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Federal guid<e
Handi<
faro m
By Danny
OANMCBCfc Ml
In the future, there are goi
handicapped people on cami
going to have to provide for
a 36-year-old USC student
campus in a wheelchair.
There are two specific 13
disabled students and faculty
visibly-handicapped, like ttu
wheelchairs, and the non-v
eDilentics. mentAllv nr ?mni
non-visibly-handicapped of
anonymous; however, the ^
usually more likely to talk ,
First ofth
"I'M NOT SICK, I'm injur*
he is no different from an;
campus.
"They (handicapped stud
with the fact that other peopU
Michael Amnions, acting i
Program for the Handicap]
said. The problem with the t
that it is hard to understai
handicapped.
"One thins we need to do ii
accept their responsibility
Bud Thurber, director i
Developmental Center, said
A FEDERAL LAW,
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
provisions a university must
handicapped students. Faili
provisions of Section 504 will
federal funding.
The essence of the requin
Thp iinivAfftitv must i
cess to all its programs anc
years. Although every univei
completely accessible, the
must be accessible when vb
As an employer, the un
standard reasonable accom
physical or mental limitat
person, unless it can be she
impose an undue hardship <
THE UNIVERSITY
discriminatory policies in i
ment, academics, services
health care, and general tri
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of Tee-shiftj
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rolling papei
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black lights
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fines prevail
;apped on
lultiple pn
Powell
tff Wrltar
ing to be more and more Section 50
wis, and the university is "anyone whc
them, said Steve Brown, which substf
who travels about the activities, ha
regarded as
rpes of handicapped or The first p
r on the USC campus: the overcome is I
e deaf, blind or those in is paralyzed
isibly-handicapped, like students solv
ionally ill students. The solve the s<
ten prefer to remain , program for
visibly handicapped are 1 dicapped stu<
about their problems. aid can be of
budget.
r6G pttvts 8TUDEN1
ad," Brown said, adding quadraplegic
lents) have to contend
5 see them as different," i
aipervisor off the USC ^^feed
ped (Special Services), Wiy * f^T',
student body, he said, is _JSJfJS*!
id the nrohlpins nf th? attendant
whatsoever o
i to get the university to
?tars5s;
the student b
Section 504 of the which ** ^
, specifically lists the ^ nee^?"
follow to accommodate
ire to comply with the "WE DON*
mean the termination of resource bar
handicapped
The imivpr
CUICUIO tuv;
provide barrier-free ac- provisions s<
I activities within three estimated coi
rsity facility need not be ^P118. aiM*
university's programs university,
ewed in entirety. . recom
iversitv mint follow a include const
modation to the known the floors of I
ions of a handicapped ranjps;ooel(
iwn that doing so would jyeh publie b
m the university. Hamilton am
. ? accessible; I
must follow non- variety of typ
admissions and recruit- telephone in <
such as hoining and of sidewalks*
iatment of students.
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4 defines a handicapped person as
i has a physical or mental imnairment
intially limits one or more major life
s a record of such an impairment or is
having such an impairment."
iroblem any wheelchair student has to
the one of personal care, especially if he
in any way. "After the handicapped
e the living problems, then they have to
:hool problems," Amnions said. The
the handicapped tries to help the handents
as much as possible. No financial
fered because of the program's limited
rS WHO ora noriilti-nil
. ? .? ?>v hiv pmai/I.GU, ClUICr
: (loss of use of all four limbs, either
tially) or paraplegic (loss of the use of
isually need an attendant to help them .
1 care.
legic especially needs someone to take
Because his limbs are useless he has no
dress, clean or move about by himself,
inding someone dedicated enough to be
; is not easy. Brown, who has no use
f his legs and limited use of his arms, is
? find an attendant. At the present, his
year-old diabetic, is tending to him as
choose attendants; we leave that up to
ecause they are paying for the service,
Uy very personal, and they know what
Amnions said.
T HIRE attendants, but we do serve as*
ik and try to help find attendants for
students when they ask," Thurber said.
jtifv hti? n A1?
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st by Section 504. The plan has an
it of $236,200 for renovations to the main
a total cost of $270,266 for the entire
mended changes for the main campus
ruction of an elevator tower to connect
lamilton, Barnwell and Sloan by way of
iwer water fountain or cup dispenser in
uilding; adequate restroom facilities in
i Sloan when the buildings are made
housing renovations to increase the
ies available to students; one lower pay
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" puvuv UWMIIII^ cuju ujc luouuialiun
ind ramps to buikHogi at Befl Camp.
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