Category: Center on Disability and Inclusion

From Seabee to Baldanza Fellow, Nadia Morris-Mitchell ’24, G’26 Keeps Answering the Call

Consider this story the third part in an ongoing series chronicling Nadia Morris-Mitchell’s ’24, G’26 educational journey through Syracuse University. As an undergraduate pursuing a part-time bachelor’s degree in creative...
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Intelligence++ Students Introduce Inclusive Design Solutions at 2025 Showcase

Syracuse University students turned lived experience, empathy, and emerging technology into innovative and inclusive disability solutions at the Intelligence++ Innovation Showcase, hosted at Syracuse University’s Bird Library on Dec. 9,...
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“More Challenging”: Professor Christy Ashby Discusses DOS Accessible Font Ban with The Washington Post

Calibri font banished as U.S. diplomacy returns to Times New Roman (The Washington Post | Dec. 11, 2025) A sans serif font, Secretary of State Marco Rubio just decreed, is...
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“We Want to Find Everyone’s Gift”: Dream Big Gives the Paynes an “Incredible Opportunity” to Support InclusiveU Students Post-graduation

Sitting in their home in Skaneateles, NY, Garry P’22 and Cindy ’88, P’22 Payne mention that they are looking forward to a weekend visit from their daughter, Chloe ’22, now...
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Center on Disability and Inclusion Awarded NYS Grant to Pilot Advocacy Training Network

Syracuse University School of Education’s Center on Disability and Inclusion (CDI) has been awarded $250,000 per year for three years from the New York State Council on Developmental Disabilities (CDD)....
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Professor Christy Ashby: Federal Announcements on Autism Are Damaging, Confusing

CNY disability expert worries federal announcements on autism are damaging and confusing (WAER | Sept. 25, 2025) Autism is in the spotlight after health and government officials in Washington claimed...
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InclusiveU students attend Mānoa Summer Intensive in Hawaii

Over the summer, InclusiveU students attended the Mānoa Summer Intensive. a four day inclusive training program offered through the University of Hawaiʻi’s Center on Disability Studies (CDS).  This intensive focuses...
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School of Education Launches Fully Inclusive Study Abroad Experience in Italy

The University’s first inclusive study abroad trip has redefined what inclusive higher education looks like, blending immersive cultural experiences with academic exploration of inclusive education across borders. This two-week program,...
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Innovative Student Group Designs Inclusive Clothing for Neurodivergent Community

Carolyn Fernandes ’25 remembers walking out of an interview for a design internship that she ended up not getting. She wondered if fidgeting with her nails—a common, repetitive expression of...
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A Toolkit and a Mindset: The Impact of Intelligence++

The Intelligence++ program is an innovative, interdisciplinary initiative among Syracuse University Libraries, the Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education’s InclusiveU, which is housed in the School of Education, and the...
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