A Library Disability Support Ser vices Collaboratio n

• • A Library - Disability Support Ser vices Collaboratio n Meghan Lor Support Ser riane Sooy – Director of Disabilit vice y Bethany Sew s TCNJ e Reference L ll – Access Services and ibrarian

A training session at TCNJ Library First half 1. Overview of the session 2. Pre-test review 3. Overview of Disability Services Office 4. TCNJ students with disabilities 5. 10 Commandments - having positive interactions 6. Services offered by TCNJ Library (scanning/paging) Second Half 1. Tour 2. Software demos 3. Hardware show n' tell 4. Dohickey exercise 5. Post-test 6. Questions

Pre-test The on-campus office that collaborates with the TCNJ community to ensure access and accommodations is: D. Disability A. Dean of Students 9% Support Services (DSS) 27% C Office of Differing Abilities Students (ODAS) 55% B. Center for Student Success (CSS) 9%

Pre-test 2. Assistive technology is useful for which TCNJ population: Answer A. Students (regardless of disability) B. Faculty C. Staff D. TCNJ students, faculty and staff can benefit from the use of assistive technology.

Pre-test Have you ever assisted a library user with the assistive technology in the library? No 55% Yes 45%

TCNJ Disability Services Office 0 HTTP: //DIFFERINGABILITIES. PAGES. TCNJ. EDU

What is a disability? 0 http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=d. Tw. Xe. Z 4 Gkz. I

Social Model of Disability 0 “Its not a disability that affects an individual; its is that person’s interaction with the environment that causes the problem. ” 0 World Health Organization “this is why some people say that they are not disabled, but they have an impairment. They only have a disability when they try to do something that thee standard-built environment makes difficult for them” Hernon, Peter and Philip Calvert, eds. , Improving the Quality of Library Services For Students With Disabilities (Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2006).

The Power of Language Social Model Medical Model 0 “Person who uses a wheelchair” 0 ” "An individual with epilepsy" 0 "A person who is blind” 0 deaf (condition) 0 “Wheelchair bound” 0 "an epileptic. " 0 "a blind person. "

People living with disability 0 27% of U. S. adults live with a disability that interferes with activities of daily living, including: 0 15% of American adults who say they have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs. 0 11% of American adults who say that, because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, they have serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions. 0 9% of American adults who say they have serious difficulty hearing. 0 8% of American adults who say that, because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, they have difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or shopping. 0 7% of American adults who say they are blind or have serious difficulty seeing, even when wearing glasses. 0 3% of American adults who say they have trouble dressing or bathing. http: //www. pewinternet. org/fact-sheets/health-fact-sheet/

Ending the Awkward Disability Campaign 0 https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=6 w. G_p 7 nc 3 wk

TCNJ students with disabilities Mobility 39 Learning Disability 102 Chronic Disability 197 ADD/ADHD 103 Head Injuries 16 Psychological/Psychiatric 134 Sensory Allergies 41 7 0 385 students

ADA and OCR 0 “The Americans with Disabilities [ADA] Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 require post secondary institutions to make education accessible for students with disabilities. At the postsecondary level, disability-related services and accommodations might include, for example, alternative examination formats, readers, interpreters, or ramps for wheelchair access. ” 0 The office for Civil Rights (OCR), U. S. Department of Education Section 504 and Title II. …”Institutions of higher education must provide students with disabilities with “auxiliary aids. . . ” 0 http: //www 2. ed. gov/about/offices/list/ocr/504 faq. html

Services offered by TCNJ Library http: //library. pages. tcnj. edu/about-thelibrary/disability-support/ 0 Copying 0 Paging 0 Proxy Borrowing Card 0 Assistive Technologies

Tour

Software demos 0 Ease of Access 0 Read Out Loud 0 Kurzweil 3000 0 Zoom. Text 0 Extra. Prisma 0 Video Magnifier 0 JAWS 0 “Text-to-Speech” feature for articles from Wilson. Web. Snap&read

Hardware show n' tell 0 Hearing Helper 0 Personal FM System 0 PFM-350 0 WYNN Wizard 0 Wivik 3. 1 0 Word. Q 1. 4 0 Closed caption 0 TVAdjustable height tables

Post-test: What did you find most helpful about the training? 0 I had no idea there were so many and such a variety of resources available to our students. 0 Learning about the branding change, I had no clue they changed their name! 0 There are more assistive devices than I had realized. There is even a department that is dedicated to this. 0 Gaining new insight, reference information and sensitivity to the needs special needs of our disabled students. Also knowing more statistics about the numbers we need to serve. 0 The various software selections were quite informative, especially the Zoom Text.

Post-test: What did you find most helpful about the training? 0 This kind of training is helpful because it starts a conversation. 0 Especially useful for well meaning but not well versed people. (Who might feel worried about inadvertently misspeaking or underserving).

Post-test: What did you find most helpful about the training? 0 The new name for the office and its expanded scope of support. 0 Learning who Meghan is! 0 Learning that Meghan is there and willing to help. 0 Like Meghan said the requesting students often know what they need but we do not have the version of the software they are looking for and I did not know who to contact.

Questions