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Tuesday, January
23rd
Abstract: In this panel
discussion, several Stanford students and faculty with disabilities will
discuss their disabilities, the challenges they have faced, why they chose to
attend Stanford, their academic and career goals, the resources Stanford
provides them, and the assistive technology they employ to be successful
students and productive faculty members.
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Confirmed Panelists for 2024: |
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- Patty O'Brien
White
- Patty White is a
recent Stanford Distinguished Career
Institute fellow and mother of a child with Down Syndrome. She and her
husband Jim have four children. Their youngest daughter opened their world to
include individuals with cognitive challenges and the many who support them,
ultimately inspiring them to co-found the LuMind Foundation and initiate work around
community housing solutions for adults with IDD (intellectual or developmental
disabilities).
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- Sydney Elise
Barta
- Sydney Barta is
a sophomore studying bioengineering and an amputee since 6. She is a Pi Beta
Phi, Stanford Counterpoint, and HPL member, the Director of Disability Advocacy
for Stanford ASSU, a CME tutor, and a Team USA Paralympian and National Team
member. Sydney recently won the 2023 Parapan American Games and Set the Games
Record for the women's 200m t64. She is one of four women with a blade to never
run sub 27 for 200m and is the 200m National Champion and Americas Record
Holder. She is currently training for Paris 2024 this summer.
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- Sheri D.
Sheppard
- Sheri Sheppard
taught both undergraduate and graduate design-related classes, and conducted
research on fracture mechanics and applied finite element analysis, and on how
people become engineers. She is the longtime faculty founder of and adviser to
the graduate student group MEwomen.
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- Bhavya
Shah
- Bhavya Ashush
Shah s a Senior majoring in Mathematical
and Computational Science and a world champion in debate. He is interested
in emerging technologies, theatre, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Outside of
academics, he enjoys watching Indian standup comedy, having deep conversations,
and eating spicy food. He has been fully blind for about a decade.
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- Lecture Material:
- Slides - 4.56 Mb pdf file
- Links:
- Office of Accessible Education
- Disabled at Stanford - 1982
- LuMind Foundation
- Stanford
Pursues Accessibility but Overlooks Basic Solutions by Malia
Mendez
- 2012 Stanford Daily article -
Panel
reflects on life at Stanford with a Disability
- 2014 Stanford Daily article -
An
Overlooked Minority by Aubrie Lee
- Power2ACT
seeks community center for students with disabilities by Edan
Armas
- Brickelle
Bro finds her niche at Stanford by Kit Ramgopal
- The
fight for disability community at Stanford: Reflections and aspirations by
Tilly Griffiths
- ‘It
makes you a little proud to be a human’ about Eric Sibley
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