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While I am pleased that the Crimson has brought attention to the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC) and the good work they do (Dec. 1), I am obliged to correct some errors of fact as well as some impressions that might be misleading to your readers. I did not say, "We can't always do what [disabled] students want [when] their expectations exceed what is required by law." I said that we try to exceed the minimum requirements of the law in providing services and assistance to students with disabilities...
While the SDRC certainly might use additional staff, we do have temporary help on board to meet all student needs through the upcoming examination period and the beginning of the spring term. In the meantime, we are working closely with the College administration to ensure proper long-term staffing for this important service...
Seven years ago, when Harvard created its Student Disabilities Resource Center (SDRC), about 40 Harvard students were registered with disabilities...
Public awareness of the rights of disabled people culminated in the Americans with Disabilities Act, which became law in 1990, the same year that the SDRC was formed. As a result, many students with disabilities who once would have been resigned to "special schools" are now finding arrangements that allow them to attend, and succeed, in regular secondary schools...
...SDRC refers students with learning disabilities to the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC), which in turn arranges for testing and works with students to "level the playing field," according to Smith...