In 2017, DAY (then “DiversAbility at Yale”) launched its first disability awareness banner campaign. Approximately 30 members of the Yale community – staff, students, and faculty – were featured on larger-than-life-sized banners that included a quotation and a disability fact. The banners were displayed in various campus locations, including Yale Health, Sterling Memorial Library, Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, Sterling Hall of Medicine, and many more. Additionally, 8 1/2”x11” flyers of the banners were produced to be displayed on walls and bulletin boards throughout campus, to further the reach of this awareness campaign. The physical 2017 banners and flyers have been retired, but the images remain here to record the history of the banner campaign and its original participants.
2017 Banner Campaign
Amy Davis, Technical Assistant, IEP
“My disability might be invisible, but I am not.”
Ben Nadolsky, Yale College, Global Affairs and History, ‘18
“Defy expectations.”
Christopher Scranton and Jack E. Tiboni, YSM, Facilities
“Chris had a serious motorcycle accident, but with hard work and support from family, friends and co-workers, he returned to his job with a prosthesis and no restrictions.”
Cindy Greenspun, Business Systems Analyst, Sterling Memorial Library
“In the words of Hannah Merker, ‘How can you know that the world around me is quiet - that I do not hear your step behind me, or hear you call my name from a distance? The silence around me is invisible.”
Jack Lattimore, Yale College, ‘20
“I am proud to be a part of the disabled community.”
Joshua Slocum, Yale College, Chemistry, ‘18
“Deafness is not something that prevents me from living out my life the way I want to.”
Kathy Byington, Assistant Vice President, Business Operations
“Nothing should stand in the way of your dreams. There is always a way.”
Lillie Lainoff, Yale College, English, ‘18
“Disability doesn’t make me weak. It makes me different.”
Margaret Kellogg, Yale College, Sociology, ‘19
“You don’t need to suffer through depression and anxiety alone. Get (and offer!) help today.”
Sadé Kammen, Yale College, Political Science and Art, ‘19
“My disabilities have allowed me to prove to myself that I can overcome.”
Tammy Stalmack, Research Assistant, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation
“Sleep solves everything. Except narcolepsy.”
Valerie Stanley, Director, Office of Equal Opportunity Programs
“I’m the parent of two, now adults, who have chronic illness/disabilities.”
Laura Cornwall and Daniel Cress, Yale School of Drama
“My disability is not a weakness.” - Laura;
“My disability is a strength.” - Daniel