Disability Compliance at Western Washington University: A Long and Storied History

This paper, originally written for 2024 Winter Honors Seminar 'Disability Inequality and Advocacy in the United States', was submitted and included in ICDS Scholars Week later that year. Through archival research, disability history at WWU comes into focus. Many historical issues persist, begging the question of how we reform and adapt our campus so that it is inclusive to all. This paper also provides a basic overview of disability rights law that is applicable to the physical environment of campus, and how these laws are not always properly applied or enforced. Additionally, disability advocates argue that current disability rights laws do not go far enough to be truly inclusive.