Disabled Students Program

The aforementioned cancellation of DSP drop-in hours and the portal being temporarily down now seem like only the tip of a far greater iceberg. Students with disabilities should not have to wait anymore to feel like they can stay afloat.

After navigating an already understaffed and underfunded Disabled Students’ Program, or DSP, UC Berkeley students with disabilities may face another obstacle to securing accommodations: their instructors.

It is critical that individuals experiencing suicidal thoughts can see light at the end of the tunnel. UC Berkeley should do everything in its power to provide students who are struggling with a sense of lasting hope.

UC Berkeley’s Disabled Students’ Program, or DSP, was established in its original form under the name “Rolling Quads” in 1969 and preceded the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, by nearly 20 years.

ASUC senators presented new resolutions and proposals and swore in two officials at their weekly meeting on Wednesday.

Despite student concerns that course capture is to be phased out by certain campus departments, campus has stated that there are no such plans to terminate the service.

Although accommodations can make academic life much easier for disabled students, the process of receiving them often does not. 

I initially arrived at UC Berkeley sure of myself with goals and knowing what I wanted to do in the future. Now as I navigate my final year here, I am unsure of what I want. In some ways, you could say my experiences have broken me — and there is some truth to that. However, at some point, I realized I needed to let go of my fear of failing.

UC Berkeley has seen an increase in Latine student enrollment and representation in several academic disciplines following the establishment of initiatives to improve diversity and inclusion.

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.