An equal opportunity, for both disabled and non-disabled students, has been developed by many colleges to give them the chance to play basketball among their peers. We should do the same for those handicapped classmates in college so we can create an equal playing field for everyone. Rachel Adams wrote a piece called ‘’Bringing down the barriers Seen and Unseen’’, which was published on November 6, 2011 in the Chronicle of Education. In this article, Adams informs the reader that incapable scholars are not treated fairly in college; despite the current Americans with Disabilities Act. The ADA prevents professors in schools from discriminating against disabled college scholars. Adams not only informs the reader, but persuades them that immobilized
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Some Universities have broken elevators ,stairs without handrails, and inaccessible bathrooms. Some of these disabled undergraduates and graduates do not have the ability to access their classroom (Adams 179). Adams states, from a different article in the chronicle of Lennard J. Davis, that “universities don 't value disability as a form of diversity, as they do race and gender”(Adams 179). These instances of ignoring disabled student’s needs, and discriminating against them, tell the reader that there is a negative appeal towards handicapped scholars. Universities and colleges are not providing funding to their schools to offer debilitated undergraduates and graduates with accessible locations. Instead, they tolerate their existence versus welcoming them and being delighted that they are on campus. Despite all of this negativity toward disabled students, there are actually some universities which welcome and treat them fairly. For example,the universities of Florida,Wayne State, Humboldt State, and Binghamton Illinois, and California at Berkeley provides a great environment for immobilized students. They have done this by making basketball teams for those in wheelchairs or just providing the best care for all disabled classmates (Adams 179). Instead of making these the exemptions we should all strive to make this the standard for all
Some Universities have broken elevators ,stairs without handrails, and inaccessible bathrooms. Some of these disabled undergraduates and graduates do not have the ability to access their classroom (Adams 179). Adams states, from a different article in the chronicle of Lennard J. Davis, that “universities don 't value disability as a form of diversity, as they do race and gender”(Adams 179). These instances of ignoring disabled student’s needs, and discriminating against them, tell the reader that there is a negative appeal towards handicapped scholars. Universities and colleges are not providing funding to their schools to offer debilitated undergraduates and graduates with accessible locations. Instead, they tolerate their existence versus welcoming them and being delighted that they are on campus. Despite all of this negativity toward disabled students, there are actually some universities which welcome and treat them fairly. For example,the universities of Florida,Wayne State, Humboldt State, and Binghamton Illinois, and California at Berkeley provides a great environment for immobilized students. They have done this by making basketball teams for those in wheelchairs or just providing the best care for all disabled classmates (Adams 179). Instead of making these the exemptions we should all strive to make this the standard for all