I am so proud to educate them, and I am so worried that without programs like ours, they will fall out of the leaky pipeline. Disabled students, like other marginalized students, deserve to see a place for themselves in our public universities. (6/6)

These students then go on to work in state and local governments, in non-profits, in disability services, as lawyers, as medical providers, as social workers. They become people who make a difference in the world. (5/6)

They benefit from personal support and close relationships with faculty and cohorts who connect to and honor their experiences. Those connections are only possible in a small program like those the legislation targets. (4/6)

They start and stop coursework as their lives and health allow. More than once a graduate has told me they would have dropped out if they hadn't found Disability Studies. (3/6)

SB1 demands the elimination of our BA in Disability Studies (the first in the nation, by the way). Many of our majors and alums are disabled or caregivers for disabled family members. These students often take a longer time to graduate. (2/6)