Cornell will launch a part-time, fully online Bachelor of Professional Studies degree program in August 2027, according to the Cornell Chronicle.
Author: Zeinab Faraj | The Cornell Daily Sun
On This Day in Disability History
June 9, 2019. Ali Stroker wins Best Featured Actress in a Musical at the 73rd Annual Tony Awards. An actor, singer, and wheelchair user, Ali Stroker has been a trailblazer for disability representation on the stage. She was the first wheelchair user to graduate from the Tisch School of the Arts Drama Department at New York University. In 2015, she was the first wheelchair user to appear on Broadway, starring as Anna in the musical, Spring Awakening. For her performance as Ado Annie Carnes in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Oklahoma!, Stroker became the first wheelchair user to win a Tony Award in 2019.
The AbleList
- 3 months agoIt seems clear to me that in lieu of compelling evidence, the prosecution tried to portray Rinderknecht as disabled and hence disposable, and their strategy seemed to be to hope that the jury would overlook the weak evidence against Rinderknecht in
- 4 months agoThe caution from researchers attributing violence to single factors has been largely absent when less privileged people’s (especially poor, BIPOC people’s) lives are
- 4 months agoIt seems like what the authors wanted to say is that the tankers were “put out of service,” “damaged,” or “destroyed.” This is not what disability
Quiz: Check Your Ableism!
Take the quiz: Check Your Ableism!
Comics
Being Young and Disabled
By Noah Griffth, Auburn University
I Was a "Student of Concern"
By Kate Jackson, Rutgers University
In My Moment of Distress
By Anonymous, Temple University