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...There is no question that there is a stereotype," says Lisa Chertkov '85, president of Advocates for a Better Learning Environment, a group that lobbys for disabled students at Harvard. Chertkov says students take it for granted that a disabled person at Harvard is some kind of "super-crip," who must be all-capable after overcoming incredible odds...
...That's not how somebody's life works," she says, attacking the stereotype. But many Harvard students who don't suffer a disability, Chertkov says, "never get past that...
...CHERTKOV AND OTHERS tell it, disabled students are simply looking for some respect and understanding. But other barriers, more tangible in their effect, are perhaps equally frustrating...
...Chertkov says these "little things" are not taken seriously enough by the administration or the students. "You can bet that if a bike was locked on the front door of Sever, they'd bring a chainsaw to get it cut off," she says...
...problem "is not Tom Crooks," Kronick asserts, but rather the limited emphasis the University places on the concerns of the handicapped. "Crooks has numerous other duties, and he's overburdened," notes Chertkov. Harvard must recognize that making the college suitable to disabled students represents a major commitment and should establish a central office dedicated solely to disabled student issues. Such an office could function as an outreach program, contacting and helping disabled students rather than shifting all the burdens to them...