Americans with Disabilities Act

UC Berkeley is known as the home of the disability rights movement due to a rich history of student activism and advocacy.

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. 

UC Berkeley's Office of Disability Access and Compliance, or DAC, Accessible Technology Lending Library  was opened this month as part of Disability Awareness Month and the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA.

Students, faculty and alumni from UC Berkeley’s Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, or ISSI, are campaigning against the campus’s decision to shutter the program amid the COVID-19 budget crisis, a move that they allege undermines the campus’s commitment to members of color.

A preliminary injunction granted Tuesday by the Alameda County Superior Court requires the UC system to immediately halt its use of the SAT and ACT as part of its admissions process.

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. 

It may seem like all the effort to plan every social outing is a high cost for leaving home, but I wouldn’t change a thing.

“Intelligent Lives,” which screened at UC Berkeley’s Ed Roberts Campus on Dec. 13, tackles perceptions of intelligence and inclusion through the sensitive portrayal of the lives of three disabled individuals: Micah, Naieer, and Naomie.

For nearly three weeks from late October to mid-November, a UC Berkeley residence building in Unit 3 failed to meet the most basic accessibility standard — students had to go without an elevator in the eight-story structure. This is just one example of how UC Berkeley has failed to be accessible for all students.