1. A Library - Disability Support Services Collaboration Meghan Lorriane Sooy – Director of Disability Support Services TCNJ Bethany Sewell – Access Services and Reference Librarian

2. 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

3. Pre-test

4. 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.

5. Pre-test

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

7. What is a disability? 0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTwXeZ4GkzI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTwXeZ4GkzI

8. 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).

9. The Power of Language Social ModelMedical 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."

10. 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/

11. Ending the Awkward Disability Campaign 0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wG_p7nc3wk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wG_p7nc3wk

12. TCNJ students with disabilities Mobility39 Learning Disability 102 Chronic Disability 197 ADD/ADHD 103 Head Injuries 16 Psychological/Psychiatric 134 Sensory 41 Allergies 7 0 385 students

13. 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://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/504faq.html

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

15. Tour

16. Software demos 0 Ease of Access 0 Read Out Loud 0 Kurzweil 3000 0 ZoomText 0 ExtraPrisma 0 Video Magnifier 0 JAWS 0 “Text-to-Speech” feature for articles from WilsonWebSnap&read

17. Hardware show n' tell 0 Hearing Helper 0 Personal FM System 0 PFM-350 0 WYNN Wizard 0 Wivik 3.1 0 WordQ 1.4 0 Closed caption 0 TVAdjustable height tables

18. 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.

19. 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).

20. 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.

21. Questions