UC Berkeley students struggle for wheelchair accessibility in classrooms
On the first day of the semester, campus senior Hannah Bailey was concerned with finding a desk to accommodate her wheelchair.
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On the first day of the semester, campus senior Hannah Bailey was concerned with finding a desk to accommodate her wheelchair.
Amid the hellos exchanged by students and instructors is a general misconception about disability, according to campus graduate student Rosa Enriquez.
Amid labor market disruptions and employee departures, DSP is experiencing a shortage of specialist staff resulting in accommodation delays for students.
With the resurgence of in-person instruction, many students with disabilities are feeling COVID-19’s presence encroaching on their lives.
Disability advocates voice concern over vaccination distribution Matt Gibson/Staff As California ramps up vaccination efforts, the state’s department of public health will open vaccination distribution to individuals ages 16 to 64 with underlying health conditions March 15. With the new criteria, disability advocates voiced concerns over exclusion and lack of communication. While UC Berkeley’s University Health Services, or UHS, needs to follow state and UC Office of the President policies in the next phase of vaccination distribution, according to campus spokesperson Janet Gilmore, they ...