Last week, a student with a disability, and a long time registrant with Academic Accommodation Support, impressed upon me the value of the human element in helping students succeed[...]
October is here. For some of us, October means fall weather, Halloween, and pumpkin spice lattes. However, October is also disability awareness month. There is a need for students [...]
Let’s face it: putting together a program can be exhausting. Coming up with a good idea, getting buy-in from key partners, developing learning outcomes, ordering food, marketing, e[...]
I’ve been working in Residence Life since I was in undergrad and I’ve been living with chronic pain just a bit longer. As an undergrad, it was a bit easier to navigate a life of ch[...]
Since the beginning of 2016, I have challenged myself to have new experiences which have led me to increasingly realize how hard it is to function in a world that isn’t desig[...]
What is a learning disability? How is a learning disability measured? Is there support in place, or enough support, for college students that have been diagnosed with a learning di[...]
Today, I return to teaching master’s students in a student affairs preparation program full-time. And, I’m afraid. I’m also excited. As I prepare for my return[...]
In my last blog post, I wrote about the connections I saw between rehab and learning. Since that post, I’ve been home for three weeks going to outpatient rehab. Outpatient re[...]