WHEELS ON CAMPUS -- A GUIDE TO WHEELCHAIR-FRIENDLY HIGHER EDUCATION (part 14)

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

Katherine Vacek, a junior studying history at TAMU, has a T6 spinal cord injury and also uses a manual wheelchair with a SmartDrive power assist. 

Vacek, who wants to go to graduate school to become a history teacher, rehabbed at TIRR in Hous­ton, one of the nation’s leading rehab hospitals. 

She says many of her therapists were TAMU grads who spoke highly of the school, which influenced her decision to enroll there.