Author: Bonnibel Lilith Rampertab | The Daily Campus

A Meeting of the Board of Trustees at Wilbur Cross Library in Storrs, Conn. Photo courtesy of Sydney Chandler | The Daily Campus

University of Connecticut | Why UConn needs a disability cultural center

As disability is more than just diagnoses but rather identities and cultures with a rich history of resistance and advocacy via activist movements and self-expression, it would be in UConn’s best interest to listen to the push led by disabled UConn students to establish a disability cultural center to ensure that support for disabled students doesn’t end with accessibility support and other accommodations.