Hello, Please share the article below This is a serious problem for colleges and universities EVERYWHERE. It's 2023 we MUST move beyond handwringing, lip service endless reports and committee meetings. It is time for substantive ACTION. LET'S START CHANGE NOW!! In Solidarity, Nancy https://westerngazette.ca/features/inside-disabled-students-western-experience/article_1691a3fa-c348-11ed-bff2-4b2ae89369dc.html [https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/westerngazette.ca/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/6a/a6a96766-c1db-11ed-9a35-67f0e08b3524/640f848c3b875.image.jpg?crop=1763%2C926%2C0%2C124&resize=1200%2C630&order=crop%2Cresize]<https://westerngazette.ca/features/inside-disabled-students-western-experience/article_1691a3fa-c348-11ed-bff2-4b2ae89369dc.html> Inside disabled students’ ‘Western Experience’<https://westerngazette.ca/features/inside-disabled-students-western-experience/article_1691a3fa-c348-11ed-bff2-4b2ae89369dc.html> After nearly two decades of advocating for disabled students like herself, Ashton Forrest says little has been done to make Western more accessible. From inaccessible washrooms to an accommodation system westerngazette.ca Nancy E Hansen, PhD, Professor, Director, Interdisciplinary Master's Program,Disability Studies Accessibility is not an optics issue If you say I have special needs ... then just say the word disabled. Euphemisms only fuel ableism. Disability is not a dirty word. Haben Girma 128 Education Building University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2 Email:Nancy.Hansen@umanitoba.ca<mailto:Nancy.Hansen@umanitoba.ca> Chapter 18: DisAppearing Disability: Disability MAiD Invisible, by Nancy Hansen https://canadianscholars.ca/book/disappearing/