Since 2008, number of UAS students using disability services quintuple

The Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, requires institutions receiving public money, including colleges, provide a level playing field for students who have disabilities.
In 2008, the act was amended to expand the definition of disability. That fall, 23 University of Alaska Southeast students were using disability services. By the spring semester of this year, there were 119. The upward trend is also true at the Universities of Alaska Anchorage and Fairbanks, but it’s not as dramatic