Anna e só
My faculty no longer offers courses in blocks of 4 classes (a full night); instead, they offer courses in blocks of 2 classes (1/2 night). That means that if I want to have a full night of classes, I may risk enrolling in a Course A that’s offered at Building A and Course B that’s offered at Building B which is located 1,1 km away from A.
Walking wouldn’t be a problem if my university campus treated pedestrians as first class citizens, but they don’t!
Anna e só
So I won’t be able to graduate until 2026 because my faculty keeps offering courses I need to take at different buildings that are so far apart a disabled person can’t safely walk from a building to the other. 🥲
Aral Balkan
@anna How is that legal? Surely it must violate accessibility legislation, no? (He says, naïvely.)
Anna e só
Sidewalks aren’t well maintained. There are so few street lights my campus has been getting increasingly dangerous and difficult to walk around at night. And, worse of all, my city is known for having some really aggressive drivers. I hear and see people speeding all the time.
Anna e só
I’m considering talking to my university’s accessibility center about it and seeing if I have any recourse to make specific courses I need to take to graduate to be offered at the same building. But I need to do that before the next semester as my faculty isn’t the only one trying to organize their schedule—finding another classroom can be an impossible task after they’re all assigned.
Aral Balkan
@anna Good luck and keep us updated. If you don’t mind sharing which university it is, there might be someone on here who might be able to help perhaps.
Anna e só
@aral Thank you, I appreciate the support! I study at the Universidade Federal de Goiás, a federal public university in my state. Our accessibility center is overwhelmed with requests from disabled students, so I’m used to trying to advocate for myself on my own and then reporting the results to them.
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