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Title: “WSU Is Failing Its Most Vulnerable Students — And I’m Living Proof”

I never wanted to write this. But I have to. Because silence is no longer an option.

Washington State University didn’t just fail me — they are actively failing to protect me. As a disabled, neurodivergent, and marginalized student, I have done everything I was supposed to do. I followed the rules. I reported harm. I sought accommodations. I trusted the systems that WSU promised were in place to protect students like me.

But instead of safety, I was met with retaliation. Instead of protection, I was cast aside. And now — in one of the most shameful moves a public university can make — WSU is denying me access to even the online campus, the one space where I could continue my education safely, away from the harm I endured.

I live with autism, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and other serious conditions. I have documentation. I have medical records. I have trauma. I’m not asking for special treatment. I’m asking for basic human decency, legal accommodations under the ADA and Title IX, and a chance to keep going — to survive, to finish my degree, to reclaim my life.

But instead, Washington State University has created every barrier possible to push me out. • They’ve ignored my documented disabilities. • They’ve denied me access to online courses, even when being on campus puts me in real psychological and emotional danger. • They’ve silenced my Title IX concerns. • They’ve enabled systems of discrimination and ableism that are not only immoral, but illegal.

I am not just being forgotten — I am being erased.

And if WSU can do this to me, they can do it to countless others. Students who are afraid to speak up. Students with invisible disabilities. Students with trauma. Students who need support — not suspicion, not punishment, not bureaucratic cruelty.

WSU markets itself as a place of inclusion, safety, and progress. But behind the glossy brochures and empty PR statements, there’s a darker truth: if you don’t fit their mold, if your needs make them uncomfortable, if you challenge the status quo — you’re expendable.

To WSU: This is not just a policy failure. This is a moral failing. A legal failing. A humanitarian failing.

You are breaking students, not building them. You are traumatizing students, not teaching them. And every day you deny me access to my education — even online — you prove that your promises mean nothing.

To any student reading this who feels unheard, unsafe, unseen: You are not alone. I stand with you. And I will keep standing until we are all protected, all accommodated, and all given the dignity and safety we deserve.

Washington State University: do better. Because you’re not just failing — you’re...

First off, I want to start out by saying I am disabled, neurodivergent, part of a minority group, and I have never had issues with any of the staff or faculty because of that. But I have also never harrassed every group that doesn't let me join them. I do not believe I am entitled to whatever I want because of my disabilities or background, and I accept no as an answer. Wait... That's possible? I am writing this part of my review to warn people that his review is PURELY because he is throwing an online tantrum after he has been harassing clubs, fraternities, literally every organization that decides they do not want him a part of their organization. I have been denied jobs because of personal bias at this school but you don't see me slandering the entire school because of a few crappy people. Look McLovin, if you're that butthurt, go to a different school. Not a single person HAS to let you in and the worse you are as a person because of being told no, the less anyone wants to have you in their group! Grow up!

Now for my review of this school. I honestly love this place. This has been my home after my life was physically threatened by my stepfather and my family being too scared of him to defend me. I have found light in my life after starting here, I found community, I found home. I have lived in the dorms for almost 2 years now and I wouldn't have it any other way. I am very involved in resident and campus life and plan on staying that way the remainder of my time here. The only thing I urge the school to consider is to really investigate who is teaching their students. There are a lot of professors here who have very high fail rates but are allowed to continue teaching because of research and/or tenure. Those professors are teaching 100 level classes and honestly seem to want to set the students, who are predominantly freshmen who haven't learned the college work life yet, for failure. The point of university is to succeed through the teaching of professors along with your own work, yet a lot of them don't care to teach in a way that allows students to actually learn. Students should not be forced to rely on youtube tutorials or similar in order to understand basic, predegree material, otherwise, why even have professors...

The engineering department operates the public radio system for the east side of the state. If I were an engineering student looking for a career in radio, I'd most certainly look somewhere else. I just wrote this review up on my personal socials, but will share it here:

This system is an absolute train wreck... I listen to their stream. Since the first of the year, the levels were so far out of wack that it was impossible to listen to... national programming was at one level, local (station breaks, etc) were vastly louder. Then for a while it was the reverse. Today and yesterday the streaming link is just dead. The engineering and local programming is out of the U in Pullman. You know, the extreme red part of WA next to Idaho. Maybe it's just impossible for this admittedly blue leaning news source to flourish... maybe the soil is too acidic. Their actual news is pretty balanced, and they take time to explore the significant news and issues... like a couple weeks ago, they spent an hour following up on the State of Texas' promised mental health treatment of Uvalde's kids after the massacre. Because as we all know, mass killings are a mental health issue, not a gun issue. So I listened intently. Not today. Like, this is publicly supported by listeners. How can they have listeners... they appear to be running us off as fast as they can incompetently operate this dumpster fire of a station.

Edit 9/25 levels between local and national streaming content again so wildly different as the make this dumpster fire station unlistenable, again. I am pretty sure this collection of right wingers is determined to sabotage this lefty content... I mean, look at how close it is to Idaho. Dang this pisses me off. Ick, this is not an engineering exercise, it's a...