Sigma Beta Rho Fraternity, Inc. co-sponsored the event.

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Disable the Label may end up being one of the most popular clubs on campus. Their events, including Sign Language Bingo on Wednesday, are drawing big crowds and getting their message out.

“Disable the Label is a club where we educate about personal disabilities, visible and invisible disabilities, and we try to end the stigma behind them,” said Mackenzie Carr, who ran Sign Language Bingo with John Romano, both members of the E-board that also includes Alyssa Mulno, Zachary Zuber and Jeremy Daigneau. “We really like to advocate for those disabilities, so a lot of our events are focused on that.”

Wednesday was actually the second Sign Language Bingo that was held this semester. The program was held in the first floor of University Suites and every chair filled. Participants played traditional Bingo with the same rules, using colors instead of numbers. The only other difference was that every direction was given by Romano and Carr in sign language.

While the club is concentrating on other events for the moment, Disable the Label plans on doing more with sign language bingo in the future. “Since there was so much interest in the first one, we will be looking into doing a repeat of this along with some more advanced aspects added to it,” said Romano.

Disable the Label also co-sponsored the Color Me Beautiful event at University Suites on Friday. The event was centered on the human body and respect for one’s body. Activities at the event included face painting, t-shirt making, and several boards where attendees could write something they like about themselves. Participants were allowed to wear either as much, or as little clothing as they desired, provided they were not nude.

Disable the Label is looking to fill the months of October and November with events as well. “So the goal of this club is that every week when we meet as a general body, we’re going to be introducing people to new topics and we’re going to be introducing them to new facts and things that would actually incite them,” said Romano. “So, we ask the general body what they would like to hear, and we go from there.”

One of these upcoming events will be a Scavenger Hunt on South Campus. Participants will have a number of items to collect, but they will either have to use a crutch in replacement of one leg, use a wheelchair, or be blindfolded for the duration of the program.

“Scavenger Hunt, that’s to kind of show people that this is an obstacle, but it is possible as well,” said Carr.

Disable the Label will also be holding a panel in the beginning of November to discuss people with different limits on their abilities. “There’s one person who is legally blind, there is one in a wheelchair, [and] one with obsessive compulsive disorder and anxiety,” said Carr.

All of the upcoming Disable the Label events can be found online.