whatever the requirements are of
whatever class or program they’re
in.”
Specifically, the SSD cannot
alter components of the course
— including attendance, grades
and
homework
obligations
that are outlined in syllabi —
to
accommodate
students.
Additionally, students in certain
programs that lead to certification
or licensing must abide by the rules
of the program as it was designed.
Students can ask for adjustments
themselves, but it is up to the
discretion of their professor or
supervisor to agree.
Art & Design freshman Celeste
Adams recently registered with
the office, but does not entirely
agree with its tactics. Adams uses a
power chair.
“I get why (the SSD office) is
important and how helpful it is,
but I think there are a lot of issues
with it,” she said. “If you look at any
history of any minority, having to
register to prove you’re part of that
group isn’t something that has been
appropriate (or has gone well).”
She pointed out a teacher
in one of her classes recently
accommodated another student
who will be absent from class for
the upcoming Jewish holidays
without documentation.
“She doesn’t have to prove that
she’s Jewish,” Adams said. “I was
told by a teacher last semester that
she was unable to give me any
accommodation unless I had proof
through the SSD, even though
it’s pretty obvious that I have a
disability.”
Adams went on to explain the
incident led to a conflict in the class
before she registered with SSD.
The teacher threatened to fail her
and then told her that people like
her, with disabilities, shouldn’t be
allowed to go to college.
“It just seems like for some
reason
with
the
disabled
community, whenever we need
stuff we have to prove it,” she said.
Adams explained some argue
people could manipulate the system
by lying they have disabilities
when they don’t in order to get
accommodations.
“It’s never made sense to me that
we have to go through proving our
own identities and the fact that
we need certain things because
someone might lie about it, which
in reality doesn’t really happen,”
she said. “If it does, that’s when the
University needs to reflect and say,
‘Ok, are we pushing our students
too much?’ ”
Adams noted students do not
have to register with the SSD,
but if they don’t, it is up to the
discretion of teachers to offer
accommodations. The difference,
she said, can sometimes be between
passing and failing a class.
Engineering
junior
Drew
Canada
wrote
in
an
email
interview he has had a positive
experience with teachers in the
College of Engineering, but not
to the same degree in LSA. He is
also registered with SSD for his
muscular dystrophy.
“(The College of Engineering
is) very empathetic of my health
issues and have easily rescheduled
exams for me,” he wrote. “Large
LSA classes (like Calc 1-3) were
less accommodating and couldn’t
reschedule exams due to the lack of
a doctors note. With my Muscular
Dystrophy, I have all the medical
equipment in my dorm to treat
my health issues except to an IV.
Things can get pretty bad even
without a doctor / hospital
visit. The CoE profs I’ve had
understand that while even
though the LSA teachers might
understand as well, they haven’t
given the same support.”
Architecture
graduate
student
Mieko
Preston
experienced a stroke five years
ago and now uses a medical
scooter. She said registering
with the SSD was an “uphill
battle” and she did almost as
much paperwork to register
with the University as she did to
receive government assistance.
“The accessibility of being
able to benefit from those
accommodations or resources
that are necessarily put in place
is actually extremely difficult,”
she said.
Building accessibility — or
lack thereof
Students
with
disabilities
also face significant barriers in
regard to accessing buildings on
campus.
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Marie Howe Poetry
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Changes in health policy will also
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Gifts of Art Presents
Irish Fiddle Music
WHAT: Kick off your St.
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touring the Midwest since 2012.
WHO: Gifts of Art
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University Hospital Main Lobby,
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A Glimpse Into the
Refugee Crisis
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Refugee Assistance Program
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experiences of resettling in the
United States.
WHO: University of Michigan
Museum of Art .
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Young and Elected
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and what issues they are
tackling right now for their
constituencies.
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p.m. WHERE: Weill Hall,
Annenberg Auditorium
When three students in a 2013
Real Estate Essentials class at the
University of Michigan Ross School
of Business were assigned to create
their own potential real-estate
development deal for a final project,
they crafted a realistic idea, with
hopes that one day their project
would come to life.
Four years later, the project
that began as a simple idea in a
University classroom is taking
shape, as development on their
proposed site is set to begin this
month.
University alumni Dang Duong,
Myles Hamby and Clarke Lewis
dubbed their project Baltimore
Station, with an initial goal of
re-developing abandoned, city-
owned buildings in Detroit located
near the historic Fisher Building.
That original group of three
students is now adding one more
partner to its team: Peter Allen,
owner of an Ann Arbor-based real-
estate firm Peter Allen + Associates,
and the same professor who taught
them in the Real Estate Essentials
class in 2013.
Allen noted the Baltimore
Station project was realistic
and affordable, making the idea
especially promising for a student
process.
“The new kid on the block
for cities is Detroit,” he said in
a Business School press release.
“It has replaced Chicago as the
favorite city to go to, in my mind,
especially if you’re in real estate.”
The idea for the project came
from the team’s general interest
in urban planning and lifestyle.
Though each alum specializes in
different areas — Duong studied
business and law, Hamby received
a master’s in urban planning
and Lewis studied architecture
— they all were committed to a
project that would be effective
and relevant.
“I want to treat this as more
than an academic exercise,” Hamby
said about the project. “I want to do
this as a real deal.”
To get its project off the ground,
the team initially struggled finding
adequate funding. Duong recalls
the team made approximately 100
pitches to investors, with none
agreeing to invest.
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findings from the Women’s March on Washington in the Union on
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