The Daily and OU Disability Inclusion and Awareness teamed up to tell the stories of students with disabilities — visible and invisible. Here’s what students had to say about how disabilities affect their lives.
The Daily and OU Disability Inclusion and Awareness teamed up to tell the stories of students with disabilities — visible and invisible. Here’s what students had to say about how their disabilities affect their lives.
Bradley Mays is an adult and higher education doctoral candidate with cerebral palsy.
Lamis Ahmed is an international studies and political science junior with a severe hearing impairment.
Matthew Jacobson is a composition, rhetoric and literacy doctoral student with Crohn’s disease.
Rebecca Eden is a doctoral student working on an interdisciplinary project with dyslexia.
Bradley Gregory is an electrical engineering junior whose father has ALS.
Katherine Hawes is an industrial and systems engineering sophomore with postural orthostatic tachycardia.
MG Hirsch is a computer science sophomore with severe anxiety and depression.
Sara Mills is a pre-nursing sophomore with ankylosing spondylitis.
Hannah Turner is a psychology freshman with a rare form of epilepsy.
Special thanks to OU Disability Inclusion and Awareness for working with The Daily to tell the stories of students with disabilities. We’re so grateful to Bradley, Lamis, Matthew, Rebecca, Bradley, Katherine, MG, Sara and Hannah for their openness and written work.
Correction: This project was updated at 1:30 p.m. April 10 to reflect the correct academic years for Katherine Hawes, Bradley Gregory and MG Hirsch.