Posts filed under: higher education

Oct. 17, 2011
Downtown Devil
Student doesn't let blindness hold her back from pursuing her dreams
A girl sits on a couch, laughing and smiling frequently. Her colorful, bright dress matches her vibrant personality. A black Labrador, Olivia, is sprawled on the carpet contentedly. She’s never too far away from her owner, criminal justice sophomore Katherine Chavez.

In conversation, Katherine has a peculiar tendency to look above the head of whomever she’s speaking with, like she expects the person to be taller than he or she really is. It’s a rough subject to bring up, as if calling attention to the elephant in the room. But why does she do that?

The answer: Katherine can’t see.
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Filed Under: education, employment, higher education, profile, relationships

May 14, 2011
The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post
Journalism major spotlights disability challenges at FAU
Joanne Marszal was born four months premature and suffers from cerebral palsy. She's been confined to a wheelchair for all of her 23 years.
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Filed Under: education, higher education, physical accessibility

May 5, 2011
The Washington Post
Deaf college football fan sues University of Kentucky, wants captions on scoreboard
A deaf University of Kentucky football season ticket holder is suing the school, seeking to force the Wildcats to put closed-captioning on the scoreboards at Commonwealth Stadium.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), education, hearing impaired, higher education, public policy

April 11, 2011
University of Buffalo (N.Y.) Spectrum
A Shameful Low in Higher Education
Eight years ago, the University at Buffalo agreed to make this campus accessible to the roughly 500 disabled students who attend every year. Today, almost a decade later, UB has failed to follow through on that promise.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), education, higher education, public policy, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 508

April 10, 2011
The Oklahoman
Oklahoma colleges improve accessibility, services for students with disabilities
A woman smacked Steve Stokes in the head with her purse, knocking him out of his wheelchair. She told him he shouldn't be out in public, that he belonged in a nursing home. Stokes was a college student in the late 1960s, a time when disabled people often were treated as outcasts. Accessibility on college campuses virtually was nonexistent.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), education, higher education, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, public policy, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 508

March 28, 2011
Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
Storytellers: On motorized chair, with the heart of a competitor
All of his life, Tony Jackson loved sports. He liked the idea that two people, or two teams, would face each other and do their best. One would win, and one would lose. The drama appealed to him.
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Filed Under: adaptive sports, education, higher education, physical disability, profile, recreation

March 22, 2011
CNN
One-legged wrestler wins NCAA title
Arizona State senior Anthony Robles clinched the NCAA wrestling championship in his weight class.
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Filed Under: education, higher education, recreation

Feb. 16, 2011
ESPN.com
Michael Lizarraga inspires 14-year-old
He received the e-mail only a few weeks ago, but already Christopher Caulfield has big plans for the missive.
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Filed Under: education, hearing impaired, higher education, inclusion, K-12, recreation

Feb. 13, 2011
ProPublica
Education Department Bureaucracy Keeps Disabled Borrowers in Debt
Tina Brooks can't sit or stand for more than half an hour before the pain in her lower back becomes intolerable. She suffers severe headaches and memory loss, and she has lost most of the vision in her left eye. Five doctors and a judge from the Social Security Administration have all determined that she is fully disabled and unable to work.
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Filed Under: education, higher education, public policy

Feb. 2, 2011
KUSA-TV (Denver)
Local recruit turns disability into advantage
He's 6 feet 5 inches tall and nearly 300 pounds, but that's not what makes Justin Hansen such an impressive recruit for the CSU Rams' football team.
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Filed Under: autism spectrum, education, higher education, inclusion, K-12, recreation

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