WHEELS ON CAMPUS -- A GUIDE TO WHEELCHAIR-FRIENDLY HIGHER EDUCATION (part 13)

 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

“Being a cadet with a physical disability, I participate to the best of my ability in every event — from morning and evening formations to corps runs, where I run my wheelchair as fast as it can go alongside my nondisabled buddies, to Corps marches, and many other activities,” Sutton says.

“I do it all, and do not allow my disability to define what I can do.

I want to show others that these tasks can still be done in a different and innovative way.” 

Sutton says she is also allowed to live in an on-campus apartment — rather than the required Corps dorms — that accommodates the space she needs for medical devices and an attendant.