{"id":104203,"date":"2025-09-24T19:39:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=104203"},"modified":"2025-09-24T20:29:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:29:06","slug":"celebrating-52-years-of-the-rehabilitation-act-of-1973-and-promoting-accessibility-in-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/celebrating-52-years-of-the-rehabilitation-act-of-1973-and-promoting-accessibility-in-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 52 years of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and promoting accessibility in employment\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sept. 24, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Colleagues, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Friday, Sept. 26, marks the 52nd anniversary of the passage of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a landmark civil rights law introduced to promote greater opportunities for individuals with disabilities in service delivery and employment, which laid the groundwork for the introduction of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, we honor this milestone while recognizing the work still ahead. As part of this effort, the Office of Human Resources and the Division of Administration and Finance invite employees to voluntarily disclose their disability status, as well as race, ethnicity, gender, or veteran status, through HR e-Campus<\/strong><\/a>. Directions for accessing HR e-Campus may be found here<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Self-Identifying and Your Impact<\/strong> 
By self-identifying, you help the University build a more inclusive workplace, strengthen our ability to support the University\u2019s mission, and advance initiatives that foster a people-centered culture. Your responses also enable us to track progress, measure success, establish best practices, and allocate resources to support equal opportunity and the University\u2019s strategic plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Confidentiality Statement<\/strong> 
Your participation is voluntary and any information you share is confidential. Data gathered will be used in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and will be reported in aggregate form only. Personal identifying information will not be stored in your personnel file or shared with hiring authorities.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Requesting Employee Accommodations <\/strong> 
Employees interested in requesting a reasonable accommodation or learning more about the interactive process may visit the Office of Human Resources<\/strong><\/a> website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have questions about this form or accessibility compliance<\/strong><\/a>, please contact the Office of Equal Opportunity, at equalopportunity-group@uri.edu<\/a>, or 401-874-4009. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you require assistance completing this form, please contact Paula Aveyard, manager, HRIS, at pmurray@uri.edu<\/a> or 401-874- 2414. For TTY Assistance, contact R.I. Relay Services at 711.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lunch-and-Learn Event<\/strong> 
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to join us on Oct. 6, from 12pm-1pm, to learn more about institutional compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act at the University of Rhode Island. Follow this link to learn more: https:\/\/events.uri.edu\/event\/baseline-of-compliance-the-americans-with-disabilities-act-and-the-rehabilitation-act-at-the-university-of-rhode-island<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for your consideration as we work to build a more vibrant, equitable, and accessible learning, living, and working environment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sept. 24, 2025 Dear Colleagues,  This Friday, Sept. 26, marks the 52nd anniversary of the passage of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a landmark civil rights law introduced to promote greater opportunities for individuals with disabilities in service delivery and employment, which laid the groundwork for the introduction of the Americans with Disabilities Act of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1866],"tags":[1857,1858],"class_list":["post-104203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-911±¬ΑΟ-message","tag-audience-faculty","tag-audience-staff"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104205,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104203\/revisions\/104205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}