{"id":142137,"date":"2022-07-07T15:03:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T13:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=142137"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:21","slug":"kyra-de-universiteit-is-nu-te-gefragmenteerd-om-echt-toegankelijk-te-worden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/07\/07\/kyra-de-universiteit-is-nu-te-gefragmenteerd-om-echt-toegankelijk-te-worden\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyra: ‘The university is too fragmented now to become truly accessible’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kyra\u2019s experience has taught her that makeshift solutions aren\u2019t all that helpful. A new pavement is hastily constructed, but it turns out the access ramp is dangerous because it\u2019s too steep for wheelchair users. It is always up to her to raise such issues. That has to change, the student believes. \u201cMaybe then the university could become a better place for students with an impairment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Make sure that students with functional impairments also get all the facilities when they start a second study, Kyra says. She has more ideas on how the university can become a better place for students with functional impairments. <\/span><\/p>

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If Kyra Mulders (23) wants to know something about her Health Sciences study programme, she asks her questions at that faculty. And questions about her second study in Philosophy have to be asked at another faculty, across campus, at yet another department. And if she has questions about events held by student associations or study associations, she has to go to those organisations. And who is there to help her if the lift isn\u2019t working? When Kyra encounters a problem, she has to actively pursue the solution herself. Before she can even raise the matter, she has to work out which department she needs to contact. \u201cThere is no coordinated approach at the university. There needs to be someone higher up who keeps track of these kinds of things\u201d, says the Philosophy and Health Sciences student. \u201cMaybe then the university could become a better place for students with an impairment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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