http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:00:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/23/disabled-students-class/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/23/disabled-students-class/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:00:37 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26041 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/23/disabled-students-class/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/01/24/ed-roberts-day-2012/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/01/24/ed-roberts-day-2012/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:47:30 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=23939 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/01/24/ed-roberts-day-2012/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/14/paraplegic-student-stands-walks-at-graduation/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/14/paraplegic-student-stands-walks-at-graduation/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 02:14:31 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=11747 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/14/paraplegic-student-stands-walks-at-graduation/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/12/paraplegic-student-exoskeleton-graduation-walk/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/12/paraplegic-student-exoskeleton-graduation-walk/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 17:15:40 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=11518 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. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/12/paraplegic-student-exoskeleton-graduation-walk/feed/ 0