Support Equal Accessibility For Disabled and Neurodivergent Students at IUPUI

Support Equal Accessibility For Disabled and Neurodivergent Students at IUPUI
Why this petition matters
Our Demands:
- Every accommodation available during the lockdown should be made permanently available as an option for any student who needs/wants those accommodations
>Online format available for all classes and resource center services
>Classes and resource center services recorded and made available to all students regardless of attendance
- Reestablish and maintain COVID-19 safety protocols for the remaining duration of the pandemic
>Masks required
>Social distancing required
>Covid testing and vaccines available for free for students
>Absences may not be penalized (whether health related or not)
- Increase accessibility on campus and provide funds for these improvements
>Modifications to bathrooms and bathroom stalls to accommodate for size differences and provide more gender neutral bathrooms
>Overhauling of every campus building, especially the Lecture Hall, for accessibility
>Overhauling of resource centers to be friendly for neurodivergent students
>Including Paws Closet, Paws Pantry, CAPS, and other services
- Provide sensitivity training to professors and instructors regarding different types of disabilities and their effect on learning
- Offer health insurance to any student who may want/need it
- Offer financial aid regardless of enrollment status
- Scrap programs like SAP that disproportionately negatively affect disabled, neurodivergent, and impoverished students
- Provide sliding scale pricing for on-campus housing, meal plans, transportation, and childcare