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Student Spotlight: Mark Stillion
Nov. 10, 2022
In honor of Veterans’ Day, Inside Equal Access interviewed Mark Stillion, a third-semester graduate student in the Clinical Mental Health master’s program, to learn his story and hear about the intersections between being a veteran and having a disability.
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Intersection Alley: LGBTQ + students with disabilities
Nov. 10, 2022
Although KSU has improved public spaces o be more accessible to people with disabilities and part of the LGBTQ+ community, Faith, who has chronic pain which causes a mobility issue as well as potentially undiagnosed autism, feels that 51³Ô¹ÏÍø is very LGBTQ+…
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Loneliness: The Unspoken Side Effect of Chronic Illness
Nov. 10, 2022
Something no one tells you when you’re diagnosed with a chronic illness is that you will be lonely. Courtney McLeod, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Financial Aid Counselor, shares how her chronic illness makes her feel lonely even during social events.
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Accessibility Features for Apple and Android Devices: Part 1 of 4 - "Door Detection"
Nov. 9, 2022
In this Equal Access article, Doug shares his own insight into one of the new IOS 16 accessibility features and explores what it means for accessibility in greater detail.
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Can Justin Bieber help normalize disability?
Sept. 2, 2022
This summer, Justin Bieber made headlines when he posted on Instagram about having Ramsay Hunt syndrome and then canceled part of his world tour. Does this help normalize talk about our bodies and our holistic health? Editorial by Alison Haynes.
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IEP versus College Accommodations: Debunking the Myths
Sept. 2, 2022
You may come to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø carrying the baggage of past fears, shortcomings, and failures that were associated with your high school accommodation process. Thankfully, the process of acquiring accommodations at the college level is very different from high school and more…
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Olivia's Story: Five Years as an SAS Student
Sept. 2, 2022
Olivia Myers shares her experience transitioning from high school to college as a student with a disability. She briefly highlights the differences between having an IEP in high school and accommodations in college. She also answers some important questions that the new KSU…
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Immunocompromized in a COVID World: When Denial Can Kill
Sept. 2, 2022
Lifting COVID-19 precautions months ago means that policies that protected immunocompromised people during the pandemic are disappearing. This article presents some examples of immunocompromised people's struggle after the removal of COVID restrictions.
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TOOLS OF THE TRADE: Built-In Accessibility Checkers
March 31, 2022
Start with Microsoft's features
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EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT - DANIEL SHONK
March 30, 2022
Daniel Shonk is an Associate Director in University Housing
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