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Fellowship Program Highlights the Work of Disabled Scholar-Activists

The Emerge Fellowship Program brought together nearly a dozen early-career scholar-activists with project proposals related to disability studies or disability justice.

June 6, 2024

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Idaho State University Receives $2.2 Million to Train and Support Those Working with People with Hearing Disabilities

Idaho State University has received $2.2 million to train students and teachers to work with those who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.

December 28, 2023

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Former Student Sues Hocking College, Alleges Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, and Assault

Hocking College is facing a lawsuit from a former student with Down syndrome who is alleging disability discrimination, retaliation, and assault.

May 16, 2023

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U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and NCAA Office of Inclusion Launch Programming Initiatives for Adaptive Sports

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee and NCAA Office of Inclusion have launched multiple programming initiatives for adaptive sports, sports for people with disabilities.

February 17, 2023

Justice Department Files Proposed Consent Decree

The Justice Department has filed a proposed consent decree in federal court to resolve allegations that University of California, Berkeley, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.

November 23, 2022

The Return to In-Person Instruction Worries Disability Community

Disability advocates worry that new regulations will disadvantage many in the disabled community.

August 22, 2022

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UIC Hosts Symposium for Disability Cultural Centers

At a symposium at the University of Illinois, Chicago, attendees were able to reflect on how they built their DCCs and share best practices.

July 11, 2022

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Neurodiversity Belongs in Higher Education

Autistic students are constantly fighting against the misconceptions of the world and higher education.

May 19, 2022

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Access for All

The pandemic has brought all students challenges, but none more than students with disabilities.

March 31, 2022

Only Ten Disability Cultural Centers Exist at U.S. Institutions

There are ten disability cultural centers and students at UVA are pushing to create the eleventh.

January 27, 2022

Student response at a Miami University Student with Disabilities Advisory Council event called 'Inclusion Table.'

Alpha Phi Alpha Partner with National Disability Institute

The oldest intercollegiate Black fraternity in the U.S., Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., has partnered with the National Disability Institute (NDI) to raise awareness of the social, economic, and cultural barriers faced by disabled persons.

October 29, 2021

Disability is Diversity: Culture Change Needed to Make Higher Education Truly Accessible

NADOHE gathered scholars to discuss the imperative of including disability into diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Experts shared methods to not only shift but broaden the disability narrative, incorporating universal design into campus life.

October 28, 2021

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Disability Expert, Rebecca Cokley, to Headline University of Phoenix Webinar

The University of Phoenix will host an educational equity webinar led by Rebecca Cokley, U.S. program officer for disability rights at the Ford Foundation.

October 20, 2021

Centering Accessibility for Disabled Community

The Disability Lab at UC Berkeley is pioneering solutions to help disabled students.

September 16, 2021

Nate Tilton, far left, holds up a low-cost accessible gaming controller made at the lab.

Institutions Develop Initiatives to Support Neurodiverse Students

Making the transition from high school to college can be challenging for many students, but for neurodiverse students in particular — who face cognitive, learning and physical disabilities — the adjustment can be even more complicated. Existing stigmas often deter students from seeking additional resources or classroom accommodations. Institutions are now looking to eliminate misconceptions by implementing programs focused on supporting neurodiverse students.

July 6, 2021

ODU Settles with Justice Department on Discrimination and Retaliation Investigation

The Justice Department has settled with Old Dominion University (ODU) to resolve its investigation into a complaint that the school discriminated and retaliated against a graduate student based on disability and her related request for reasonable modifications of policy, according to Justice Department officials. Findings state that the complainant was punished for requesting acknowledgement of […]

February 5, 2021

Accessibility Services and Moving Towards Universal Design

I wonder if we who are nondisabled teachers have become so desensitized to the realities of disabled students that the violence done unto them by the university has disappeared from the informal settings in which we express surprise and frustration to one another.

January 19, 2021

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UNH Focuses on Making Higher Ed Accessible to Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities

With a $2.5 million grant from the United States Department of Education-Office of Postsecondary, the University of New Hampshire is breaking down educational barriers for young adults with intellectual disabilities.

December 3, 2020

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