Competitive Disability Friendly Colleges

drumminggeek87
Tue, 24 Jul 2018 20:18:19 +0000

Thanks to everyone for your insightful replies!

To give a little more insight into my needs in response to the end of @aquapt 's post, the biggest priorities for me are the wheelchair accessibility of the campus, air conditioning as an option in dorms, and just some then I just have a few accommodations for academics and day-to-day living. My main symptoms are extreme and near-constant lightheadedness (thus the wheelchair), “brain fog” (combination of ADD + what you’re brain feels like when you have the flu), and fatigue. Because of this the main things would be things like extra time on tests, OCCASIONALLY extensions on assignments, and rarely, absences due to symptoms. I would also definitely like to be in a place where I at least have access to good medical care. I’m not someone who is in the hospital frequently, but obviously want to make sure I have a good doctor for prescriptions, basic care, and would want good specialty and emergency care if something went seriously wrong.

I’m also planning on majoring in film, and while I plan to focus on film studies and not production, I would like to take production classes. I’m aware these environments may be less accessible, but I can get out of my wheelchair and walk some, which has worked for me in band as a percussionist in a similarly inaccessible environment. For this the main thing I would need is just faculty who is willing to work with me and won’t be annoyed at accommodations and/or unwilling to give them.

Regarding Rice, unfortunately I lived in Texas for six years, and as a result, ruled out anywhere south of D.C. that’s not Southern California, which is also how I ended up with so many schools in snowy locations on my list. My family is definitely considering the power wheelchair option both for the potential issues of a) large campuses b) hills and c) snows in the locations I’m looking at. I have heard that some schools clear their campuses’ sidewalks when it snows, but if anyone has heard of any that are particularly bad or good about this, that would definitely be helpful information.

Regarding Williams and the Claremont schools, I didn’t love either one environment-wise and I decided that I wanted schools bigger than most small liberal arts schools, but I really appreciate your suggestions!

Thanks for all the specific information regarding schools. It’s good to hear that about BU and USC, and it was really helpful to hear your thoughts about Stanford’s med center and Harvard, @aquapt . I had actually only started looking at Harvard after seeing one positive article about them and some positive info about them on another thread on here, but I had also been somewhat skeptical of how constantly supportive they were, as you said.