UC Berkeley student with disabilities faces obstacles with campus program
Autumn Shearer, a senior majoring in media studies, hasn’t been able to attend class for the past week since fracturing her foot last Friday.
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Tag Archives: Americans with Disabilities Act
Department of Justice alleges campus in violation of Americans with Disabilities Act
The campus responded last week to the U.S. Department of Justice’s allegations that UC Berkeley violates Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act because of the inaccessibility of some of campus’s public online educational content.
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Berkeley City Council returns to Old City Hall for meetings
After holding its meetings at the Berkeley Unified School District’s board room for three months on a trial basis, Berkeley City Council plans to move back to the Old City Hall beginning June 14 for its next scheduled meeting.
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DIS/PLAY exhibition brings accessibility to art world, sheds light on ableism
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and at San Francisco’s SOMArts cultural center, matters of disability, interactivity and accessibility are explored in DIS/PLAY, a large-scale group exhibition curated by Berkeley artist Fran Osborne. Osborne, the recipient of a SOMArts Commons Curatorial Residency, has been
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Hearst Avenue improvement project to begin summer of 2016
At an open house Wednesday evening, the campus and the city of Berkeley presented plans for a $3 million improvement project for a section of Hearst Avenue, between Shattuck Avenue and Gayley Road.
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New BART car design prompts concern from disabled community
A new car design that seeks to revamp BART trains has raised concerns among the Bay Area’s disabled community — especially a pole featured in the cars that would potentially decrease wheelchair accessibility. Disabled and elderly individuals voiced dissatisfaction with the pole during a Tuesday event at the North Berkeley
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An inside look at Cal’s life-changing golf class
In a dimly lit room at the back of the RSF, past the rows of treadmills and tired faces on the first floor, change is brewing. Change is littered all over the floor in tiny, multicolored balls and silver golfing clubs. It is in the faces of the room’s occupants,
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City Council meeting canceled due to broken elevator
The Berkeley City Council meeting was postponed yesterday after the elevator in the building broke down and was not repaired in time for the meeting.
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