| Show Disability Week Provides Education Sarah Jamison News Editor WITH the intent to provide educational fun and harmony to those individuals defined with dis disabilities Disability Awareness Week turned out to be a successful successful successful success success- ful event Christy Russell Disability Resource Center adviser adviser- named last week to e emphasize the many talents and opportunities provided by individuals with a disability and to equip the faculty members with information that will assist them with their students Disabled students bring bong to the surface a new meaning of education education education tion and the meaning of disabilities disabilities disabilities dis dis- abilities as they strive harder to achieve goals Russell said The week began with stress management sign language and job placement workshops Th The keynote speaker was the Assistant Attorney General for the State of Utah Stephen Mikita Mikita 37 was raised knowing hed he'd be in a wheelchair for life with muscular atrophy Mikita's Mikita focus was on the three thre c G c cha g s c r. r aIe gest 49 choices I vividly recall my first introduction introduction introduction intro intro- to the three Cs I was three eyears years old and was introduced to Franklin D. D Roosevelt in a magazine My father then said to tome tome tome me Dont Don't be afraid son lived in a wheelchair and so can you Mikita Miki ta said Mikita is a Salt ake City native native native na na- na- na tive and attended BYU He also is the recipient of the Muscular Dystrophy Associations Association's 1992 National Personal Achievement Award and a member of task force on public awareness All of us have disabilities weaknesses and inadequacies But we also have abilities strengths and talents that need to tobe tobe tobe be identified and developed Mikita said Being prevented by bya a a disability from doing some things doesn't mean you are unable unable unable un un- un- un able to do anything On Thursday May 5 afternoon a Jeopardy game was provided for students staff and ty The teams consisted of Student Services faculty and student government and others Although all questions were challenging and trivial the faculty team prevailed by one point This was an exciting event f t that th participated parti ipat Eve rYon onet w was was s amazed to ta see how much the faculty really knew Russell said One really exciting addition to V f r ji h N I Horizon photo Ed Assistant Attorney General for the State of Utah Steve Mikita was the featured speaker to begin Disability Awareness Week Mikita has been ina in a wheelchair since age three with muscular atrophy ro Disability We Week k was the basketball game between the Wheelin Jazz and The Jb Wheelin h Jazz Jazz currently currently e are me d inthe nth t i t Ii second year in a row Led by two- two time g gold ld Mike the Wheelin Jazz are among the teams belonging to the Nation National al Wheelchair Basketball o tion The team appears in school school assemblies and community events ventS i tb promote awareness about abO about kee ing inga ing a a positive in sports involving g wheelchairs See Disability on page 2 Disability continued from page 1 As for Finest the team consisted of volunteers John Weiner and Richard Wade academic advisors advisors advisors sors Stephen Lewis learning specialist specialist Yousuf campus affairs affairs affairs af af- af- af fairs vice president Frank President of Deaf Pride Nyle Critchlow student coordinator Lou Brackett staff trainer Jack director of Career Placement and Jason Louder student The game took place on Thursday Thursay Thursday Thurs Thurs- day ay May 5 on t the e court at After the Wheelin Jazz spotted Finest 52 points earned the long long awaited awaited victory It was really exciting to to see the school t team team to squeeze by with a one aone one point win Friday May 6 afternoon Deaf Pride sponsored a barbecue out on the quad in which participants were abl able to purchase a hamburger chips and a drink for just 2 There also was wa a a designated quiet zone for the tOO hearing hehring impaired in which sign language lan lan- language guage guage had to be demonstrated to toc c communicate If somebody was caught talking within that particular zone they were fined a quarter with all proceeds benefiting Deaf Pride Ride An obstacle course also was set up for students to attempt to tomake tomake tomake make it to the finish line Wrapping up the weeks week's activities was an awards banquet held Friday evening Several students were awarded for their outstanding scholastic scholastic scholastic scho scho- lastic achievements Pantomime skits by the students provided entertainment entertainment enter enter- for this special event eventA A special award was presented toVo to toVo Vo o Belnap Belnap- admissions advisor by Kay Fulton director Belnap who will soon be retiring from was honored for her dedication to the Disability Resource Center Overall the week was a fun good educational mal process Russell Said I think some of the special needs of the disabled need to be rec rec- rec- rec They are no different than you and I and most of us have the wrong meaning of disabled They have more abilities than most of us They were definitely demonstrated throughout disability week |
