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Invisible Irish: Standing up for the seated students

Letter to the Editor | Monday, December 9, 2019

Every single football game, I take my place in the student section. With fellow seniors to my back and the 50-yard line ahead, my spot is a prime position. It’s the ultra-exclusive, invitation-only, hottest section in Notre Dame Football. It’s the handicap-accessible accommodations. What a great spot to not only see, but to be seen.

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Access-ABLE club advocates for students with disabilities

Claire King | Friday, February 8, 2019

For students with disabilities, tasks like getting to exams on time or to the dining hall on a snowy day can prove to be very difficult. While Notre Dame’s Sara Bea Disability Services aim to “reduce or eliminate the barriers that may be caused by the interaction of a disability and a traditional academic environment,”

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Students with disabilities

Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Dear colleagues, As a longtime faculty member here at Notre Dame, I have been concerned to hear from some of my students that faculty often respond to requests for reasonable accommodations due to documented disability/chronic illness with disbelief and resistance (an example from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamaign was in the news just last