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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,...