MADISON, Wis. — Disabled students on the UW campus are having a hard time making it to class this week.
While most sidewalks have been cleared, even small patches of snow and ice can create barriers for some students.
“That’s what we’ll see, stretches of a path that will be clear and then there will be three or four feet of rutted ice,” said Cathy Trueba, Director of the UW’s McBurney Disability Resource Center. “For somebody walking, they can navigate that small stretch, but if you’re using a chair or a person with difficulty in balance, gait, or vision that stretch basically creates a barrier that student may not be able to get past.”