ASUC Disabled Students Commission

As UC Berkeley continues to see an increase in students enrolled in the Disabled Students’ Program, DSP must change and provide genuine support for the ever-growing population of disabled UC Berkeley students it claims to serve but currently fails to adequately.

UC Berkeley senior Carlos Vázquez is running for the ASUC Senate with Elevate Cal on a platform centered around improving resources for disabled students, promoting cross-cultural solidarity and enhancing parent-student relationships. 

The concern for those with disabilities and high-risk students should be enough to warrant the continuation of the mask mandate.

Campus lifted the indoor mask mandate Monday, leaving students and faculty with mixed reactions and plans moving forward.

For many disabled and high-risk students, the return to campus has been frightening and stressful. Routine issues such as lack of ventilation in classrooms become dangerous when students have underlying conditions or are immunocompromised. 

Amid the flurry of hellos exchanged by students and instructors is a general misconception about disability, according to campus graduate student Rosa Enriquez.

Amid national labor market disruptions and employee departures, DSP is experiencing a shortage of specialist staff resulting in accommodation delays for students.

UC Berkeley’s Disabled Students' Program will be moving to the Dwinelle Hall Annex as the program finds the need to accommodate its growth. 

Members of the ASUC are working on a project to provide academic accommodations for English learner students at UC Berkeley. 

In a time of unknowns and uncertainties, many students with disabilities desire hybrid instruction, not as an accommodation, but rather as a matter of ensuring public health.