For many students, these events are their first interaction with the Disability Cultural Center, Ingersoll-Wood said. Competitive sports has been an easy way to reach more participants and increase the office’s representation on campus.
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Syracuse University | Disability Awareness Month panel shares legal insights for accommodated education
Dubin said she had to learn to advocate for herself without support from her professors. Her experiences motivate her to do the same for others. “The burden has always been (there) for disabled people,” Dubin said. “We have to help them, we’ve all been in these situations. This burden has to stop.”
Syracuse University | Grading systems need to account for mental health
SU should follow in the footsteps of schools like Brown University and Sarah Lawrence College, which have adopted a more holistic and narrative-driven evaluation model for grading.
Syracuse University | Movement provides new alternatives to mental health support
In their study, neurobiology and neuroscience researchers Cristy Phillips and Ahmad Salehi discussed the science behind these “Hope Molecules.” They discovered that exercise induces the release of PGC-1α1, a protein that influences mood by interacting with brain mechanisms.
Morgan Harper Nichols talks late-in-life autism diagnosis
Author Morgan Harper Nichols discussed curiosity, academic pressure, and her personal journey with her identity.
Before it even had a name, advocacy has been interwoven into SU’s Disability Studies program
When SU’s School of Education established its Disability Studies program 30 years ago in 1994, it was the first of its kind nationally.
