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...Science Center lecture rooms, though classified by the University as accessible, offer only limited space for a few wheelchairs--none of the seats can be reached. Located in University Hall, even the office of Thomas E. Crooks, faculty coordinator for handicapped students, is inaccessible, a situation ABLE President Lisa Chertkov '85 calls "completely unforgivable...
...students often encounter similar insensitivity on the part of teachers (Kronick notes that "everybody has at least two examples"), they rarely report the problem. The student whose legal and moral rights have been violated "hates to push, for fear the professor will notice" and lower a grade, says Crooks. Chertkov agress, but adds that Crooks reinforces that fear, telling complaining students, "We'll push your complaint if you want, but this is the guy who's grading your term paper...
...students must suffer the loss of some shopping period privileges. The Registrar's office requires mobility-impaired students to submit a list of courses they intend to take several months before the start of each new term to insure those classes will be taught in accessible rooms. But as Chertkov asks, "If you can't visit a class, how can you know if you want to take it?" She also notes that if a disabled student decides to enroll in a course not on thier pre-registration list, the Registrar's office discourages the change. Thus, Harvard's pre-registration...
...improve that." Moser feels Harvard's system of mainstreaming disabled students leaves them without a clear sense of when to seek outside help. More fundamentally, the present University attitude makes disabled students feel annoying and burdensome. When students complain, "they're treated as if they were making waves," explains Chertkov...
Currier is the only House fully accessible to students with certain severe handicaps, Chertkov said, adding that the College should make several River Houses equally available...