Disability Studies Program at the University of Toledo

Happy graduation day, Rockets! Your Disability Studies profs are so proud of all you've done and cannot wait for all you've yet to do! 🚀

ID: Four smiling disability studies graduates, Cielo, Shar'Vah, Marissa, and Aabha, in caps, gowns, cords and stoles with Dr. Monteleone standing behind them with her arms raised in celebration

It's Inclusive Postsecondary Education Day! celebrates college opportunities for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities so we thought it would be a great time to honor our Disability Studies Program interns from the last several semesters, Graham, Ana, and Jocelyn! All three are part of the Toledo Transition (T2) program which provides students with IDD college opportunities to enhance social, academic and vocational skills.

Our DST interns have contributed a ton to our program, from digitizing our student library to planning our student parties - thank you, Graham, Ana, and Jocelyn!

Special congrats to Ana and Jocelyn who will also be graduating this weekend!

Learn more about T2 here: https://www.utoledo.edu/hhs/toledo-transition/

This week, we are celebrating our graduating students! Check out their profiles here or on the 4th floor of University Hall!

We're so proud of all of you!

Yesterday, we got to honor our fantastic graduating students, undergraduate majors Marissa Kuehn, Aabha Agarwal, Shar'Vah Williams (not pictured), and Cielo Caputo (not pictured) and graduate certificate students Meghan Ragle and Brittany Kupresanin with our traditional hand-knit cords at our End-of-the-Year party. We also got to recognize Patricia A. Murphy scholarship winner Lindsey Knight and Outstanding Disability Studies student Marissa Kuehn. We also had THREE of our past interns with the Toledo Transition program, Ana Pacheco de Loera, Graham Micham (not pictured), and Jocelyn Jones. We could not be more proud of you all!

Headed to The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical this or next weekend? Grab an Easy Read summary of the show created by stage manager Abby Papenfus! Easy Read summaries can help everyone follow along with the story. Abby created this one as part of her final project for Dr. Monteleone's Disability and Theatre class - access in action!
Check out a digital version here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAHGBOdWvX8/2cwH1ncHSJJfq4h4jU3TAQ/edit

Eric John Roberts is one of our Disability Studies Graduate Certificate students, and we could not be prouder to have him be part of our Disability Studies community! Congratulations, Eric, and we are so grateful for the huge impact you are having on the world!

For Eric John Roberts, the law has always been personal, practical, and rooted in the lives of people who need it most. As a first-generation law student and a first-generation college student, Roberts arrived at The University of Toledo College of Law with a deep commitment to public service shaped long before law school.

Roberts’ passion for disability rights and equity has also taken shape through scholarship. This academic year, he authored or co-authored two law review articles accepted for publication, a rare achievement for a law student in a single semester.

Read more: https://news.utoledo.edu/index.php/04_08_2026/law-student-turns-lived-experience-into-advocacy