UND Celebrates Breaking Down Barriers

(Photo by Joe Banish/UND Today)

(By Joe Banish. UND Today) – The University of North Dakota hosted its third annual Disability Awareness Day last week, an event bringing the campus community together to discuss on-campus resources and scholarship intended to help all succeed.

Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, clinical assistant professor and program director of UND’s Rehabilitation and Human Services Program, opened the event, which was held in the Memorial Union ballroom. The event plays a key role in raising awareness of a condition that often shows up unexpectedly, she said.

“Disability is the one group you can join at any time – it doesn’t discriminate,” she said.

“I think this opens a dialogue, both on and off our campus,” she added. “It allows us to talk freely about disability issues, whether it has to do with physical disabilities or invisible disabilities. It brings about awareness.”

Williams said community is an essential part of one’s well-being.

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