My Why: At Plymouth State University, approximately 600 undergraduate students have a documented physical, psychiatric, or learning disability, or often, a combination of the three.  This number represents approximately 15 percent of our population, which is consistent with national trends.  Students with disabilities face significant barriers to a successful and meaningful college experience and the intersection of disability and income inequality complicate this problem (half of all students with disabilities at Plymouth State University also come from families with limited income, based on twice the federal poverty line, (50,000 for a family of four). In order to retain these students and help them persist to graduation, we must make cultural…