October 14-17, 2024 is Disability Week at UMKC
The UMKC Disability Alliance, in partnership with the UMKC Division of Diversity and Inclusion, is hosting a week of performances, panel discussions, workshops, and an art exhibit “to discuss disability and celebrate the knowledge, creativity, and innovations born from our shared experiences.”
Disability Week activities

Roos Read 2024: Disability Visibility
Roos Read is an annual intercampus initiative from the UMKC Division of Diversity and Inclusion that “encourages you to read a recommended title that showcases a distinctive voice, perspective, or theme and engage in discussions intended to generate action toward change.” The 2024 Roos Read book is “Disability visibility: First-person stories from the twenty-first century,” edited by Alice Wong. The author will give a talk at UMKC on November 6, 2024.
Register for the author talkFind a copy of “Disability Visibility” through your favorite public library or independent bookstore, or read Alice Wong’s “Year of the tiger: An activist’s life.”