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Those changes--set in motion by Mattlin's request--mark a new stage in renovations for the handicapped, initiated in 1977 following the signing of the federal Rehabilitation Act. The act required that any institution receiving federal funds make its programs and activities accessible to the handicapped by June...
...Mattlin's request goes beyond these efforts. While Moser says Harvard has made programs and activities accessible, she adds that attempting to fulfill Mattlin's wish for roommates marks a new effort to provide disabled students "access to the same lifestyle as others." Harvard had planned to focus attention on changes that would provide the disabled with even greater access after completing its transition plan. But, according to Crooks, Mattlin has prompted an acceleration of the time table...
...Mattlin's quest for a fulfilling college experience began when he was a high school junior during a visit to Harvard. "I knew they were encouraging me to apply. Other places were indifferent and discouraging." Mattlin recalls. He selected Harvard after becoming the third person from his high school in 35 years to be accepted to the University. He cites "the bigness and tension of the urban environment." Harvard's diversity, accessible facilities, and the University's previous experience with disabled students as the school's primary attractions...
...Mattlin visited Harvard twice last summer to discuss his desire to experience a regular freshman year. Specifically, Mattlin expressed his wish for roommates--an idea vetoed by Henry C. Moses, dean of freshman, despite support from Crooks and other administrators in the Freshman Dean's Office. "Mr. Crooks wanted me in Weld North--that would have meant like six roommates. But the argument went that Hank Moses didn't like that because he didn't want to put any burden on other freshmen, whether it was explicit or implicit." Mattlin says. Moses refuses comment...
...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...