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In honor of Veterans’ Day, Inside Equal Access interviewed Mark Stillion, a third-semester graduate student in the Clinical Mental Health master’s program, to learn his story and hear about the intersections between being a veteran and having a disability.

Something no one tells you when you’re diagnosed with a chronic illness is that you will be lonely. Courtney McLeod, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Financial Aid Counselor, shares how her chronic illness makes her feel lonely even during social events.

At Â鶹ÊÓƵ, we are extremely proud of our student veterans. We are working to ensure that there are services and resources available to assist with the challenging transition veterans with disabilities face when entering higher education. Read about how Â鶹ÊÓƵ busts myths and builds Communities for its veteran students with disabilities.

Although KSU has improved public spaces o be more accessible to people with disabilities and part of the LGBTQ+ community, Faith, who has chronic pain which causes a mobility issue as well as potentially undiagnosed autism, feels that Â鶹ÊÓƵ is very LGBTQ+ and diversity friendly, but not as accepting of those with disabilities.