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Fortunately for Fiedler and Charles Drafts '77, both psychology concentrators, William James Hall numbers among Harvard's newer, more accessible buildings "as long as somebody opens the doors." Drafts, a deaf quadriplegic who transferred from a community college, says he applied to Harvard because friends pressured him to do so. "I never for a minute thought I'd come here because it was inaccessible...The thing that made me change my mind was when I saw how easy it was to get into William James, because I already knew I'd be a psychology major...
...Fiedler describes his House, Quincy, as "a pretty livable place," especially his suite which the University renovated before he returned to school this fall. Still, he cannot use the House library and part of the Junior Common Room. He must follow an outdoor route to the grille and take the freight elevator to the dining hall. He feels students like himself, less severely disabled than Drafts, should live in regular student housing. With some renovation, Mather and Leverett could more easily accomodate the disabled than other Houses. Currier is a fourth potentially accessible House but none of the shuttle buses...
...Bordley '79, who is blind, says "That's one thing I like about Harvard. There aren't too many obstacles...The area is kind of weird as far as streets and sidewalks go, but for classrooms it's okay." Fiedler, however, points out the difficulty for students in wheelchairs to reach distant spots like the Divinity School and Hilles Library. Often Fiedler cannot leave Quincy in snowstorms because he finds snow piled on the curb cutouts. The students have no special problems making classes on time. "I might have trouble getting from class to class, but not because...
...basis equal to that of their non-disabled peers. Drickamer points out that such an office would not be very expensive to establish and maintain and would be easty to contact by students and administrators. Presently, "There's no way for us to know who to call," Fiedler says...
...planning officer James T. McGrath says, a "general consensus that a lot more needs to be done" exists among the administration as well as the students. Yet ABLE spokesmen Fiedler and Drickamer stress that "Harvard is not unique" in the problems it poses for the disabled, that it merely reflects conditions throughout society. They feel the University has been cooperative, in view of the problems it faces in meeting their requests. The age of certain buildings does not only present barriers to the disabled but makes the barriers' removal a problem as well. Sever Hall is a National Historic Landmark...