Able@Dal is an Orientation program specifically designed for first-year King’s and Dalhousie students who are receiving academic accommodations due to a disability or medical condition.
Led by staff, faculty and students, Able@Dal focuses on skill development and learning strategies essential to student success. Students who have accessibility needs and/or would like to request accommodations are strongly encouraged to attend this event.
Benefits include:
- Connecting with other new from high school students.
- Hearing first-hand from upper year students about what it means to be a student with accommodations.
- Developing a better understanding of accommodations at King’s and how to ask for support.
- Hearing first-hand from professors on classroom expectations and ways to be successful.
- Learning how to request and use your accommodations and different supports on campus.
- Meeting Access Advisor and the rest of the Student Accessibility Centre Team.
Schedule
8 a.m. Check in – McMechan Room, Killam Library
8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Able@Dal Presentation – McMechan Room, Killam Library
10:30 a.m. Break – light refreshments provided
10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Able@Dal Presentation and Panel Discussion – McMechan Room, Killam Library
check out the concurrent event Able@Dal for family and friends
For more information, please reach out to Michelle Mahoney, King’s Accessibility Officer at michelle.mahoney@ukings.ca.
