Lowell Commission on Disability

09/21/2022

Meet author Jeffrey R. Wilson

Book launch at La La Books

189 Market Street

Call the store for information about the location of the accessible entrance and any other accommodations you need.

(978) 221-5966

Jeff Wilson is the author of Richard III’s Bodies from Medieval England to Modernity: Shakespeare and Disability History (2022). His research putting Shakespeare in conversation with modern sociology includes articles such as “Shakespeare and Criminology,” “Sigma Alpha Elsinore: The Culture of Drunkenness in Shakespeare’s Hamlet,” and "Why Shakespeare? Irony and Liberalism in Canonization.”

Originally from Kansas, Jeff holds a PhD in English from the University of California, Irvine. He lives in Lowell, MA with his wife, Allison, and two kids, Liam and Maggie.



Richard III, depicted by Shakespeare more than 100 years after his death as an ugly hunchback, in fact suffered from scoliosis or curvature of the spine. When the last Plantagenet king's skeleton was discovered beneath a Leicester car park 10 years ago, his twisted vertebrae were unmistakabl

08/31/2022

Library Field Trip For Special Needs Families for National Library Card Sign Up Month

September is National Library Card Sign Up Month! Special Needs Families that live in Lowell are invited to the library for a tour of the Children's Department, an exclusively designed storytime, and of course, to get library cards! Everyone in the family is welcome to attend and to get library cards.

If you want to get a library card, the family must live in Lowell and the parent/guardian must bring something (piece of mail, Bill, lease etc. ) with their name and current Lowell address.

Sign up is required for this event. Visit https://pollardml.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/special-needs-friends-a-playgroup-for-special-needs-children-their-families or call 978-674-1529.

September is National Library Card Sign Up Month! Special Needs Families that live in Lowell are invited to the library for a tour of the Children's Department, an exclusively designed storytime, and of course, to get library cards! Everyone in the family is welcome to attend and to get library card...

08/23/2022

This coming weekend (Aug 27 and 28), the Lowell Commission on Disability will be providing an ASL interpreter at early voting at the Lowell Senior Center on Broadway Street. The interpreters will be available at this site both Sat and Sun 10:00 - 3:00. During early voting, any Lowell registered voter can vote at early voting locations. If you have questions about voting, please contact the Elections Department 978.674.4046.

04/26/2022

The City is looking for a diverse coalition of Lowell residents to participate on our Master Plan Steering Committee.

Cover letters and resumes can be sent to [email protected] and are due by April 30, 2022. Information on the responsibilities of a steering committee member can be found here: https://www.lowellma.gov/716/Comprehensive-Master-Plan .

Please help us spread the word and share this with your networks.

Review the City's Comprehensive Master Plan, Sustainable Lowell 2025.

04/14/2022

Lowell’s Age Friendly survey has been released, as well as the GLHA health needs assessment survey for the city. Links to both are available by clicking here: lowellma.gov/seniors

The City of Lowell Senior Center is brought to you by the City's Council On Aging and is focused on delivering a variety of nutrition, health, recreation, transportation, information, and referral programs to the elderly in Lowell.

04/14/2022

Check out the new offerings at the Lowell Senior Center!

03/07/2022

DPPC’s Message to community members:

The Disabled Persons Protection Commission (DPPC) is an independent state agency that investigates abuse committed by caregivers against persons with disabilities, between the ages of 18-59. The DPPC is currently looking to connect with CODs across Massachusetts to provide information about the agency and its abuse reporting hotline, so that commission members can be better prepared to make reports of their own, and so that they can disseminate this information to others in their area.

The DPPC also offers longer, more in-depth training on the prevalence of abuse against persons with disabilities, what types of cases to report, and how to recognize abuse indicators.

DPPC protects adults with disabilities from the abusive acts or omissions of their caregivers through investigation oversight, public awareness, and prevention.

10/27/2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABFpTRlJUuc

For more than 30 years, Judith Heumann has been involved on the international front working with disabled people’s organizations and governments around the w...

10/19/2021

An ASL interpreter will be available at early voting at the following location on the following date and time:

Lowell Senior Center

276 Broadway Street

Sunday, October 24

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

10/15/2021

Check out Lowell's first fully accessible playground!

https://www.facebook.com/137392076138/posts/10158472868131139/?d=n

09/07/2021

Important: There will be an ASL interpreter at the Senior Center on Broadway for early voting in the preliminary voting. The interpreter will be at the Lowell Senior Center, Sunday, Sept 12 from 9AM – 1PM. Here is the link to the elections dept for more info on voting:
https://www.lowellma.gov .

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06/29/2021

The Massachusetts Office on Disability (MOD) is excited to invite you to join them for their second LevelUP to Equality Webinar on July 20th from 11:00am -12:15pm. The webinar will focus on ADA obligations, best practices, and civil rights around effective communication.



Learning objectives include:

Definition of effective communication under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Obligations to meet effective communication requirements
Best practices for providing effective communication
Creating and implementing a flexible plan to ensure effective communication


Please register for the webinar through the Eventbrite page https://www.eventbrite.com/e/levelup-to-equality-webinar-understanding-effective-communication-tickets-157860136919?aff=erelexpmlt
Registration is required to attend.



For assistance with registration or for general inquiries about this event only, please contact MOD at [email protected] or 617-979-7318 with your name, phone number, and email address. We can help you register, and a confirmation email will be sent to your email address.



Please address any non-related event questions to the general office number at 617-727-7440.

Please join the Massachusetts Office on Disability (MOD) for our LevelUP to Equality Webinar: Understanding Effective Communication.