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68Disabled Students CampaignDisabled Students’ Campaign is the newest of the five CUSU autonomouscampaigns and the organised voice of disabled students in CambridgeUniversity.We are run by disabled students for disabled students and we are always looking for disabledstudents who want to be involved. We recognise that disability means different things todifferent people, and as long as you consider yourself disabled or have personally experienceddisability in the past, then the DSC is your campaign.The aim of the DSC is to enable disabled students to organize ourselves to change theUniversity and other institutions disabled students here use or would like to use in order tomake sure that our minds and bodies are taken seriously, our ways of doing things are valuedequally and our rights are respected. During the year we organise accessible social events,have regular open meetings, run the mental health network for students with mental healthimpairments and organise one-to-one support, as well as campaigns on bigger issues.Disability comes in many different forms, from mental health conditions, autism, specificlearning disabilities, chronic illness, to mobility and sensory impairments, and more. Whateverform your impairment takes, the DSC brings together all disabled students together becominga strong force to make Cambridge more accessible. In the last year we have been a powerfulcampaigning force for disability rights. One of our aims is to raise awareness about disabilityissues, and to get more disabled students positively self defining as disabled. We’ve got someexciting campaigns planned for this coming year so there’s a lot to get involved in makingimportant changes throughout the University.You can find much more information about our campaigns, the exec, our events, informationon your rights, where is accessible in Cambridge and more at our website:www.disabled.cusu.cam.ac.ukDegrading is DegradingIn the last year we have run a hugely successful campaign to improve the process by whichstudents take a break from studying due to illness or personal reasons - previously calleddegrading, a name which is demeaning in itself. We hope to be announcing what we haveachieved as a result of the campaign by the time you are reading this including a namechange to intermitting.You can find more out about the campaign at www.disabled.cusu.cam.ac.uk/degrading.