Access UMass, a student organization advocating for disability rights on campus, surfaced in Amherst this semester, utilizing social media to pinpoint barriers to accessibility — curbs, icy roads, broken door access buttons. Now, they’ve begun making demands of university administrators and fighting to be heard and seen. News Editor Rebeca Pereira sat down with an Access UMass member André DaSilva to talk about how his group coalesced and which needs its members are articulating.
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