Upcoming disability-awareness days
The 2023 Disability Calendar! It has the upcoming disability awareness days in the following months.
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Students with Disabilities Association
Oct 25, 2022
Planning more experiential workshops
SDA began brainstorming for this year’s new workshops! IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS 1st picture: Katie writes on the whiteboard. She is wearing a...
Students with Disabilities Association
Sep 14, 2022
2022-23 club shopping!
We had a great time at club shopping today and are looking forward to our first meeting next Tuesday! Image description: photo of the...
Students with Disabilities Association
Sep 11, 2022
Welcome to SDA!
Students with Disabilities Association & Our Allies Accessibility [Transcript: Students with Disabilities Association advocates for those...
Students with Disabilities Association
Jun 1, 2022
Leadership, Action, Belonging award
We are so grateful to receive U-High's Leadership, Action, Belonging award for the third consecutive year! (This award was formerly...
Students with Disabilities Association
Apr 17, 2022
2022's new, experiential stations!
Two new workshops from this year: computer accessibility and anxiety! Students have experienced the anxiety workshop station this year,...
Students with Disabilities Association
Apr 15, 2022
Experiential workshops for high school's Social Justice Week
Last Thursday (April 14), we hosted a workshop for U-High's Social Justice Week. Attendees tried navigating with white canes, writing...
Students with Disabilities Association
Mar 22, 2022
Disability Invisibility and Workshop Planning
Just a reminder that not all disabilities are visible! Today we started planning for our final two workshops of the year: Social Justice...
Students with Disabilities Association
Jan 25, 2022
Experiential Workshops at Middle School's Diversity Day
SDA members hosted the first of several experiential workshops for this year! This was our second in-person workshop ever and our first...
Students with Disabilities Association
Jan 13, 2022
SDA at the MLK Assembly: The Intersection of Disability & Race
Today we hosted a workshop for the MLK Jr. assembly about disability, intersectionality and Black joy. Thank you so much to everyone who...
Students with Disabilities Association
Jan 10, 2022
SDA at the High School's MLK Assembly!
We are hosting a workshop and discussion for this year’s MLK assembly about disability, race and advocacy! Thank you so much to U-High...
Students with Disabilities Association
Dec 2, 2021
Redesigning Our Logo
New year, new logo! Our new logo is now maroon, Laboratory School's colours and the colour for disability justice, and features new...
Students with Disabilities Association
Nov 2, 2021
In collaboration with UChicago's Students For Disability Justice
We had a great meeting with UChicago’s Students for Disability Justice and are excited to work with them to advance disability rights and...
Students with Disabilities Association
Oct 12, 2021
Expanding Our Experiential Workshop Model
Went another week without taking a group photo! The last few weeks we’ve been busy planning new stations for our experiential workshops....
Students with Disabilities Association
Sep 18, 2021
Come to our first meeting of the year!
We will be meeting Tuesdays during lunch in Judd C 305! ID: Dark blue background with decorative white leaves. White notification-style...
Students with Disabilities Association
Sep 16, 2021
2021-22 Club Shopping!
We had a great time at club shopping today and loved seeing and meeting everyone! Thank you to everyone that indicated an interest in SDA...
Students with Disabilities Association
Aug 11, 2021
Senior Sendoff!
Yesterday, August 10, members of SDA met for their last official meeting of their U-High careers’. Speeches were given to our outgoing...
Students with Disabilities Association
Jun 6, 2021
SDA at Prom!
Here’s to a great year.... ID: Ashley, Téa, Zach,Jayne and Sofia in prom clothes. Group photo with blue lighting.
Students with Disabilities Association
May 25, 2021
Principal Recognition Award
We are so grateful to receive U-High's Principal Recognition award for the second consecutive year! ID: Screenshot of a white slide with...
Students with Disabilities Association
May 3, 2021
Judd Stairwell Accessability
Steps to Accessibility. For several weeks, Judd stairwell has felt brighter. Each riser was painted white. A strip of reflective tape was...
Students with Disabilities Association
Apr 23, 2021
Professional Development & Social Justice Week Workshops Recap
Last Friday (4/16), we had the opportunity to present our experimental workshops to faculty, staff and administrators for the second...
Students with Disabilities Association
Dec 3, 2020
International Day of People with Disabilities
We want to bring awareness to the International Day of People with Disabilities, which is today, Dec. 3. This day aims to bring awareness...
Students with Disabilities Association
Jul 26, 2020
Explaining the ADA
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. On July 26th 1990 in front of a crowd of...
Students with Disabilities Association
Jul 26, 2020
Happy Birthday ADA!
Today marks 30 years since the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which was signed on July 26th 1990. This was a major...
Students with Disabilities Association
Jun 25, 2020
U-High Stories
In response to recent events bringing societal discrimination to the forefront, U-High students created “U-High Stories,” a website and...
Students with Disabilities Association
Jun 17, 2020
Social Justice Week Workshop
Tomorrow at 1pm SDA is hosting a session on intersectionality, racial discrimination in medical care, racial discrimination in mental...
Students with Disabilities Association
May 4, 2020
April Professional Development Day Plans
Our plans for Professional Development Day workshops have continued! We’ve been hard at work preparing virtual workshops for teachers to...
Students with Disabilities Association
May 3, 2020
Happy Birthday Sofia!
Happy (I guess now it’s belated) birthday from the SDA to one of our amazing members, Sofia! Thanks for always making us laugh and for...
Students with Disabilities Association
Apr 22, 2020
Professional Development and Social Justice Week Workshops 2020
The last week has been a busy one for us! On 4/17, we hosted an online Professional Development Day workshop for around 13 faculty...
Students with Disabilities Association
Feb 7, 2020
Feb. 6, 2020 Experimental Workshop
On February 6, we hosted an experiential workshop for over 20 faculty members to help provide a better understanding of what students...
Students with Disabilities Association
Jan 19, 2020
Welcome!
Welcome to the official website of the U-High Students with Disabilities Association!
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