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...commitment to living a full, normal life led Mattlin to select Mather as his housing choice this spring, despite the fact that the House is not equipped for the handicapped. Mattlin, who currently shares a double in Canaday Hall with a paid, full-time attendant, chose Mather primarily because it has only large suites, where he would have roommates--potential "buddies" who could relieve some of the "great strain" of living only with an attendant on whom he relies heavily...
Mattlin accepted his current double on the ground floor of a Canaday entry instead of the Weld suite. "They really wanted me here. I could have fought, but it seemed nice being on the ground floor in terms of socializing." Workers widened Mattlin's bedroom and bathroom doors, constructed a small, wooden ramp at the door to his double, and poured fresh asphalt at the entryway door at a cost of about $2500. Robert Mortimer, superintendent of the Yard, says...
...after a year of living in his Canaday room, Mattlin says that he still feels somewhat left out socially and finds that Canaday is really not an accessible dorm because only four rooms in the 70-plus-room building are accessible without ascending steps. Mattlin says that, as a result, his life is primarily "self-contained" and that he is somewhat envious of the two six-man suites on the fourth floor of his entry. "I'm not saying I want to have 10,000 people in my room, but it's not the same living only with an attendant...
...says he understands the College's decision to evaluate fully the housing situation before making certain removations. But Wayne adds, "I told Ben, 'If I walk in here in the fall of '83 and find you still in Quincy. I'll be very upset.'" Wayne adds that Quincy, like Canaday, is largely inaccessible to people in wheelchairs, with the Junior Common Room and the House's suites of four and five only reachable by stairs. "It's certainly not good for your social life," he says...
Also at Soldiers Field, the College-wide softball championship will be contested between Canaday A-D, the freshman champions, and Eliot, the House representatives...