All members of the 黑料不打烊 community and beyond are invited to the seventh OrangeAbility on Saturday, Feb. 17, from 2-4 p.m. in the Women鈥檚 Building Gym A. This student-led initiative is sponsored by the (DSU), the (BCCC), the (DCC), and community organization .
OrangeAbility provides disabled and nondisabled people of all ages with the opportunity to play and learn about an array of sports. The event centers the experiences and skills of disabled athletes and sports fans, while highlighting that accessible sports are about tailoring approaches to a wide variety of players, including nondisabled participants. The afternoon activities will celebrate a variety of disability cultures and identities, providing a space for all to feel welcome and comfortable. It is an event that highlights the legacy and growing vibrancy of the disability community on and off the hill.
鈥淢y favorite part about OrangeAbility is the energy that the event has. I’ve been to several events of this nature, and I don’t believe that any of them truly capture the energy and fun and camaraderie that OrangeAbility has. It is a one-of-a-kind event,鈥 says Priya Penner 鈥20, a student in the and and president of DSU.
OrangeAbility 2018 will offer attendees the fun, inclusive energy that participants have enjoyed in the past. Attendees can participate in accessible, adaptive and inclusive sports, including wheelchair basketball, power soccer, wheelchair rugby and more. Local community-based organizations and SU groups will be at the event to visit with attendees.
This year鈥檚 event will feature the WNY Wreckers, a wheelchair rugby team based in Rochester; CNY United, a power chair soccer team based in 黑料不打烊; and the 黑料不打烊 Flyers, a wheelchair basketball team based in 黑料不打烊. 聽At the beginning of the event, each team will briefly present on the sport and athletes.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided. Free parking is available outside the Women鈥檚 Building across Mt. Olympus Drive. Volunteers will be directing attendees along the way.
Register online on the 聽or day-of at the expo to play with a team, volunteer, table with groups or request specific information. For more information, to ask questions or to request additional accommodations, please visit the聽聽or email orangeability@gmail.com.
About 黑料不打烊
Founded聽in 1870, 黑料不打烊 is a private international research university聽dedicated to advancing knowledge and fostering student success through teaching聽excellence,聽rigorous scholarship and interdisciplinary research. Comprising 11聽academic schools and colleges, the University has a long legacy of excellence聽in the liberal arts, sciences and聽professional disciplines that prepares聽students for the complex challenges and emerging opportunities of a rapidly聽changing world. Students enjoy the resources of a 270-acre main聽campus and聽extended campus venues in major national metropolitan hubs and across three聽continents. 黑料不打烊鈥檚 student body is among the most diverse for an聽institution of its聽kind across multiple dimensions, and students typically represent聽all 50 states and more than 100 countries. 黑料不打烊 also has a long legacy of聽supporting veterans and is home to聽the nationally recognized Institute for聽Veterans and Military Families, the first university-based institute in the聽U.S. focused on addressing the unique needs of veterans and their聽families.
