 Hi guys. How's it going? For more than 20 years, the University of Washington's Stuart Center has been an advocate for students with disabilities, empowering them and providing a supportive community as they enter college. Sheryl Bergstahler is the founder and director of Stuart, which stands for Disabilities, Opportunities, Internet Working and Technology. I felt there was a real need. We have special ed programs, we have services for people with disabilities, but I thought there was a need to actually connect with teenagers who have disabilities and have them help them transition from one phase of their life to another. And there isn't a safety net there, and so my idea was to connect with teenagers with disabilities and have them become part of a community. My name is Erica. I'm deaf and I'm playing on majoring in English and with the interest in business. Hi, my name is Caleb and I am a sophomore here at the University of Washington, where I am double majoring in Law Society and Justice and Disability Studies. And I want to take that and eventually become a disability rights lawyer. And I was born a congenital amputee missing three of my limbs. I also thought there was a need to have more leaders in the disabled community. And students don't become leaders if they don't have leadership experiences. And so within the Duet program we provide them with experiences to become leaders, like mentoring younger students. That happens every summer at Duet Summer Camp held at UW. Students from all over the state who have disabilities learn about college, technology and each other. What they find out when we bring together other students with disabilities with them is that there are other students that are facing some of the same challenges that they are. But they also learn about different kinds of disabilities. So a student who has dyslexia, for instance, will learn about challenges faced by a student who's blind. At the camp, Anita, who uses a wheelchair, talked with Eric about macular degeneration. How do you cope with your disability, Eric? Um, I mostly just ask for help a lot. Like I need, I need larger print papers for all of my tests and I need extra time because my eyes get tired really easily. Duet's goal is to prepare the students for successful careers and in order to get there, they need to succeed in college. It's important that people with disabilities are able to access programs and resources just simply as a matter of social justice. The amazing thing about being here such a long time is seeing some of the students just kind of grow up right in front of me. So when I started 15 years ago, you know, the students I met were 15 years old and now they're 30 and it's really fun just to see them all, you know, find their way and and create a life for themselves. Duet has taught them they can do anything.