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DREAM Weekly, Disability and Higher Education in the News: March 19-April 1, 2017
From DREAM: Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and Mentoring Sponsored by the National Center for College Students with Disabilities and the Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD) ------------------------------- Weekly Update on Issues Related to Disability and Higher Education Weeks of March 19-April 1, 2017 ** WELCOME BACK FROM SPRING BREAK!! TODAY IS A DOUBLE ISSUE ** ------------------------------- Disability and higher education in the news (in no particular order): * The long-awaited third wave of the National Longitudinal Transition Study has published its first two reports about students with IEPs and 504 plans and how they’re doing in school, including how well they are being prepared for college – the NLTS has been one of the most critical ways to learn about education and students with disabilities: https://www.mathematica-mpr.com/our-publications-and-findings/projects/national-longitudinal-transition-study * The Berkeley Disabled Students group organized its first protest and sent a four-page letter to the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion; issues included complaints about accommodations and requests for increased funding to disability services, more disability coursework, and a disability cultural center: http://www.dailycal.org/2017/03/20/berkeley-disabled-students-group-gathers-1st-protest-despite-rain/ * Kent State is the first U.S. campus to have an entire dining hall that is gluten-free, part of a trend toward increasing gluten-free options, since food allergies are protected by the ADA: https://www.universitybusiness.com/article/booting-gluten-entire-college-dining-hall * Meet Kat Perez, disability studies doctoral student and AAPD leadership award winner for her work as co-founder of the National Coalition for Latinxs with Disabilities (video is captioned but not audio described; if you click the “cc” button, it will also be captioned in Spanish): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWqEaVzawww * Mohawk College professor Nick Petrella frequently shares his own story about experiencing mental illness, and is also helping students by co-founding a peer-to-peer campus initiative called Mental Health in Motion: http://globalnews.ca/news/3344751/mohawk-college-professor-in-hamilton-doing-his-part-to-change-the-face-of-mental-illness/ * President Trump has proposed a $3.7 billion cut to education programs, including TRIO, which serves low-income, first generation, and disabled college students (video is captioned but not audio described): http://www.fox5krbk.com/story/34974568/budget-cuts-affecting-trio-program * Duke University’s Disability Pride Week included a mad studies podcast by undergraduate Winston Lindqwister (these are captioned):
* Goalball has arrived at Towson University, thanks to the dedication of blind freshmen Tim Utzig and Muhammad Waheed: http://towson.edu/news/2017/goalball.html * Accommodation letters from disability services offices don’t help faculty who truly want to help students, says one professor from Mount Holyoke College: http://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-I-Dread-the-Accommodations/239571?cid=wb&utm_source=wb&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=9779ec9db97f4eb9bf956e96ca9df179&elq=9e9015054a8b4a958b962fd5edf325b4&elqaid=13142&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=5444 * Two college athletes with diabetes made the news:
* A Canadian professor at Western University is exploring how the media covers the Paralympics, and why they don’t seem to care about other sports for people with disabilities: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/diabilities-media-paralympics-1.4024709 * Rachel Lyon shares her story about having an eating disorder in college, saying “there is a dark relationship between thinness and power in our culture, and I was enchanted by it”: https://www.bustle.com/p/i-didnt-believe-my-eating-disorder-was-eating-disorder-42064 * A new study shows that skipping ADHD medication can affect college students’ academics and friendships, with students needing more support and resources during the high school-to-college transition: https://www.medicalnewsbulletin.com/nonadherence-adhd-medication-adolescents-transitioning-college/ * In Ireland, St. Angela’s College, Sligo, has created a new series of disability studies certificate and degree programs that are online: http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/91254/st-angelas-college-sligo-disability-equality-studies-programme * A survey of college counseling services shows that 41.6% of counseling centers have hired additional staff, but the good news is that 72% of students who used counseling said it helped them; the surprise was that the primary complaint of students has been anxiety (51%) and not depression: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/03/29/anxiety-and-depression-are-primary-concerns-students-seeking-counseling-services * FARE (Food Allergy Research & Education) has published a draft series of guidelines for campuses in managing food allergies, including examples of campus policies: https://www.foodallergy.org/file/college-pilot-guidelines.pdf * The ACPA awarded their national 2017 (Disa)ability Leadership Award to Western Michigan University’s Wanda Hadley, who studies issues related to college students with learning disabilities: http://www.westernherald.com/news/article_16911610-0e36-11e7-8da3-33d894d612bd.html * Stigma keeps men from talking about their mental health, but this is especially problematic for men in college: https://studybreaks.com/2017/03/22/male-mental-health/ * UC-Berkeley decided to remove videos rather than make them accessible to disabled viewers, but those files are not gone – they will be uploaded and available for free at LBRY: https://lawstreetmedia.com/blogs/education-blog/uc-berkeley-lectures-discrimination/ * “Glitter girl” Alex Koszeghy covers her body in blue paint and glitter for University of North Carolina football games, but that alter ego actually helped her deal with a long-term eating disorder: http://people.com/bodies/glitter-girl-eating-disorder-recovery/ * Campuses increasingly rely on visuals and videos, but accessibility for people with disabilities needs to catch up – Converge summarizes current trends: http://www.centerdigitaled.com/higher-ed/Are-Colleges-Doing-Enough-to-Make-Online-Videos-Accessible-for-the-Blind.html * “Alternative spring breaks” involve service learning projects, and many of them involve volunteering on disability projects or working short-term with people who have disabilities: https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2017/03/28/alternative-spring-breaks/23505/ * Eric Quesada didn’t look disabled (?), so campus police at South Texas College questioned his use of a disabled parking placard – he says his rights were violated, but campus police say they are just trying to prevent abuse of the system (video is captioned but not audio described): http://www.krgv.com/story/34976773/stc-students-disability-placard-questioned-by-campus-security * A New Zealand student signed up for culinary courses at the Aukland University of Technology, only to drop out after being told none of the workstations or ovens had been adapted to be accessible for her wheelchair (video is not captioned or audio described): http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/03/teen-left-out-of-university-course-due-to-wheelchair.html * Participants were live-tweeting at the March 30-31 “Disability Studies: A History” conference at the University of Pennslyvania – you can follow the conversation here: https://twitter.com/penn_dshistory * A new Ball State University Master’s degree program in applied behavioral analysis focuses on autism, and now enrollment has hit a record high as people rush to sign up: http://www.wbiw.com/state/archive/2017/03/ball-state-university-enrollment-spikes-due-to-autism-degree.php * Police academies in New Zealand ban any recruit with depression, but critics say it keeps police from getting help for mental illness while increasing stigmas around mental health: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/91003325/police-say-no-to-recruits-on-antidepressants-advocates-say-policy-stigmatises-depression-and-mental-illness * Two campuses in Great Falls, Montana, are working together to hold joint activities for Mental Health Awareness Day this year: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2017/03/26/colleges-collaborate-mental-health-awareness/99672368/ And a few related items of possible interest to college students: * The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that schools must give K-12 students with disabilities more than the bare minimum, helping students make “appropriately ambitious” progress – with particularly interesting timing because it overturns decisions made by Trump’s current nominee for the Supreme Court: http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/03/22/521094752/the-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-a-special-education-student?ft=nprml&f=1001 * “Special needs?” Like what…needing a cat massage? A new video about Down syndrome and special needs has gone viral with its humorous response to the term (click on “watch video now” to see the captioned video): https://worlddownsyndromeday.org/notspecialneeds * “Thanks, Mom!” See a collage of quotes from famous people with ADHD and LD, thanking their moms – the list includes Ryan Gosling, Daymond John, and Keira Knightley: https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/personal-stories/famous-people/thanks-mom-quotes-from-celebrities-with-learning-and-attention-issues#slide-1 * Corporate traveler Mark Smith was removed from an American Airlines flight because the pilot didn’t want a wheelchair user on the flight: https://powerchairdiaries.com/2017/03/29/american-airlines-checked-my-dignity-at-the-gate/ * Legion creator Noah Hawley says he didn’t want mental illness to be a “gimmick” on the show: http://www.vulture.com/2017/03/legion-david-professor-x-noah-hawley.html * Julia is a new autistic muppet on Sesame Street: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39324183 * Nike is adjusting its FlyEase collection, making it easier for people with disabilities to take the shoes on and off: https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2017/03/22/nike-improves-shoe-accessibility/23485/ * Victoria Graham is a beauty queen with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and now she’s using her success to educate others about invisible disabilities: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39331416 * Parliament member Dawn Butler was widely praised after using British Sign Language to raise support for British Sign Language as a minority language, so it would be protected and encouraged like Welsh (video is not captioned or audio described): http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/39304440/dawn-butler-commons-question-great-moment-for-sign-language * Discussions about Medicaid heated up as Republicans worked to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (known as “Obamacare”):
------------------------------- This week’s issue of the DREAM weekly e-mail is available at the DREAM website, with archived back issues available, as well (http://www.dreamcollegedisability.org). For more information about DREAM or AHEAD contact Wendy Harbour ([email protected]). To subscribe or unsubscribe, please go to http://ahead-listserve.org/mailman/listinfo/dream_ahead-listserve.org. Wendy Harbour can also handle requests to subscribe or unsubscribe. By the way, please don't presume DREAM, the National Center for College Students with Disabilities, or AHEAD agree with everything in these links we send out - we're just passing along the information so you can form your own opinions. Thanks. Comments are closed.
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