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^ By ANGELA STUTTS
Staff Writer
A warm, breezy afternoon at the beach marked the
day he would lose all feeling and usage of his legs
when a final, careless dive into the warm ocean water
would cause him to be disabled for the rest of his life.
USC student Chad Sloan was left diabled after an
accident following his senior year in high school. Sloan
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to go to college because of his problem.
With the help of USC Disability Services, disabled
students can learn and live in a close-to-normal environment
and overcome some of the obstacles that they
. must face everyday, according to Debra Haynes, direcw
tor of the academic skills program.
Students who come into the Disability Services
office are searching for some relief from every day hassles
that they must deal with, and USC can provide that ^
relief in many ways, Haynes said.
Although applications for housing are accepted by 1
the USC Housing Office, Disability Services works o
along with housing in order to make the necessary a
arrangements for certain individual needs.
"We decide together what is the most appropriate w
and least restrictive environment," Haynes said. "One
that they can function in best." fc
There are eight spaces available for males and eight
for females. While this seems like a small amount, the ir
) demand does not exceed this, said Haynes. tf
"A good number of our mobility impaired students o]
live at The Pavilion Towers," she said. "They offer
many conveniences for disabled people. They are is
acceptable." tf
Financial aid and vocational rehabilitation and some- h;
times Medicare and Medicaid can add Jo the financial
burden that sometimes exist when it comes to housing, o
Haynes said disabilities are taken into consideration tf
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Transportation for disabled students is comparable to
the shuttle system offered to USC students. This ser- n
vice, however, is only for on-campus academic services.
They do not pick students up that live off-cam- p
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) There is a Columbia area system, "Dial-A-RideTransit,"
that will pick up disabled people and take e
them where they need to go for $1.50 each way. a*
After getting on-campus, the majority of the buildings
are "handicapped accessible." If, however, a class p
is scheduled where disabled people can't go, the class n
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'here are many obstacles for disabled students
in campus. Disability Services can offer help for
ny problem.
ill be moved to where they can go.
USC Computer Services also offers many services
>r disabled students.
"Tom Morton in Computer Services has helped, even
i our office," Haynes said. "He really stays on top of
le technology and new things that are being develped."
If problems do occur, the staff in Disability Services
right there to help. "We find out what's going on in
leir lives," Haynes said. "If it's something we can't
andle, we know who to refer them to."
Usually, Disability Services get to know the students
n a personal basis, but if it's someone it can't handle,
lese students are sent to the Counseling Center. If it's
)b related, the students are sent to the Career Center.
Chad Sloan, a paraplegic, makes use of the new tech-'
ology for the disabled. He has a chair phone.
"I kid him," Haynes said, "'cause he has a mobile
hone on his wheelchair. It's one thing to have a
lobile car phone, but a chair phone is something else."
USC Disability Services can make a world of differnce
for someone who is limited to few options,
ccording to Sloan.
"They've kept my disability from being a significant
roblem," Sloan said, "and I'm able to do things I
ever thought I'd be able to do after my accident."
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"It puts you in the role of being a victim all th<
time," Flynn said.
After arguing with the man at the car door for ;
moment, the two women managed to get into the ca
and leave.
"Many women who are raped become traumatize<
into a prison of fear, locking themselves in thei
homes terrified the ranist will he waitino for then
and rape them again if they venture out," Fiynn said.
Flynn believes that women fear rape more thai
murder.
"For me and the women I have talked to, we wouh
rather die," Flynn said.
Flynn said one way to possibly curb rape am
assault is to enact stricter laws and enforce the one
already in place.
"We have to go after the judges who do not punisl
rapists" and get them off the bench, Flynn said.
"It is rape, and they don't understand unless the]
have been raped," Flynn said. "Men understand vio
lence, punishment."
Flynn said education and networking amonj
women are the keys to protecting women from rapists
Women must lead the fight to see that this is done
Flynn said, because it is "not just your body" that i:
damaged when a rape is committed.
"Some women never recover," Flynn said.
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on campus this year. "Victims a
"I'm not aware of any that have Jordan said. "
occurred," said Steve Wright, their fault. The
spokesman for USCPD, adding will blame then
that "if a rape occurred on Greene Rape Crisis
Street, that's city property, so it's tips for sumn
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USC's newly created sexual The tips in
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volunteer, said many students sim- vehicle to be u
ply do not contact campus police. eling alone.
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the attacker is known to the victim, are planning to
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Catherine Flynn, a rape counselor, was threat^
ened near the Caffe Espresso during the sum_
mer. Restaurant staff contacted the police, but
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The police, who were called by the Caffe Espresso
staff, arrived moments after Flynn and her friend's
s departure and arrested two of the men on charges of
disorderly conduct when they became belligerent.
The man who attempted to assault Flynn escaped.
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