Campus Directory
Seyoon Choi
| Title: | Accessibility Resource Spec. |
| Email: | choi@sxu.edu |
| Department: | Cntr for Accessibility Rsrc |
Biography
Seyoon Choi, MSW, is an accessibility and disability services professional whose work centers on disability access, student support, vocational rehabilitation, assistive technology, public transportation equity, and community inclusion. He brings experience working with blind and low-vision individuals, students and community members with disabilities, public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and disability advocacy coalitions.
In his work, Choi is especially committed to helping remove barriers that prevent people with disabilities from fully participating in education, employment, transportation, and community life. His background includes vocational rehabilitation counseling, accessibility consultation, disability policy, ADA/Section 504-related support, assistive technology, case management, professional documentation, stakeholder collaboration, and grassroots advocacy. He approaches accessibility as both an individual support practice and a broader systems-change responsibility.
Education
Master of Social Work, Community and Organization Concentration
Saint Louis University
B.S. in Social Work
Saint Louis University
Areas of Specialization
- Disability services
- Accessibility
- Vocational rehabilitation
- Disability policy
- Assistive technology
- Public transportation access
- Community organizing
- Inclusive program development
- Improving access for people with disabilities through individualized support, systems advocacy, accessible communication, and collaboration across educational, nonprofit, public-sector, and community settings
Chair Specialized Clinical Interests
- Disability access and inclusion
- Student accommodations and accessibility services
- Blindness and low-vision access
- Assistive technology
- ADA, Section 504, and disability policy
- Vocational rehabilitation and employment access
- Public transportation equity and paratransit access
- Community participation for people with disabilities
- Accessible communication and inclusive program design
- Disability advocacy and systems change
Selected Honors/Awards
- Missouri Governors Council of Disabilities Youth Leadership Award, March 2021
- Outstanding capstone presentation award, Saint Louis University May 2023
Presentations/Publications/Productions
- Co-author, “Advocating for transportation equity: A critical examination of paratransit service reductions in St. Louis and its impact on health and community social participation,” Disability and Health Journal, Volume 17, Issue 4, October 2024, Article 101666. (Choi contributed to this publication through writing, review and editing, resources, and conceptualization. The article examines paratransit service reductions in St. Louis and their impact on health, community participation, disability access, and transportation equity.)
- Author, “Exploring St. Louis from a Blind Person’s Perspective,” a community-focused accessibility and inclusion piece developed to increase awareness of mobility, participation, and access barriers experienced by blind and visually impaired community members.
- Presenter and organizer for disability access, assistive technology, public transportation equity, and community advocacy initiatives through RAISE Transit, the National Federation of the Blind, Paraquad, Lighthouse for the Blind, and Saint Louis University-affiliated accessibility work.