“[These changes are] not a one and done, and then [you] can forget about it. This is just what life is going to be like if you work at a university or any public entity moving forward,” Zunder said.
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University of Virginia | UVA Engineering Professor and Accessibility Advocate Elected 2025 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Fellow
In May 2023, Valdez and Swenor published a perspective piece in the New England Journal of Medicine, urging the NIH and the Centers for Disease Control to formally categorize people with disabilities as a health disparity population. Both researchers are part of the disability community themselves.
University of Virginia | Getting around Grounds becomes a puzzle for less-mobile students
Between heading to class, grabbing meals and swinging by dorms, the daily life of a University student features no shortage of movement. And with packed sidewalks, buildings separated by stairwells and class transition times as short as 10 minutes, maneuvering around Grounds is no easy feat.
University of Virginia | Reflecting on Deaf Awareness Month
Despite the department’s efforts to raise awareness about the Deaf community, deaf individuals still experience widespread accessibility issues. Eshgi said the public still generally lacks an understanding of what accommodations would make daily life more inclusive.
University of Virginia | The Fralin’s “In Feeling” is a multisensory journey through disability and art
“I think from the start, we knew we wanted to only have disabled artists or artists that publicly identify as disabled,” Joyce said. “It really was artist-led in that way, like choosing artists that we found interesting, and trying to get artists across a range of disciplines.”
University of Virginia | DEI belongs at U.Va.
In dissolving DEI efforts, the Board erodes the trust between the University and its students and staff. The University community is left in the dark when the University, previously a staunch public defender of DEI, now appears willing to acquiesce in whatever direction the political tide flows.