More must be done institutionally to ensure that disabled students — particularly multiply-marginalized students — are aware of their rights, have their accessibility needs met, and feel a greater sense of belonging at the college.
Author: Willow Delp | The Amherst Student
Amherst College | In Defense of DEI
DEI, certainly, is no absolute panacea to these issues but it observes the differences in the way people are treated, and rather than allowing them to continue unfettered, it attacks them. Although major changes are required, DEI is a temporary response, a beginning to a long endeavor of meaningful social change.
Amherst College | The Limits of Mental Health Awareness
Mainstream awareness is incomplete — it often stops at anxiety and depression, with little acknowledgment of conditions that disable people in ways that are unpalatable in a society rife with ableism.
Amherst College | Anti-Ableist Amherst: Rejecting Normalcy
Willow Delp ’26 argues that our conceptions of “normal” and “abnormal” are inherently ableist and pushes for us to reject these societally constructed categories.
Sexual Victimization and Disability
Willow Delp ’26 calls attention to the outsized sexual violence faced by disabled people.
