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“A Clear Violation of the Law”: Professors Reject Student Disability Accommodations

“A Clear Violation of the Law”: Professors Reject Student Disability Accommodations

By Mia Rasamny February 4, 2022

Caitlin McDermott (COL ’23) was hoping for a Zoom class environment that was educational, interesting and respectful of her identity as a deaf student when she began taking the course “Forensic Linguistics”...

Georgetown To Hire Associate Director for Disability Cultural Initiative

Georgetown To Hire Associate Director for Disability Cultural Initiative

By Samuel Yoo February 4, 2022

Georgetown University will hire an associate director for the Disability Cultural Initiative to increase engagement in disability culture and improve inclusion on campus.  The Disability Cultural...

NATALIE ISE || THE HOYA The Academic Resource Center works with faculty members in order to make classrooms more accommodating for students with disabilities, however some students still report inadequate support.

Students Report Difficulties Accessing Academic Accommodations, Lack of University Support in Virtual Learning Space

By Liana Hardy June 11, 2020

A large number of Georgetown University students requiring special academic assistance have reported difficulties accessing these accommodations after the university transitioned to online learning in...

SEPTOFF: Prioritize Accessibility for Students

SEPTOFF: Prioritize Accessibility for Students

By Sophie Septoff January 30, 2020

When I entered Georgetown University as a first-year, I was ready to walk away from the many inequities and challenges I faced as a visually impaired high schooler. I wholeheartedly embraced Georgetown’s...

KANG: Reexamine the Value of Clinical Empathy

By Esther Kang January 23, 2020

Normally, we’d like to think of empathy as an unquestionably good quality. Understanding the why and how of another person’s emotional experience resolves conflict, supposedly moves us away from tribalistic...

KANG: Reject Ableist Ideas

KANG: Reject Ableist Ideas

By Esther Kang November 22, 2019

Before starting college, I used to think of ableist barriers in visible and measurable terms. At Georgetown University, I saw inaccessible elevators, malfunctioning automatic doors and the lack of transportation...

VIEWPOINT: Expand Impact of Disability Studies

VIEWPOINT: Expand Impact of Disability Studies

By Grace Ramstad November 6, 2019

When I arrived on Georgetown University’s campus as a freshman in 2016, the disability studies minor did not exist, and the primary way I thought about my own ability was as “not disabled.” The...

KANG: Rethink Misconceptions of Disability With Harry Potter

KANG: Rethink Misconceptions of Disability With Harry Potter

By Esther Kang October 11, 2019

Possessing magic is usually an empowering social exception. To use magic is to surpass the laws of the natural world, to be able to do what “normal people” can’t do. However, in the “Harry Potter”...

LANDRE: Include Disability in Policy Reform

LANDRE: Include Disability in Policy Reform

By Anna Landre April 26, 2019

American voters see health care as the most important issue facing our country today, according to November’s exit polls. In response, Democratic presidential candidates have promoted versions of Medicare...

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LANDRE: Protect the Disability Safety Net

By Anna Landre February 22, 2019

Toward the end of last summer, I stopped drinking coffee in the morning. It wasn’t, as one of my coworkers inquired, because I wanted a caffeine detox or a switch to tea. Instead, my insurance company...

LANDRE: Acknowledge Disability as Diversity

LANDRE: Acknowledge Disability as Diversity

By Anna Landre January 16, 2019

It took me a long time to consider myself “disabled.” I know that sounds strange coming from someone who, wheelchair and all, is a veritable poster child for the term. Yet growing up, “disabled”...

A New Lens on Navigating Disability

A New Lens on Navigating Disability

By Molly Cooke April 5, 2018

From the outset, James Sullivan’s (COL ’03) study abroad experience his junior year did not go according to plan. Scheduled to depart for Villa Le Balze, Georgetown’s study center in Florence, on...

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