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Center for Access-Ability Resources changes name

By Northern Star Staff | August 29, 2012

The Center for Access-Ability Resources has changed its name to the Disability Resource Center, according to an NIU Today article. The center changed its name in response to the growing number of students with a disability, the article stated. The name...

Residence hall accomodations for students with disabilities are good, need some improvement

By Felix Sarver | April 30, 2012

For a student with a disability like Zack Olson, the residence halls could improve on some issues, but they do provide good accommodations overall. “It is an issue from a disability rights perspective, but it’s not a huge issue,” Olson said. Olson,...

Greg Long: Some professors may have revealed student disabilities publicly

By Ian Gough | April 8, 2012

Title two of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) states that public entities are legally required to provide accommodations for disabled students, unless doing so would drastically change the nature of the program for everyone involved. However,...

Rec Center to host wheelchair basketball game

By Northern Star Staff | April 1, 2012

The Recreation Center will host a game between the National Wheelchair Basketball Association’s Rockford Chariots and Chicago Hornets Thursday. “The event is open to the community, it’s free of charge, it’s entertaining and it provides an opportunity...

Rockford Chariots roll into the Convo

By Danny Cozzi | March 31, 2011

Numeroussupporters gathered for the <a href="http://www.rockfordchariots.org/" target="_blank">RockfordChariots’ wheelchair basketball exhibition game Thursday nightin the <a href="http://www.convocenter.niu.edu/convo/" target=""_blank">Convocation...