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Cross-Cultural Competence Guide: July

Resources to help our campus community communicate, interact with, and understand people from different cultures.

July Highlights

Celebrating Disability Pride

a rectangle with a black background and stripes in red, yellow, white, blue and green run from the top left corner to the bottom rightJuly 26, 2025 marks the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Every sitting president since 2004 has issued a proclamation on this anniversary.

The Disability Pride flag (pictured left, a rectangle with a black background and stripes in red, yellow, white, blue and green running from the top left corner to the bottom right) was designed by Ann Magill. The colors represent the diverse disability community population and the different aspects of disability or impairment. Read more about Disability Pride Month history and the specific flag color representations in this article by The Valuable 500.

Visit the Brish Library's page on Disability Pride Month for more information

Campus Disability Services

HCC provides reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities in accordance with the Americans 3 cartoon figures, one in a wheelchair with the saying "nothing about us without us", one with a crutch and one with a jacket that says "disabled rights now"with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and its amendments. The Disability Support Services (DSS) Office coordinates the provision of accommodations which are determined on an individual basis.

To get more information visit our Disability Support Services webpage and make an appointment. In post-secondary education, it is important to self-advocate because accommodations from K-12 schools do not automatically carry over. 

Since students with disabilities tend to have specific needs, selecting the appropriate college may present a challenge. Before applying, it's important to learn if the school meet the student's needs. Take the time to explore whether it is inclusive, accessible, and accepting of those with disabilities. This article by Bernard Grant, Ph.D. and Ciarra Jones gives a brief overview of laws pertaining to students with disabilities and the services to consider when researching a college. 

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