A Welcoming Campus is Accessible to All Marla Herron, Kathy Rose-Mockry, & Dot Nary.
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Transcript of A Welcoming Campus is Accessible to All Marla Herron, Kathy Rose-Mockry, & Dot Nary.
A Welcoming Campus is Accessible to All
Marla Herron, Kathy Rose-Mockry, & Dot Nary
Presentation ObjectivesUnderstand the prevalence of those with disabilities at KU and in American society
Identify 3 common types of barriers that face people with disabilities – architectural, attitudinal and communication - and recognize examples of each
Recognize the role of Student Success Staff in addressing these barriers
Why Does This Matter to Student Success Professionals?
To ensure equal opportunity in fulfilling KU’s mission of education, research and service to Kansans
To benefit from the talent and potential of people with disabilities
To promote diversity on campusTo comply with state and federal regulations, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
A New Resource: KU Disability Network
Goals: to facilitate communication about disability issues in the KU community, raise awareness, and provide support
http://www.registrar.ku.edu/kudisability network
Students with Disabilities at KU--2006
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ADHD
Learning
Medical
Psychiatric
Blind/Low vision
Deaf/HoH
Brain Injury
Dexterity
Mobility
Type of Disability
Disability Prevalence--National
Typically estimated that one person in five over the age of 5 has a disability (20%)
Numbers are increasing due to several phenomena: advances in medical technology, longer life spans, veterans surviving combat
Disability Prevalence--Kansas
14% uninstitutionalized people of age 5 and over have at least one disability (352,606 Kansans)
12.1% of working-age adults have a disability
Census Bureau Website http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/disability/2005acs.html
What Hinders Us from Achieving a Welcoming Climate?
3 common types of barriers
Architectural
Attitudinal
Communication
Barrier Removal
What is the problem?
What is the solution(s)?
Whose responsibility is it to implement the solution(s)?
Being a good ally – What are some options?
Create a welcoming workplace climate by Including people with disabilities in recruitment efforts and hiring practices
Creating a barrier-free, inclusive workplace
Facilitating discussion about diversity awareness/promotion efforts
Being a good ally – What are some options? (cont.)
Be aware of campus policies related to disability, inclusion
Make programs and meetings accessible (e.g., meeting space, program materials, ability to participate)
Being a good ally – What are some options? (cont.)
Be aware of disability issues across the lifespan– empower and support
Understand the power of languageHelp others to make connections and locate resources—serve as a “bridge”
KU Campus Resources
Academic Achievement and Access Center
Human Resources/Equal OpportunityAbleHawksSpecial Education DepartmentKU Professionals for DisabilityArchitectural Barriers CommitteeResearch and Training Center on Independent Living, Lifespan Institute
“Congress [has] acknowledged that society's accumulated myths
and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping
as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment.”
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. 480 U.S. 284
“Disability used to signal the end of active life. Now it is a common
characteristic of a normal lifespan. Sooner or later it will occur in the lives of most people, surely in the life of every family.”
Justin Dart, 1995
“We can go nowhere until you can go everywhere.”
Gloria Steinem, addressing a group of disability activists