Category Stories: Accommodations and Accessibility
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Managing Disability Abroad
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First thing’s first, I want to say there should be no shame in being disabled! It’s important to realize that being able-bodied can change in an instant, as it did for me to trigger my disability status. I was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition on my 16th birthday, only months after dislocating my spine…
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Five Key Tips for Living Abroad with a Dietary Restriction
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As a vegetarian, traveling has always held extra challenges for me. Would I be able to find enough food? What should I bring? Would I bother the people around me? On family vacations and class trips, I was always sure to prepare for the day or week ahead, doing my best to make sure I didn’t…
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Handling Illness While Abroad
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No matter how carefully students approach study abroad, illness and injury are often an unavoidable part of the experience. Visiting a doctor’s office in a foreign country can be both intimidating and stressful, however taking care of your physical health while abroad is extremely important, and experiencing a new healthcare system, while never ideal, can…
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Academic Support Services, My Experience in London
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I knew coming to a new country would involve a new culture, and I was prepared to live somewhere different from my own. However, while I thought about the people I would meet, the food I would eat, and the places I would go, the differences between a British university and my own weren’t exactly…
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Special Mobility Series: How Moving to the Opposite Side of the World Changes You
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The exact opposite side of the world from where I live is in the Indian Ocean, a little southwest of Australia. And I got pretty close.I wasn’t expecting many obvious differences when I got there, since Australians speak English and I assumed the culture was relatively similar to America’s. But there’s more to culture besides…
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Special Mobility Series: Aussies Might Speak English, but their Uni is Like a Foreign Language
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I’ve struggled with academics as much as the next 21-year-old college student. This involves jumping between “I love this class—I’m glad I chose this path” and “I wonder what would happen if I just dropped out right now,” hopefully landing closer to the former. However, there are always a few added difficulties to deal with…
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Special Mobility Series: Why it’s Okay that Moving and Making Friends Never Gets Easier
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Unlike most students, the decision to go abroad was chosen for me; Susquehanna University is one of a handful of schools in the United States that require every student to have some sort of study away experience. I did, however, get to choose where and for how long, and figured I should get out of…
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Special Mobility Series: 4 Tips on Traveling as a Student in a Powered Wheelchair
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Special Mobility Series: 4 Tips on Traveling as a Student in a Powered Wheelchair Home / Student Stories / Special Mobility Series: 4 Tips on Traveling as a Student in a Powered Wheelchair My original thought—as a slightly naïve study abroad student in a powered wheelchair—was that I just needed to get myself to Perth and all my transportation…
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Special Mobility Series: Study Abroad Work Begins Even Before the First Plane Ride
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One might imagine that you have less work cut out for you on a well-established study abroad program like IFSA-Butler than if you were planning it all on your own. And that’s probably true for most students—but I wasn’t expecting the challenges I encountered before even leaving American soil in my wheelchair. From classes to visas to…
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