Roadblocks to Resources

disAbility Resources for Students

What does disAbility Resources do?

The trouble with access

“Those referrals take time and sometimes it’s expensive. It would be nice if there was money somewhere that students could use to go get an evaluation done. We do work with financial aid, for students who have it. If students don’t have financial aid, they are just kind of stuck.”

Kim Thiessen, Accommodation Counselor

The demand is rising while the budget falls 

Needs exceed stigma

“My idea of ‘disability’ is that a person with a disability receives stigma from the culture. Removing the stigma requires rewriting the self.”

Elmer Carampot, disAbility Resources Center user

THIS STORY WAS WRITTEN BY JOURNALISM STUDENTS IN AN ADVANCED REPORTING CLASS IN SPRING 2017, IT IS PART OF A FOUR PART SERIES OF INVESTIGATIVE STORIES. CHECK OUT OUR LAST TWO INSTALLMENTS 'DARK DAYS' AND 'WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS'!

INFOGRAPHICS BY REPORTERS & LAUREN DRAKE.

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