Weekly News Update From the National Center for College Students with Disabilities Last Week's Top News Stories about Disability and Higher Education October 15-21, 2023 * Wheelchair basketball season is here! The NWBA Intercollegiate Division information<https://www.nwba.org/intercollegiate> has links for your favorite teams and their game schedules. * Peer mental health support has existed for a long time thanks to groups like Active Minds<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/physical-mental-health/2023/10/17/paying-students-provide-mental-health-support>, and some universities are formalizing the system, paying students to be mental health peer educators. * Post-pandemic, the number of students asking for disability accommodations has risen<https://fordhamobserver.com/74509/recent/news/office-of-disability-services-adjusts-to-post-pandemic-influxes/> on some campuses; Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus is experiencing a 58% increase in newly registered students sometimes struggling to navigate campus disability policies. * Conservative media including National Review<https://www.thecollegefix.com/naval-academy-seeks-gender-and-sexuality-studies-professor/> and The College Fix<https://www.thecollegefix.com/naval-academy-seeks-gender-and-sexuality-studies-professor/> are concerned about the U.S. Naval Academy seeking a professor of gender and sexuality studies, with a subspeciality in disability studies welcome. * A Students for ADHD Inclusivity group<https://thedailytexan.com/2023/10/18/students-look-to-form-adhd-inclusivity-organization/> is forming at the University of Texas At Austin, with hopes of networking, supporting each other, and setting up ADHD testing through the Counseling and Mental Health Center. * Accessible lab spaces are a welcome addition for the University of North Carolina's<https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2023/10/university-wheelchair-accessible-labs-morehead-labs> STEM students with disabilities, who credit advocacy the Crips in College student group for making it happen. * A $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education<https://carsonnow.org/story/10/17/2023/grant-gives-nevada-10m-bring-more-transition-services-people-disabilities> will fund a new transition program for students with disabilities in Nevada, including increased education about postsecondary education. * Diversity, equity, and inclusion work must also include accessibility and belonging<https://www.diverseeducation.com/opinion/article/15636973/accessibility-and-belonging-cornerstones-of-diversity-equity-and-inclusion>, say Leon Burns and Dr. Antonio Ellis in Diverse Issues in Higher Education. * A new disability-focused library will be available to students<https://thedailytexan.com/2023/10/22/ut-disability-cultural-center-to-open-disability-focused-library-for-students/> through the Disability Cultural Center at the University of Texas At Austin. * ADHD can be hard to diagnose in people who don't fit the mold, including women<https://www.albionpleiad.com/2023/10/opinion-adhd-in-college-the-albion-disadvantage/>, and being diagnosed in college also presents challenges, says Hannah Fathman from Albion College. * The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign announced the first university-based certificate in information accessibility design and policy<https://iadp.ahs.illinois.edu/history/>, noting it's fit with the university's long history of disability inclusion going back to the 1940s. Click here to subscribe to NCCSD Weekly News Updates and other announcements<https://ahead-listserve.org/mailman/listinfo/dream>. If you have any difficulty accessing the News Update, contact NCCSD@ahead.org<mailto:NCCSD@ahead.org>. The NCCSD does not endorse any opinions in these news articles, nor does it guarantee accessibility of external sites. If you cannot access articles, we encourage you to contact your campus library for assistance. The NCCSD is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to the University of Minnesota's Institute on Community Integration, which collaborates with the Association on Higher Education And Disability and other partners to increase the success of current and future college students with disabilities.