A lesson in accommodations
Bear in Mind
Access to accommodations is the sole reason I am able to remain in school while severely depressed. My accommodations don’t give me a leg up over my peers; they put us on an even playing ground.
Read More…
UC Berkeley should create a disability cultural space
Wheeling to my very first meeting of the Student Coalition for Disability Rights, I was ecstatic to meet other disabled students and gather in a place I could eventually call home. UC Berkeley’s reputation of being the birthplace of the Disability Rights Movement was not lost on me, and I
Read More…
Sproul Hall elevator expected to be closed for three months
Beginning Dec. 31, the elevator in Sproul Hall will be closed due to maintenance, an undertaking that will last up to three months and will particularly impact campus members with disabilities.
Read More…
UC Berkeley Academic Senate discusses standardized testing, campus accessibility
Members of the UC Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate discussed new frameworks to promote accessibility of campus resources, the role of standardized testing in admissions processes and students’ mental health at its meeting Monday.
Read More…
Students with disabilities need personalized career services
A poster created in 1951 recognizing what we know today as National Disability Employment Awareness Month read, “America needs ALL of us.” Now, the tagline for workforce inclusion for the 2018 National Disability Employment Awareness Month is “America’s Workforce: Empowering All.” For 73 years and counting, the United States has
Read More…
We need to expand services for students with disabilities
Updated 10/30/19: Some of the language in this article has been updated. The Disabled Students’ Program, or DSP, at UC Berkeley was one of the first disability services programs in higher education in the United States. It was founded by students with disabilities in 1970 after they organized to advocate
Read More…
Plastic straw problems require community collaboration
The reason so many environmentalists are against straws is because they’re actually tiny menaces; making up 7 percent of the plastics thrown away globally, they’re something many of us could easily live without.
Read More…
To honor Kayla Moore’s life, the city of Berkeley must get crisis response right
On Feb. 12, 2013, six Berkeley police officers held Kayla Moore facedown on her futon as she struggled to breathe, resulting in her death, as alleged by Moore’s family in an ongoing lawsuit. A friend had called 911 to request a wellness check for Kayla, who had schizophrenia and was
Read More…
Judge indefinitely postpones trial for Kayla Moore’s in-custody death
A pretrial hearing for the death of Kayla Moore, who died in the custody of Berkeley Police Department officers, was called off by presiding Judge Charles Breyer on Wednesday afternoon in order for him to privately assess both sides’ arguments.
Read More…
Campus must be defended against hostile private interests
Although the threatened right-wing invasion devolved into the “most expensive photo-op in the university’s history,” this is unlikely to be the last attempt to disrupt our campus. There are lessons to be learned. Freedom of speech is one foundational principle of the public university. Academic freedom is another. Since 1964,
Read More…
