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The Dally Collegian
Friday, Sept 14, 1990
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Double-bass guy
!- ■-■,-'-> „•,<-.* '-.-. - .-- -- o- i'---.-' y-t ■■" - I lacier Anawraiq/pQiyCcfeotai
With about three-years experience, 24-year-old Rodney Walker practices his notes on his double bass for an Oct. 27
performance wtth the CSUF Orchestra. The show will be held In the Satellite Student Union. Walker has written a composition for
the PereiJSSron Enserrtbto ft>at wll perform
1 I :
New law aids those with disabilities
,
\L
By Sabrina Kelley
COLLEGIAN NEWS EDITOR
The American with Disabilities Act
(H.R. 2273) does for people with
disabilities what the civil rights bill
did firrpeople of color in the 1960s.
The bill that was passed earlier this
summer protects an estimated 43
million Americans with physical and
mental disabilities: lt prohibits
employers from discriminating
against disabled people at places
which serve the public, such as stores,
hotels, restaurants, theaters and
More Importantly, ADA extends
opportunities in employment and
gives greater access to public
transportation, accommodations and
communications systems.
It also requires that newly
constructed or renovated commercial
buildings be free of structural barriers
that do not make them readily
accessible to the handicapped.
Weldon Percy. Director of Disabled
Students Services at CSUF, says the
recently passed bill has considerable
effects on CSUPs 350 disabled
students, particularly the ones who
are graduating.
"Employment for students with
disabilities who graduate is more
realizable because It is unlawful to
discriminate in private employment,"
hesaid.
Percy said that one third of
America's Job force is employed by the
federal government, so now people
with disabilities can qualify lor a
total of two thirds of the employment
opportunities in the United States.
Students with disabilities who
graduate from CSUF are being
prepared to compete in mainstream
life: they have to meet the same
admission requirements: and they
have to attend all of the same classes
and complete them successfully.
Percy said.
Special services are provided by the
Disabled Student Services program to
assist those who are faced with
activities that require more than
their dlsabilites will allow them to
complete.
"If a student is deaf, we provide a
tape recorded boob if a student Is
blind we provide a reader." said Percy.
They also provide paper for students
who volunteer to take notes for
students who are unable to write.
Percy said that the disabled student
population is growing at a much
faster rate than the general
population on campus, adding that
the rate of retention to graduation,
and the grade point average upon
graduation are much higher as well.
Eddie Ash, a senior majoring in
social work, broke his neck in a fall
12 years ago, leaving him paralyzed
from the waist down. Ash is
originally from New York, but left in
1978 because New York had no laws
that made public facilities readily
accessible to quadriplegics.
Ash, who graduates In May, will
pursue a master's degree in social
work and eventually plans to be an
advocate for , other people with believes
I did not pass my classes by using rn>
disabilities, I passed on my merit," he
said.
"At first I was scared to get back
into the mainstream, "but) I took one
class and I liked lt so I took another
one. I dont feel as if I'm tn a
wheelchair; lt feels more like a
portable desk."
Dr. Peter Trier, a wheelchair user.
teaches philosophy. He completed his
undergraduate work at the University
of Arizona, and his graduate work at
UC-Berkeley.
Trier said he has no problems
teaching his philosophy courses.
T get good evaluations, and I
mainly talk so I dont have to use the
chalk board. If I did. the law would
require the university to install a
special board."
He said that although the passage of
this bill strengthens the responslbilty
of the untverslty to respond to the
needs of people with disabilities, be
there si
does not hinder me; I
can do anything anybody else can do.
should be laws that
mandate more assistance to disabled
CI L ¥ I O Is alive and be reads
The Daily Collegian
. you?
Shouldn't
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| Title | September 14, 1990, Page 12 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1990 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
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| Full-Text-Search | a % Page 12 The Dally Collegian Friday, Sept 14, 1990 ***- Double-bass guy !- ■-■,-'-> „•,<-.* '-.-. - .-- -- o- i'---.-' y-t ■■" - I lacier Anawraiq/pQiyCcfeotai With about three-years experience, 24-year-old Rodney Walker practices his notes on his double bass for an Oct. 27 performance wtth the CSUF Orchestra. The show will be held In the Satellite Student Union. Walker has written a composition for the PereiJSSron Enserrtbto ft>at wll perform 1 I : New law aids those with disabilities , \L By Sabrina Kelley COLLEGIAN NEWS EDITOR The American with Disabilities Act (H.R. 2273) does for people with disabilities what the civil rights bill did firrpeople of color in the 1960s. The bill that was passed earlier this summer protects an estimated 43 million Americans with physical and mental disabilities: lt prohibits employers from discriminating against disabled people at places which serve the public, such as stores, hotels, restaurants, theaters and More Importantly, ADA extends opportunities in employment and gives greater access to public transportation, accommodations and communications systems. It also requires that newly constructed or renovated commercial buildings be free of structural barriers that do not make them readily accessible to the handicapped. Weldon Percy. Director of Disabled Students Services at CSUF, says the recently passed bill has considerable effects on CSUPs 350 disabled students, particularly the ones who are graduating. "Employment for students with disabilities who graduate is more realizable because It is unlawful to discriminate in private employment," hesaid. Percy said that one third of America's Job force is employed by the federal government, so now people with disabilities can qualify lor a total of two thirds of the employment opportunities in the United States. Students with disabilities who graduate from CSUF are being prepared to compete in mainstream life: they have to meet the same admission requirements: and they have to attend all of the same classes and complete them successfully. Percy said. Special services are provided by the Disabled Student Services program to assist those who are faced with activities that require more than their dlsabilites will allow them to complete. "If a student is deaf, we provide a tape recorded boob if a student Is blind we provide a reader." said Percy. They also provide paper for students who volunteer to take notes for students who are unable to write. Percy said that the disabled student population is growing at a much faster rate than the general population on campus, adding that the rate of retention to graduation, and the grade point average upon graduation are much higher as well. Eddie Ash, a senior majoring in social work, broke his neck in a fall 12 years ago, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Ash is originally from New York, but left in 1978 because New York had no laws that made public facilities readily accessible to quadriplegics. Ash, who graduates In May, will pursue a master's degree in social work and eventually plans to be an advocate for , other people with believes I did not pass my classes by using rn> disabilities, I passed on my merit," he said. "At first I was scared to get back into the mainstream, "but) I took one class and I liked lt so I took another one. I dont feel as if I'm tn a wheelchair; lt feels more like a portable desk." Dr. Peter Trier, a wheelchair user. teaches philosophy. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of Arizona, and his graduate work at UC-Berkeley. Trier said he has no problems teaching his philosophy courses. T get good evaluations, and I mainly talk so I dont have to use the chalk board. If I did. the law would require the university to install a special board." He said that although the passage of this bill strengthens the responslbilty of the untverslty to respond to the needs of people with disabilities, be there si does not hinder me; I can do anything anybody else can do. should be laws that mandate more assistance to disabled CI L ¥ I O Is alive and be reads The Daily Collegian . you? Shouldn't |
