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30 Years of ADA 2020, The Weekender

Friday, October 23, 2020

Born into the ADA

Photo illustration of UC Berkeley student Hari Srinivasan

Learning about what went into the making of laws like the ADA is an emotional experience for a disabled student like me.
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30 Years of ADA 2020, The Weekender

Friday, October 23, 2020

This is our campus, too: Disability in higher education

As a disabled autistic, I have often wondered about the conversations on inclusion, access and civil rights that still seem to be a work in progress.
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ASUC

Friday, October 23, 2020
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ASUC Disabled Students Ad Hoc Committee becomes ASUC commission

The ASUC Disabled Students Ad Hoc Committee, or DSC, was established as an ASUC commission Oct. 14, granting it a larger platform to advocate for UC Berkeley students with disabilities.
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30 Years of ADA 2020, Columns

Thursday, October 22, 2020

When communication excludes Autistics

We take many aspects of social interaction for granted. But what are these interactions like for Autistics? Society must examine its role in creating an environment that can be exclusionary, and even hostile, toward Autistics.
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30 Years of ADA 2020, Op-Eds

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Community memory is essential to disability justice

We don’t take no for an answer. Our group comes from an incredible line of folks who have paved the way to get us what we have now, and we plan to spend this year “passing the torch” to disability advocates to come. 
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30 Years of ADA 2020, Campus

Thursday, October 22, 2020
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‘Have community in your home’: ASUC works to revive Disabled Students’ Residence Program

At one time, there were dozens of wheelchair users on campus, said campus senior Alena Morales. By the time she got into UC Berkeley in 2016, she said she was the only wheelchair user admitted into undergraduate studies that year.
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30 Years of ADA 2020, Student Life

Wednesday, October 21, 2020
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UC Berkeley COVID-19 testing facilities pose challenges for some students with disabilities

While many students get tested regularly at UC Berkeley’s University Health Services, or UHS, coronavirus testing facilities, some students with disabilities find it challenging to access these services.
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UC

Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Disabled Students Program

Disabled students demand inclusion in UC system

Disabled UC students are speaking up for improved inclusion in the UC system in honor of the 30th anniversary of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
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Film & Television

Monday, July 27, 2020
Game of Thrones

Disability rights activists explain importance of authentic representation of disability in media 

The webinar “Disability and the Media” was part of the weeklong celebrations leading up to July 26 — the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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City Government

Wednesday, June 17, 2020
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Berkeley City Council renews state of emergency, discusses police budget, housing

Berkeley City Council renewed the current state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in a nearly 10-hour-long series of meetings Tuesday.
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