I am speechless upon learning that two undergraduate students who are friends of mine are respectively having problems with their academic institutions because they need accommodations for their disabilities. Owing to the sensitive nature of their stories, and the unresolved problems each is having I will not say more. But their stories prove once again just how far Higher Ed still needs to go even some twenty plus years after the Americans with Disabilities Act. In each case there are sub-altern administrators involved, and in each case they’ve been permitted to occupy bureaucratic positions without any cognizance of the law. Amazing. And trust me, each of these young men is attending a name brand institution. I’m aghast. Flabbergasted I assure you.
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Planet of the Blind 
Totally wrapped up in watching the Paralympics, even more than the Olympics! But here’s the rub:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/sep/03/paralympians-fears-disability-living-allowance?newsfeed=true
The Games are great, and people’s perceptions can possibly be changing, but the UK gov’t’s insistence on branding disabled people as scroungers is diametrically opposed to what it’s promoted, and what is REALLY happening, in the Olympic stadia. It is both cynical and heartbreaking, and all to save some money that should’ve been gouged out of hedge fund managers’ and bank CEOs’ tax write-offs.
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