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Disabled students urge Regents to restore paratransit funding, expand accommodations and revise mask policy
Summary
Speakers asked the Regents to increase funding for Bruin Access and the Center for Accessible Education, reduce wait times for accommodations and allow protective masks with filtration during public comment to avoid exclusion of immunocompromised participants.
Students and disability advocates told the Regents that cuts to paratransit services, long waits for accommodations and restrictive mask rules are limiting access for disabled and immunocompromised students.
Why it matters: Failure to fund disability services and accommodate assistive devices and protective masks risks excluding students from participation, impeding access to classes, housing and critical campus…
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