[Cagdu] FW: [nagdu] Access Limited for Stanford's HandicappedStudents

[Ken Volonte]

welcome to the real world Nicole.  So now suddenly, blind people are labeled 
as disabled students and have to deal with architectural barriers which 
didn't used to be a problem last semester?  Oh please!
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From: "tina thomas " <tinadt at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 6:20 PM
Subject: [Cagdu] FW: [nagdu] Access Limited for Stanford's 
HandicappedStudents


> Subject: [nagdu] Access Limited for Stanford's Handicapped Students
>
>    November 06, 2009 05:23 PM ET | Jeff Greer | Handicapped students at
> Stanford University aren't exactly happy-and for good reason.
>
> Disabled students at Stanford University don't have easy access to every
> classroom and building on campus, the Stanford Daily reports. Dorm access
> and double doors on campus have caused particular difficulty for some.
>
> "Only one door can be opened from the outside sometimes, and sometimes it 
> is
> the left door rather than the right door," Nicole Torcolini, a sophomore 
> who
> is blind, tells the Daily. "This is problematic for two main reasons: 
> First,
> it encourages . . . not following the usual pattern of traffic of 
> traveling
> on the right, causing more confusion. Second, doors opening on the left do
> not work well for my guide dog."
>
> According to the Daily, it's not just moving around buildings and 
> classrooms
> that's difficult. The campus isn't easily navigable, either.
>
> "Sometimes the only way to get somewhere requires walking in or across a
> bike lane, which can be rather dangerous, particularly for my guide dog,"
> Torcolini tells the Daily. "Furthermore, I have found that most bikers do
> not take precautions to watch for pedestrians."
>
> Resident Fellow Clyde Moneyhun says it's easy to understand Torcolini's
> frustration.
>
> "The trouble is that it takes only one thoughtless act-one bike left in
> front of the stairs, one big, empty box left in a hallway, one couch left 
> in
> the walkway in the lounge-to create accessibility problems," Moneyhun 
> says.
> "What we need is more diligence on the part of all the residents in making
> sure that everybody who lives here has equal access to all parts of the
> building."
>
> The university created a group to help disabled students deal with issues
> like these on campus: the Disabilities and Accessible Education Committee.
> The panel is meant to provide a way for disabled students to voice their
> concerns.
>
> "We are trying to make disability resources more cohesive for students so
> that campus is easier to access," says committee Cochair Julia Feinberg, 
> who
> has spinal muscular atrophy. "We are also trying for more contact with
> housing and admission."
>
> Source:
> http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2009/11/06/access-limited
> -for-stanfords-handicapped-students.html
>
> Ginger Bennett Kutsch
> Morristown, NJ
>
>
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