2018/11/26 by Naomi Jeffery Petersen, Sandra J. Gruberg · 1 citation
Engineering · Medicine · Social Sciences · #Civil rights #Disability Education and Employment #Disability Rights and Representation #Engineering #Law #Medical education #Medicine #Pedagogy #Plan (archaeology) #Political science #Public administration #Public relations #Sociology #Universal design #Workforce
paper · doi:10.1108/s2055-364120180000014003
openalex publication_date 2018/11/26 · openalex created_date 2018/12/11 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Abstract The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was enacted in 1990, comprehensively addressing the life needs and civil rights of people with disabilities (PWDs). Although the ADA would prohibit discrimination in the workforce, public services, transportation, and information, therefore spurring efforts by private and public institutions to plan for and adopt accessible environments and practices, the actual voice and experience of PWDs often remains unacknowledged, even on university campuses and in academic programs that purport to have progressive ideals. This chapter examines the efforts made by one midsized, comprehensive, American university not only to remove architectural, social, and academic barriers to student success as required by law, but to establish an academic voice for the disability experience and the disability rights movement through the newly founded Accessibility Studies Program.