Posts filed under: higher education

May 16, 2010
The Baltimore Sun
English major from Delaware wins $64,243 Sophie Kerr Prize
The piece wasn't some naked confession about the difficulties of growing up with cerebral palsy. Instead, Hailey Reissman came at her story from the side, with a twist of humor and a touch of the profane.
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Filed Under: arts, education, higher education, physical disability

May 15, 2010
Worcester (Mass.) Telegram
Powering past disability
Holy Cross' eight-man shell teeters near the dock on top of Lake Quinsigamond and it takes a sure, steady hand to balance the long, narrow boat just to get in and out of it.
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Filed Under: education, higher education, inclusion, profile, recreation

May 4, 2010
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
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), education, higher education, public policy, Rehabilitation Act of 1973

March 3, 2010
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
Glenvar's Jake Tyree has hoops and dreams despite paralyzing disability
Jake Tyree is like any other highly recruited basketball player.
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Filed Under: adaptive sports, education, higher education, physical disability, profile, recreation

Jan. 28, 2010
WEAU-TV (Eau Clair, Wisc.)
Young woman proves someone with a disability can fulfill their dreams
A determined Chippewa Falls woman is leaving her mark on the world.
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Filed Under: education, higher education, learning disability, physical disability, profile, technology

Jan. 13, 2010
Network World
Justice Dept. settles blind students v. Kindle controversy
Four universities have agreed the will not purchase, recommend or promote use of the Kindle DX, or any other dedicated electronic book reader, unless the devices are fully accessible to blind students, according to the US Department of Justice.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), assistive technology, education, higher education, technology

Dec. 29, 2009
National Public Radio
Intellectually Disabled Student Wins Dorm Suit
Here's one reason Micah Fialka-Feldman wants to live on his college campus, instead of remaining at home with his parents: To get to college in the morning, he takes the public bus near his home, then transfers to a second bus. The trip takes about two hours.
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Filed Under: education, higher education, housing, inclusion, intellectual disability

Dec. 29, 2009
USA Today
Our view on student athletes: College teams exploit new rule for 'learning disabled'
It won't surprise anyone who follows college football that at times, some college athletes get extra help with that pesky "college" aspect of their careers. Nor is it news that administrators have sometimes overstepped in their efforts to get athletes passing grades.
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Filed Under: education, higher education, learning disability, recreation

Dec. 22, 2009
The Jacksonville (Fla.) Observer
Disabilities Advocates Aiming for a Prepaid Plan
Disabilities advocates from around the state have been working throughout the summer and fall on legislation that would allow parents of children with disabilities to set aside money for the future, similar to the state’s prepaid college plan.
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Filed Under: education, employment, healthcare, higher education

Dec. 14, 2009
ESPN
OTL: Florida State Academic Scandal
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- As the learning specialist working with the most academically challenged athletes at Florida State, Brenda Monk was confronted each year with recruits who would seem to have little chance of surviving on a college campus. Their deficiencies were laid out in transcripts and psycho-educational reports submitted during the admissions process.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), education, higher education, intellectual disability, learning disability, recreation

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