Projects
Working Towards a Coordinated National Approach To Services, Accommodations And Policies For Post-Secondary Students With Disabilities
Ensuring Access to Higher Education and Career Training
July 1999
Written and compiled by David Hubka and Emer Killean
ISBN 0-9697716-8-1
- Acknowledgements
- List of Tables
- List of Charts
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Institutional Practices of Accessibility
- Student Populations
- Model of Service Delivery
- Service Delivery Units
- Service Delivery Unit Budgets
- Service Delivery Unit Staffing
- Volunteers
- Funding by an Outside Source
- Sharing Facilities/Services
- Disability Accommodation
- Disability Documentation Requirements
- Summer and Evenings/Weekend Hours
- Student Groups and Representation
- Planning Program and Accessibility Modifications
- Written Materials About Services
- Chapter 2: Student Needs and Awareness
- Chapter 3: Service Provider Assessments
- Physical Accessibility of Buildings
- Physical Accessibility of Equipment and Labs
- Physical Accessibility of Safety, Housing and Transportation
- Educational Accessibility, Intake and Athletic Programs
- Educational Accessibility and Academic Accommodation
- Accessibility Programs, Administration and Volunteers
- Accessibility of External Community
- List of Charts
- Chapter 4: Student Assessments
- Physical Accessibility of Buildings
- Accessibility of Equipment and Labs
- Physical Accessibility of Safety, Housing and Transportation
- Educational Accessibility, Intake and Athletic Programs
- Educational Accessibility and Academic Accommodation
- Accessibility Programs, Administration and Volunteers
- Accessibility of External Community
- List of Charts
- Chapter 5: Best and Better Practices
- Conclusion: Recommendations for Best Practices
- Appendix 1: A Methodology for Best Practices Evaluation
- Appendix 2: Service-Provider Open-Ended Responses
- Appendix 3: Student Open-Ended Responses
- Appendix 4: Student and Service-Provider Questionnaires
- References and Selected Bibliography