title: Outreach to Addiction-A Month of Investing in Ability: A Case Study.
abstract: Coordinated and organized by a disabilities librarian, the University of Michigan's Council for Disability Concerns provides annual outreach programs with biomedical themes through a series of educational events known as Investing in Ability. Every effort is made to reach the campus and the surrounding community to promote the council's goals of increased accessibility for all individuals with physical or developmental challenges, to de-stigmatize such conditions, and to educate the audience about disability-related topics. In 2014, Investing in Ability focused on the pressing and pervasive topic of addiction. Because audience attendance and interest were the highest that they have ever been for previous Investing in Ability events, the project will serve as a model in the future, possibly as one for other committees to emulate.
authors.affiliation: a A. Alfred Taubman Health Sciences Library , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA.
authors.forename: Anna Ercoli
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Schnitzer
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008824:Michigan; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D016730:Program Development / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods
keywords: Addiction; Investing in Ability; disabilities; library outreach