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EVANSVILLE—The University of Southern Indiana will present the 2024 Rethinking Autism Conference from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 25 in Carter Hall, located in University Center West. The

Vendors showcased new devices to help individuals with disabilities in multiple areas of their lives. Those include communication, mobility, and transportation.

General chemistry labs are three-hour sessions, during which students in the lab room must remain standing and cannot eat or drink.

Almost all campuses have an office that provides resources to students with documented disabilities, but comprehensive support programs for autism are rare. That's starting to change.

Some students are not aware of TSG’s authority within student affairs, let alone that the university has a student-led governing body.

Access offices at St. Louis-area colleges provide autistic students with academic supports, a sense of belonging.

Nine months after the closure of Starbucks on Marshall St., University Hill Realty announced it would be converted into a bagel shop and deli.

Robin Kear, president of Pitt’s faculty assembly, highlighted a 250% increase in Disability Resources and Accommodations since 2000 during the January 10 Faculty Assembly meeting. This increase has left the testing center overwhelmed as its staff try to navigate ways to accommodate everyone.  “One thing that has increased, to the point of over-capacity, is the...

The Pitt News has compiled an overview of some resources new students can utilize as they begin their journey at Pitt this semester.

Faculty Assembly President Robin Kear said Pitt has seen a 31% increase in the use of testing services since fall 2022 and an overall 250% increase in Disability Resources and Services accommodations since 2000.  “The abilities of schools, departments and individual faculty to meet these testing needs varies widely,” Kear said. “The need for institutional...