After appearing on The Bachelor, Abigail Heringer, the show’s first deaf contestant, said online search results for cochlear implants soared.
New Bus Stop Added Near Health Services
An additional bus stop near University Health Services was added to the Newton Eagle Direct and Newton Eagle Limited routes on Jan. 14.
CSD Chair Dunphy Details Council’s Mission
Council for Students with Disabilities chair Sean Dunphy said he hopes to make campus more accessible and improve attendance at CSD events.
CSD Advocates to Improve Eagle Escort
“We’ve been working pretty extensively with the administration from prior to the resolution, I would say,” said Clair Chatellier, the current chair of CSD and MCAS ’19.
Council for Students with Disabilities Holds Town Hall to Discuss Accessibility
“Not everyone’s in a wheelchair, but that doesn’t mean I’m not struggling,” Julia Arnese, director of CSD and MCAS ’20, said.
Students Discuss Breaking Down Social, Physical Barriers for Disabled Students
Students discussed their experience with media representation of disabled people. They found that these representations are often of the “token person in the wheelchair,” which is a limited image of what disability looks like.
At Town Hall, Students Share Accessibility Struggles
CSD is working to improve Eagle Escort and make class syllabi available to students earlier in the year.