CU Boulder student Brendan Towle said he can’t graduate because of his disability and has experience discrimination and retaliation.
“ refused to make the course accessible and refused to allow me to use disability accommodations,” Towle said. “When I tried to go back and forth between the department and disability services, I just kept getting shut down at every turn. No one was willing to budge an inch.”
“On paper, they claimed they offered to allow me to use an advanced field course as a substitute for it, but they won’t let me enroll in an advanced field course without instructor permission, and I can’t get instructor permission,” Towle said. “I also struggle with depression quite a bit, and at one point I attempted suicide. It’s been pretty rough, I just constantly feel worthless because I don’t have access to the same opportunities that my classmates do,” Towle said.
“Hiking is a product of the professor making it what he sees as an ‘authentic’ experience, as is the handwriting and drawing,” Towle said. “On paper, is supposed to enforce all these anti-discrimination laws, and they just don’t,” Towle said.Part of the problem with Disability Services, Towle said, is there are not enough access coordinators for the large population of students at CU Boulder.
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