. Beneath her picture states “Disability Advocate, 2020 National Miss Amazing Representative, Co-Director of Kansas Miss Amazing”. The bottom of the image states the date, time and location of the event “February 28th 2025, 5:30pm, LEEP2 iHAWKe lounge”

02/10/2025

Our first meeting of the semester is tonight! Be sure to join us!

Image Description: a purple background with blue and red bubbles in the center that say “Monthly Meeting” and an envelope with a 1 notification. A white bubble below that says “Today, February 10th 5pm via Zoom” with the AbilityKU logo next to the text

12/03/2024

Today is International Day for Persons with Disabilities!

What is the significance?
International Day of Persons with Disabilities is a day to raise awareness about disability rights and disabled persons’ well-being. This can include raising awareness about accessibility needed for people with disabilities to participate and about how disabled people are affected politically, socially, and culturally. Focusing on these issues and helping improve them will ultimately lead to a better quality of life for people a part of the disability community.

Fun fact:
Purple is the color chosen and typically worn on this day to show support for equality for people with disabilities

Alt text: “International Day of Persons with Disabilities” is in lavender at the top. Underneath is “December 03” in black. Below the text is a map underlay in a gray-purple color and the overlay are 4 people with varying disabilities and flags in a dark purple color. The AbilityKU logo is in the bottom left corner

11/01/2024

We have a meeting next week on Monday at 5pm! We have lots of things to discuss so please join us and give your input!

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A yellow and orange gradient back ground with the words “November Meeting Monday November 4th @ 5pm centered in orange cursive and bold fonts”. There are small white stars scattered throughout the background and a leaf in the bottom left and top right corners. The AbilityKU logo is in the bottom right corner

10/07/2024

Our first meeting is today at 5pm. Find the link in the General channel on Microsoft Teams!

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An orange and black checkered background with a white box in the center. Text is inside the box that reads “October 7th Meeting via Zoom Link in Teams” in orange and black font. Pumpkins and bats are on each side of the text and the AbilityKU below the text.

09/05/2024

Our first event is TOMORROW at 2pm!!!! We will be watching Paralympic events, specifically an student! We will be watching reruns of his performances last week/this week! We want to give a HUGE thank you to for allowing us to use their space to host this event!
Image Description: A dark blue, white, and dark red striped background with the Paralympics logo in the top left corner. It reads “Paralympics Watch Party Tomorrow September 5th 2-4pm School of Engineering IHAWKe Student Lounge Learned Rm 1119!” The Ability KU logo and the HAWKe logo are on the right side. The bottom is aligned with Paralympic sports with an American flag in the bottom center.

07/01/2024

Today is the first day of Disability Pride Month! Disability Pride Month is a month where people with disabilities can advocate and celebrate their disabilities. It also is a great time to bring awareness to the inaccessibility and ableism that is still present in the world. AbilityKU strives to make KU a more accessible and inclusive campus for students with disabilities.

The flag, as you can see here, is muted colors of black, red, yellow, white, blue, and green. The original flag was a zigzag and had the same colors but vibrant but was replaced by the muted single lined flag because when scrolling the zigzag caused visual triggers for some in the community. Ann Magill, a woman with cerebral palsy designed both flags. Black represents the ableism in the world. Red represents physical disabilities. Gold represents neurodiversity. White represents invisible disabilities and those who have not yet been diagnosed.
Blue represents emotional and psychiatric disabilities and green represents sensory disabilities.

ID: The disability pride flag is the background. The ability KU logo is in the bottom right corner. The top right corner reads “Disability Pride Month July 2024”

Address

Lawrence, KS

Website

https://rockchalkcentral.ku.edu/organization/abilityku

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