“So often disabled folks are told that (their disability is) not something you should be sharing,” Shryock said. “Having created a space where folks feel like they have that support and community, and are maybe thinking about themselves and their relationship with their disability differently, is something that I’m very proud of.”
“When you don’t give me my accommodations, you’re … taking away my right to learn. I wish more professors would see it as the need that it is, and not just a preference or a want.”
I can’t help but think that if more people in my day-to-day life knew what forced intimacy was and how to avoid doing it, I wouldn’t have had to extensively overshare how my hearing aids work to disprove their assumptions.
“It’s really important that able-bodied individuals stand (with) and support our disabled friends because it’s not going to go anywhere if UT doesn’t realize that this is a greater issue that everybody cares about,” Snapp, an environmental engineering senior, said.
Fabiola Amaya started a petition on Sept. 21 calling for the University to improve restroom accessibility for disabled students. The petition now has over 600 signatures, with 16 on-campus organizations as co-signers.
Disability rights advocate Nancy Crowther speaks about the history of disability rights in the United States and Texas on Tuesday.
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.
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