Students in Cal Poly’s Disability Alliance club created a petition in late November to oppose a new form they are being required to fill out, entitled the “Excused Absence Agreement.“ This form sparked outrage amongst club members, as one of the questions allows professors to decide the maximum number of disability-related absences a student can […]
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Internationally recognized disability activist Judy Heumann speaks at Cal Poly
Judy Heumann, world-renowned disability activist, was seated in the foyer of the apartment she shares with her husband when she spoke to Cal Poly students via Zoom webinar on May 10. She wore a purple t-shirt, red glasses and made sure to point out that she’d applied lipstick for the occasion as she gave a […]
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From the ASI Secretary of Disability to Judy Heumann: How the Disability Alliance is bringing world-renowned activist to campus
It started as a dream for kinesiology junior Regina Hockert. She and the other members of the Disability Alliance — a student-run club focused on issues of accessibility on Cal Poly’s campus — were discussing potential disability rights activists to invite to speak to students. The name Judy Heumann floated around, but none of them […]
