Finding Help on Campus

By: C.A. Printup
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    At Indiana University of South Bend, accessibility can be an issue. Accessibility is especially hard when you do not have friends that you can vent about it to. That's why students and teachers have joined together to make the Student Disability Association.
    In an interview with staff adviser Kevin Griffith, he stated that "this club is just in it's beginning. The first few meetings this semester are to start recruitment and become what we really want it to be."
    The SDA has already met twice this semester and at the meeting there were two students who showed up. While this is a low turnout, students are encouraged to join to be the founding members of the movement.
    "I hope that this group will be more focused on social justice," Griffith said. "Right know we are more focused on recruitment and socializing but I hope that it will be more focused on the social justice aspect."
    The SDA does not have much information up on their TitanAtlas page, however taking a quick look at their Constitution it states that their purpose is to "provide a safe place for the students and their allies to not only educate themselves and others in the community, but also stress self-advocate and empowerment."
    While the group does not meet a lot right now, students can sign up to get notified about upcoming meetings by going to the student's disability support services in the administration building on campus.