What does "disabilities" include?
When we talk about disabilities, we are including everyone with a mental health condition or issue, physical disability, or developmental disability. This includes mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, and trauma; physical disabilities like visual impairments, chronic illnesses, and mobility difficulties, and developmental disabilities like autism and down's syndrome.
Statistics published by the charity Metro in 2014 identified that young LGBTQ+ people are at greater risk of suffering from mental health problems, and in Trinity Term 2016 OUSU confirmed that this is true in Oxford as well. There are a load of Welfare Resources which are able to help and support you - even if you just need someone to talk to, Rainbow Peers and Nightline will be there to listen.
What does the society do?
We welcome all people with any of these disabilities at disability focussed events and aim to ensure all society pages, events, and socials are accessible to everyone with any kind of difficulty.
Our weekly drinks events are always in a level access building, and we aim to have a breakout space as much as possible; our Disabilities Officer (who can be contacted at the email oudisab@gmail.com or on Facebook can provide more information on the accessibility of specific events, and can help with specific access requests and concerns.
We aim to have allergen free food and drinks available, and always have alcohol-free options; you can request specific foods or allergens be added or avoided, and accessibility information is always included in Facebook event descriptions.
For a list of resources that may be helpful, click here.
When we talk about disabilities, we are including everyone with a mental health condition or issue, physical disability, or developmental disability. This includes mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, and trauma; physical disabilities like visual impairments, chronic illnesses, and mobility difficulties, and developmental disabilities like autism and down's syndrome.
Statistics published by the charity Metro in 2014 identified that young LGBTQ+ people are at greater risk of suffering from mental health problems, and in Trinity Term 2016 OUSU confirmed that this is true in Oxford as well. There are a load of Welfare Resources which are able to help and support you - even if you just need someone to talk to, Rainbow Peers and Nightline will be there to listen.
What does the society do?
We welcome all people with any of these disabilities at disability focussed events and aim to ensure all society pages, events, and socials are accessible to everyone with any kind of difficulty.
Our weekly drinks events are always in a level access building, and we aim to have a breakout space as much as possible; our Disabilities Officer (who can be contacted at the email oudisab@gmail.com or on Facebook can provide more information on the accessibility of specific events, and can help with specific access requests and concerns.
We aim to have allergen free food and drinks available, and always have alcohol-free options; you can request specific foods or allergens be added or avoided, and accessibility information is always included in Facebook event descriptions.
For a list of resources that may be helpful, click here.