The ADS process is hard enough. UMD requiring documentation only makes it worse.
Requiring documentation for ADS requests complicates an already-difficult process
UMD’s paratransit policies are too unforgiving. They must improve.
If stringent policies aim to ensure service for all, then paratransit must expand availability for everyone who relies on this service to get around.
ADS note takers need training and oversight
Note-takers should be paid to ensure consistent accommodations for ADS students
Emily Yang shares experience with limited accessibility for UMD students with disabilities
What is it like to be a student at the University of Maryland with a disability? Emily Yang, a senior criminology and criminal justice and psychology major, shares her thoughts.
“Lifting their memories”: UMD hosts virtual vigil for Disability Day of Mourning
The vigil is part of a national movement started by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network.
“On our own”: UMD students with accommodations struggle to adjust to new semester
Some students say the university is unprepared to accommodate their needs.
Can I have a crumb of empathy, please?
I am really tired of having to overshare about my mental health with professors.