Disabled Students On College Campuses

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Just like in basketball their are people who play that our not disabled and those who are at the end of the day they are both on the same playing field just like students who are not disbaled and those who are should be at college campuses.Rachel Adams wrote a piece called ‘’Bringing down the barriers Seen and unseen’’,which was published on November 6,2011 in the chronicle of education.In this article Adams argues that disabled students are not treated fairly on college campuses despite their being a Disabilties act.*which prevents professors in schools from discriminating against college students.Adams wants all students to be treated fairly and not looked as different.She begins to build a strong effective argument by using her own personal
.Adams states that from a different article in the chronicle lennard j. Davis noted that” universities don't value disability as a form of diversity,as they do race and gender”These instances of ignoring disabled students needs and discrimination tell the reader that their is negative appeal towards disabled students as campuses are not funding their schools to provide disabled students with accessible locations and instead just tolerate their existence instead of welcoming into the campus,and maybe providing some sort of assistance.Despite all this negativity regarding the treatment of disabled students there are actually some college campuses which welcome and treat them fairly unlike others who tolerate them as if their just their and make them feel unwelcome.for example,the universities of florida,wayne state,humboldt state,and binghamton,university of illinois,the university of california at berkeley provides a great environment for disabled students.and by making basketball teams for wheelchairs or just providing the best care for all disabled students.We have all had to deal with discrimination before whether it was because our sec,race,religion,etc we have all had to deal with this and some cases it became very emotional to deal with just like these current disabled students are dealing with that is why this will appeal to emotional side of the reader..instead of making these the exemptions the exemptions which we make this the standard for all college

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