Disabled students

Writing in The Chronicle of Higher Education, an expert on mental health and disability calls on faculty to establish clear lines of communication with students and seek institutional support.

The Disability Cultural Initiative is the most recent among an expanding number of academic and student programs designed to promote disability access, awareness, and empowerment.

U.S. colleges and universities are creating programs that position students with autism for a successful job search.

Campus autism programs are offering individualized and group support to meet the academic, emotional, and social needs of U.S. college students on the spectrum.

Get to know Georgetown University’s inaugural associate director of the Disability Cultural Initiative and read about her work as an advocate, author, and scholar.

A growing number of college students are registering with disability services for psychological conditions, prompting new efforts to address students’ short- and long-term needs.

A donation from Georgetown alumna Tiffany Yu has laid the groundwork for a new endowment to support disability-related initiatives on campus.

The shift to an online learning environment last spring required an increase in virtual communication through websites, email, and social media—and intensified the university’s focus on promoting accessible materials.

Some students with disabilities have found the transition to virtual learning environments during COVID-19 to be freeing and flexible, leading advocates to wonder which accommodations might endure well beyond the…

Georgetown senior Anna Landre, who studies some of the most pressing problems facing disabled communities, has earned a prestigious 2021 Marshall Scholarship. Georgetown University had the greatest number of Marshall…