{"id":10251,"date":"2021-11-16T15:51:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T20:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/?page_id=10251"},"modified":"2026-01-19T02:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:39:22","slug":"student-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/about-dai\/student-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"DAI Student Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"fullwidth type-intro\">The DAI team is proud of the students we work with and grateful for the opportunity to learn about their interests and goals. A few have generously shared their stories below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-cards halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/meet\/ryan-poe\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/IMG_1057-scaled.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ryan Poe on the Appalachian Trail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/IMG_1057-scaled.jpg 2560w, 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100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/meet\/ryan-poe\/\">Ryan Poe<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">DAI Student<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Learn about Ryan's experiences as a student with a disability navigating the COVID pandemic and his decision to take a semester off to hike the Appalachian Trail.<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/commencement-2023-student-senator-makes-connections\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Christopher-Bove-Senate-Portrait.png\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Christopher-Bove-Senate-Portrait.png 360w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Christopher-Bove-Senate-Portrait-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/commencement-2023-student-senator-makes-connections\/\">Christopher Bove<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">DAI Student \/ Alum<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">A political science and communications studies major, Bove has his sights set on Rhode Island\u2019s state legislature.<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theunwritten.co.uk\/2022\/03\/01\/how-discrimination-in-stem-changed-my-life\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Claire-Tyler-Article.jpeg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Claire-Tyler-Article.jpeg 590w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Claire-Tyler-Article-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Claire-Tyler-Article-364x205.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Claire-Tyler-Article-500x281.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" 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Student written content for <i>The Unwritten.  <p><b>Content Warning<\/b><\/i>: workplace ableism and academic ableism, lack of legal protection for students against discrimination.<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/meet\/sydney-reich\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Syd-Reich-Graduation.jpeg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Syd Reich poses in her commencement regalia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Syd-Reich-Graduation.jpeg 672w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Syd-Reich-Graduation-210x300.jpeg 210w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Syd-Reich-Graduation-364x520.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Syd-Reich-Graduation-500x714.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/meet\/sydney-reich\/\">Sydney Reich<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">DAI Student \/ URI Alum<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Read Sydney's poem Body Prison about her experiences as a person using a wheelchair, Body Prison Part 2 is linked at the bottom.<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/meet\/jewel-voyer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Jewel-Voyer-Lab.jpeg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jewel Voyer in The Gewurz Lab at the Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital Department of Infectious Disease.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Jewel-Voyer-Lab.jpeg 828w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Jewel-Voyer-Lab-291x300.jpeg 291w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Jewel-Voyer-Lab-768x792.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Jewel-Voyer-Lab-364x375.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/797\/Jewel-Voyer-Lab-500x516.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/disability\/meet\/jewel-voyer\/\">Jewel Voyer<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">DAI Student, SADA\/A President<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Read Jewel's account of navigating college as a student with an invisible disability and how she has integrated disability into her research.<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"fullwidth type-intro\">Would you like to see your story featured here? If so, please send a message to <a href=\"mailto:dai@uri.edu\">dai@uri.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DAI team is proud of the students we work with and grateful for the opportunity to learn about their interests and goals. A few have generously shared their stories below. Would you like to see your story featured here? 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