Jesuit education integrates disability studies with Catholic social teaching

Jesuit education is incorporating disability studies into its mission to support diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Disability remains a dimension of diversity that is often not deeply explored in higher education.

Studies rooted in Catholic social teaching and spirituality provide a theological framework to connect these efforts to the mission of forming people for the service of others. This approach views disability as more than a medical condition, acknowledging definitions that describe it as a misalignment between a person and their environment or as impairments that limit major life activities.

At Regis University, students participate in Accessibility Day to celebrate the pride of people with disabilities and to learn about accessibility and available support measures.