CWU Offering Accessibility Studies as First Program of its Kind in Country

Central Washington University (CWU) is offering a program dedicated to increasing awareness for accessibility issues.

"I will be the first person to sign up for the course," said senior Humberto Avila.

Avila couldn't wait to be a part of CWU's new Accessibility Studies program.

The Special Education major, who's been blind since birth, is part of the inspiration behind the program's development as a former student of the program's lead professor Naomi Petersen.

"In order to make the teaching accessible I realized we needed an accessibility program because everybody needs this in almost profession," she said.

About 30 degree programs at CWU have Accessibility Studies as a minor option.

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