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Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Romi the service dog sits for the camera, November 28th 2024.

A service dog’s place in mental health

Riley Crowe, Campus Journalist December 1, 2024

Romi is the Center for Students with Disabilities (CSD) office’s very own “therapy dog.” He wanders from office to office when he gets bored and routinely cheers up staff and students alike. “He’s...

Rebecca Harris, Disability Services Coordinator

Get support from the Center for Students with Disabilities

Rebecca Harris, Disability Services Coordinator November 28, 2022

Disability is something that comes in all different forms, and even the same disability looks drastically different for each individual. The Center for Students with Disabilities sees this and works to...

CSD Student Noah Thomas

Changing the outlook on autism

Brooklyn Stevenson, Lifestyle Journalist November 28, 2021

The Center for Students with Disabilities (CSD) works with many different students at UW-Whitewater throughout the year, and one of these special students is Noah Thomas. Noah Thomas is a first-year transfer...

Uniting through communication

November 4, 2019

I think the first thing you need to do to understand my story is to understand me. I’m incredibly gifted. I graduated from UW Whitewater in 2019 with a Masters in Business Administration, having achieved...

Senior Kyle Crossett talks to dispatch on the two-way radio as he gets ready to go on a pick-up.
Vesna Brajkovic photo/ BrajkoviVA04@uww.edu

Adaptive Transportation

January 28, 2015

The students behind the pick-up, drop-off bus service of the Center for Students with Disabilities.  Jan. 28, 2015 By Vesna Brajkovic It’s almost 15 minutes to 11 a.m. and Kyle Crossett scoops...

Dan Sandow stops for a photo while going his typical route to class in Heide Hall on his scooter. “i’m smiling even though math isn’t my favorite class,” Sandow said. 
Amber Levenhagen photo/
LevenhagAL14@uww.edu

Cold hands, warm heart

December 10, 2014

Dan Sandow, a student who uses a mobility device, overcomes the challenges of making the daily journey to class in winter Dec. 10, 2014 By Vesna Brajkovic Slipping on a pair of brown, heavy-duty...

A day in the life of: Peter Lohr

April 18, 2012

“Even when the day doesn’t go according to plan, I’ve adapted a ‘roll with the punches’ mentality.” This is the attitude that has gotten Peter Lohr, a graduate student with Cerebral...

A day in the life of: Megan Lynch

March 14, 2012

Four years ago, sophomore Megan Lynch woke up in the hospital paralyzed from the neck down after hitting her head in the swimming pool. “The doctors told me with therapy, moving different parts of...

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