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Virginia Tech Collegiate Times (Blacksburg, Va.)
Virginia Tech evaluates campus accessibility
Michele Shebroe began avoiding the stairs on campus her sophomore year. After her father, who suffers from a long-term back injury, complained of Virginia Tech’s hilly campus while moving her in freshman year, Shebroe wanted to survey the campus’s accommodations for those with a physical disability
Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Rehabilitation Act of 1973, education, higher education, public policy
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