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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Evening on University of Utah campus, Thursday in Salt Lake City.

U Student Shares Experience Fighting for Accommodations After Injury

By Kayleigh Silverstein, Special Projects Managing Editor, News Writer May 1, 2023

  When Ashley Olsen, third-year student in biology and psychology at the University of Utah, slipped and dislocated her knee walking on the ramp down to the stadium parking lot, she was expecting...

North Campus, Brigham Young University (Photo by Jaren Wilkey | CC BY-SA 3.0)

Student-Led Commission at BYU Advocated for Accessibility, Created Framework for Other Campuses

By Kayleigh Silverstein, Special Projects Managing Editor, News Writer May 1, 2023

  Kendra Muller, a civil rights attorney who works at Disability Rights California, the nation’s largest non-profit disability rights firm, graduated from Brigham Young University in 2019 in...

The Center for Disability & Access at the University of Utah on the first floor of the A. Ray Olpin Union building on campus in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 10, 2022.

Accessibility on Campus: The CDA and Student Perspectives

By Theadora Soter, Multimedia Managing Editor April 15, 2023

  Before the University of Utah had a Center for Disability & Access, it had a Center for Handicapped Students that was lacking in resources. In 1977, some changes were made. An article...