The NYU Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity and Strategic Innovation (GIDI), under the leadership of Lisa Coleman, has worked with DIA to affect change in several areas:
- Hosting a panel and interactive dialogue with researchers, scholars and faculty on the importance of embracing and accommodating the neurodiversity of students to create inclusive classrooms and learning environments. The panel shared current research, trends, and strategies for how we can engage the diversity of cognitive and learning styles. Video: Neurodiversity: Strategies and Practices for Creating a more Inclusive Learning Environment.
- Sponsoring a digital media project by Dr. Kristie Patten Koenig (Chair, NYU Dept. Occupational Therapy) entitled, “Short Films on Neurodiversity.”
- Analyzing data from the Rankin & Associates-led Being@NYU project to understand current disability experience throughout NYU’s global campuses
- Engaging Robyn Weiss (Director, Moses Center for Students with Disability) to present as part of the GIDI accelerator and incubation labs.
GIDI is currently conducting a search for Director of Disability Inclusive Services, to be completed Fall 2019.