Una Presents Disabling The Stereotypes Week
Apr. 15, 2009
Michelle Eubanks, UNA, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033
By Shayla Pearsall
UNA Student Writer
FLORENCE, Ala. — The University of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥¼ä Alabama Disability Support Services presents Disabling the Stereotypes Week April 20-23.
Some activities that will take place during the week include Y'all's Southern Sensations food tasting booth from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Guillot University Center Atrium on April 21. Former Miss UNA, Jacque Rainwater, will be giving the presentation "Exceeding Expectations: Living Beyond the Labels" from 1 until 2 p.m. April 21. On April 22, from 2 until 3 p.m., author Allison Wetherbee will speak about her own experiences of going through life with no arms and legs. An art exhibit will be on display April 20-23 in the Guillot University Center Atrium from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day. There also will be a sensitivity-training obstacle course in front of the Guillot University Center from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on April 20 and 23. Disabling the Stereotypes Week will wrap up with an exhibition basketball game between the UNA Lions and the Lakeshore Storm, a wheelchair team out of Birmingham. The exhibition game will be at 6:30 p.m. April 23 in Flowers Hall. Tickets are $5, or $3 for students. Children under 12 are admitted free. All proceeds will be donated to the Lakeshore Foundation, a non-profit Alabama based organization that serves individuals with disabilities. For more information, contact the UNA Office of Disability Support Services at 256-765-4214.About The University of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥¼ä Alabama
The University of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥¼ä Alabama is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs through the colleges of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering; the Sanders College of Business and Technology; Education and Human Sciences; and the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions. Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. UNA Athletics, a renowned collegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of NCAA Division I as part of the Atlantic Sun and United Athletic conferences. The University of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥¼ä Alabama is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate in the admission policy on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, disability, age, or national origin. For more: and .