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When graduating senior Austin Whitney stood up from his wheelchair at UC Berkeley’s Commencement ceremony today, the crowd of 15,000 people at Edwards Stadium stood up with him – and roared.
Tag: disabled students
UC Berkeley class prepares disabled students for competitive job market
April 23, 2012:
If it’s a tough job market out there for able-bodied college graduates, imagine how employment prospects might look to students with cerebral palsy or a muscular or neurodegenerative disease. That’s why a dozen UC Berkeley students are enrolled in “Professional Development and Disability,” a unique course that is teaching them how to market their disabilities as strengths.
Community celebrates Ed Roberts Day
January 24, 2012:
On Jan. 23, the campus honored the father of the independent-living movement, Ed Roberts, during an outreach event for local high-school students with special needs.
Engineers to help paraplegic student walk at graduation
May 12, 2011:
Graduating senior Austin Whitney, in a wheelchair since a 2007 car accident paralyzed him from the waist down, plans to stand and walk at this year’s commencement ceremony. He will be wearing a robotic exoskeleton developed by UC Berkeley engineers to improve mobility for paraplegics.
