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Working Together:

Faculty and Students with Disabilities

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Increase in Number of Students with Disabilities

Factors:

  • Survival Rate
  • Technology
  • K-12 Special Education
  • Awareness

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Presentation Outline

  • Videotape
  • Legal Responsibilities
  • Strategies
  • Campus Resurces
  • Local Solutions

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Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act and 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act


No otherwise qualified individual with a disability shall, solely by reason of his/her disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity of a public entity.

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Otherwise Qualified =

...meets the academic and technical standards requisite to admission or participation...

with or without

  • reasonable modifications to rules, policies or practices;
  • removal of architectural, communication or transportation barriers;
  • or provision of auxiliary aids and services.

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Person with a disability = any person who

  • has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities including walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working;
  • has a record of such an impairment; or
  • is regarded as having such an impairment.

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Examples of Disabilities

  • Spinal cord injuries
  • Loss of limbs
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Hearing impairments
  • Visual impairments
  • Speech impairments
  • Specific learning disabilities
  • Head injuries
  • Psychiatric disorders
  • Diabetes
  • Cancer
  • AIDS

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  • Low Vision
  • Blindness
  • Hearing Impairments
  • Specific Learning Disabilities
  • Mobility Impairments
  • Health Impairments

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Low Vision

  • Large print handouts, signs, equipment labels
  • TV monitor connected to microscope to enlarge images
  • Class assignments in electronic format
  • Computer with enlarged screen images
  • Seating where the lighting is best

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Blindness

  • Audio-tape, Braille, or electronic lecture notes, handouts, texts
  • Describe visual aids
  • Raised-line drawings and tactile models of graphic materials
  • Adaptive lab equipment (e. g., tactile timers, talking thermometers, calculators, light probes)
  • Computers with optical char- acter readers, voice output, Braille screen displays, printers

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Hearing Impairments

  • Interpreters, real-time captions, FM systems, note takers
  • Face student when speaking
  • Written assignments, lab instructions, demonstration summaries
  • Visual aids, visual warning systems for lab emergencies
  • Repeat questions and statements from other students
  • Electronic mail

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Specific Learning Disabilities

  • Note takers and/or audiotaped class sessions
  • Extra exam time; alternative testing arrangements
  • Visual, aural, and tactile demonstrations incorporated into instruction
  • Course and lecture outlines
  • Computers with voice output, spelling checkers, grammar checkers

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Mobility Impairments

  • Group assignments, note takers/scribes, lab assistants
  • Extra exam time, alternative testing arrangements
  • Classrooms, labs, field trips in accessible locations
  • Adjustable tables, lab equipment located within reach
  • Class materials in electronic formats
  • Computers with special input devices (e. g., voice, Morse code, alternative keyboards)

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Health Impairments

  • Note takers, audio-taped class sessions
  • Flexible attendance requirements
  • Extra exam time, alternative testing arrangements
  • Assignments in electronic formats
  • Electronic mail

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General Suggestions

  • Syllabus statement
  • Talk with student
  • Select materials early
  • Materials in electronic formats
  • Alternative testing arrangements
  • Use campus services

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Our Campus Services