William Shakespeare wrote that the world is a stage, and all humans are actors on it. Elisabeth Good ’15 became convinced at an early age that some have only been invited as spectators, specifically individuals with a disability.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adults with disabilities report mental health distress five times as often as adults without disabilities (CDC, 2020).
For over 40 years, Student Access and Accommodation Services (SAAS) at Illinois State University has offered support for students with disabilities and/or medical/mental health conditions.
Redbirds Reach Out is a new opportunity from the Redbirds Keep Thriving initiative. Redbirds Reach Out allows students who are feeling overwhelmed, lonely, or worried to submit a request for a letter of support.
Eating disorders can affect anyone, and it is important for treatment specialists to be flexible and educate themselves on the needs of clients with disabilities in order to provide everyone with equitable access to the best care possible.
Nearly 8,000 miles away from campus, senior Nehal Shah wakes up in the middle of the night to attend class online at Illinois State University.
The Will to Succeed Scholarship is helping Vicky Nyder with her hopes to become an orchestra teacher.
Student Access and Accommodation Services is taking the lead to expand opportunities for universal student learning during the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Life has stood at the mound and thrown graduating Illinois State student Tristen Sharp everything in its arsenal.
Staff in Student Access and Accommodation Services have remained vigilant with the creation of closed caption files for eLearning videos, with the Text Conversion Lab transcribing 2,750 minutes of video in a month.
