scholarly journals Achieving Inclusive Field-based Education: Results and Recommendations from an Accessible Geoscience Field Trip

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony D Feig ◽  
Christopher Atchison ◽  
Alison Stokes ◽  
Brett Gilley
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Sound Field ◽  
Field Trip ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Disability Service ◽  
Disability Service Providers

Learners with disabilities are often denied field-based learning experiences in naturalistic disciplines. Geology can present substantial barriers due to rugged terrain in difficult-to-reach locations. In 2014, a field trip was executed with the dual purpose of 1) designing inclusion in field learning and 2) demonstrating to college faculty an accessible field experience. Direct observations of participants on the trip, as well as pre- and post-trip focus groups, illuminate the student and faculty field learning experience. Geoscience faculty have little guidance or support in understanding what disability is, how to reconcile accommodation with field-geology learning goals, and they cited instances where disability service providers acted as gatekeepers. The net effect of these ontologies is to reduce faculty empathy with, and thus their ability to be inclusive of, students with disabilities in field settings. Recommendations for teachers include taking campus disability-services administrators on field trips, opening and maintaining communications with disability service providers, and designing pedagogically sound field trips that align as much as possible to principles of universal design. An advocacy approach is described, which focuses on the students and the educational process, instead of on institutional compliance. Finally, geoscience faculty should conceptualize disability service providers as accessibility service providers.

scholarly journals The Challenge of Accommodation in Higher Education: A Survey of Adaptive Technology Use in Ontario Universities

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Abreu-Ellis ◽  
Jason Brent Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Adaptive Technology ◽  
Disability Service Providers ◽  
Group Settings ◽  
Available Technology ◽  
Adaptive Technologies

This paper provides an overview of adaptive technologies currently being used in Ontario Universities. Results of this study may help disability service providers in Ontario in understanding the current challenges of training students with disabilities in using adaptive technologies as well as improving service delivery methods. Participants were recruited through a listserv and asked to answer an online survey. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and anecdotal narratives. Results indicated that students with learning disabilities are not familiar with adaptive technologies that would best suit their academic needs and that training in adaptive technology occurred on an individual basis or in small group settings as opposed to large groups. Participants indicated that they use low-cost equivalents and adaptive technologies housed in open laboratories in order to serve students with financial needs. Challenges faced by Assistive technologists included: consistency in assistive technology use by the students they serve, effective training while semester coursework is in progress, and fitting individuals with very unique needs to the available technology. A series of best practices and accomplishments were identified by the participants.

scholarly journals Is Safety in the Eye of the Beholder? Safeguards in Research With Adults With Intellectual Disability

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 424-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine E. McDonald ◽  
Nicole E. Conroy ◽  
Carolyn I. Kim ◽  
Emily J. LoBraico ◽  
Ellis M. Prather ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Institutional Review Board ◽  
Human Subjects Research ◽  
Disability Service ◽  
Disability Service Providers ◽  
Institutional Review

Human subjects research has a core commitment to participant well-being. This obligation is accentuated for once exploited populations such as adults with intellectual disability. Yet we know little about the public’s views on appropriate safeguards for this population. We surveyed adults with intellectual disability, family members and friends, disability service providers, researchers, and Institutional Review Board (IRB) members to compare views on safeguards. We found many points of convergence of views, particularly for decision-making and participation. One trend is that adults with intellectual disability perceive greater safety in being engaged directly in recruitment, and recruitment by specific individuals. Researchers and IRB members need to consider community views to facilitate the safe and respectful inclusion of adults with intellectual disability.

"No-man's-land" between occupational health and safety legislation and the disability service sector

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Gaye Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Disability Service ◽  
Disability Service Providers ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
The People ◽  
No Man's Land

The aim of this paper is to draw attention to a significant and growing tension that exists between the application of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) legislation and the obligations of disability service providers under disability legislation and funding agreements with governments. Our purpose in highlighting this tension is to seek a body of knowledge to inform the courts and judicators of the complexities of implementing OHS and disability service work, and to gain a sound understanding of the synergies already in existence with OHS practices and the disability sector. We also need to keep in mind that we don?t compromise the rights of people with disabilities, nor the health and safety of the people who work with them.

scholarly journals On the heterogeneity of preferences for disability services

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Randle ◽  
Bettina Grün ◽  
Sara Dolnicar
Keyword(s):  
Market Segmentation ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Disability Services ◽  
Market Segment ◽  
Disability Service ◽  
Disability Service Providers ◽  
Consumption Values ◽  
Heterogeneity Of Preferences

This paper investigates heterogeneity of preferences for disability services within the theoretical framework of consumption values. We conducted interviews with people with a disability and disability service providers to develop survey items, then conducted a survey with 2000 adult Australian residents who either had a disability or were carers of a person with a disability. After conducting descriptive analyses and data-driven market segmentation, findings revealed that, at the aggregate level, basic or functional benefits of disability services are most important. However, when accounting for heterogeneity, very distinct benefit patterns emerge, pointing to the substantial potential for improving disability services by catering to distinct market segment needs. These insights have the potential to improve disability service provision, thus maximally harvesting the opportunities from disability service models that now often include commercial providers, and enabling people with disabilities to make optimal choices in relation to both services and providers.

scholarly journals Accessible Computer Technologies for Students With Disabilities in Canadian Higher Education

2003 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine S. Fichten ◽  
Jennison V. Asuncion ◽  
Chantal Robillard ◽  
Myrtis E. Fossey ◽  
Maria Barile
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Disability Service Providers ◽  
Computer Equipment ◽  
Computer Technologies ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
Materials Used

Two studies explored how well English and French speaking colleges and universities in Canada address availability and access to new computer and information technologies for individuals with disabilities. In Study 1, 156 professionals who provide disability-related supports on campus responded to structured interview questions. In Study 2, 40 professionals who work in Quebec's Francophone junior/community college system (CEGEP) participated. Results showed that most institutions had specialized adaptive computer equipment, though colleges were less likely than universities, and loan programs providing adaptive computer equipment were seen as very effective. Respondents believed they were not very knowledgeable about adaptive computer technologies and those from Francophone institutions scored lower than from Anglophone institutions. The needs of students were seen as moderately well met, with Francophone respondents more favorable than Anglophone. Respondents from Anglophone universities expressed different needs than those from Anglophone colleges or Francophone institutions. Disability service providers wished students were better equipped and prepared for the postsecondary experience, computer based teaching materials used by professors were more accessible, and more extensive support services for adaptive hardware and software available. We provide recommendations based on universal design principles that are targeted at those involved in technology integration in postsecondary education.

Determinates of Successful, Culturally Competent Disability Service Providers

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Dimpfl ◽  
T. Taylor-Ritzler ◽  
F. Balcazar ◽  
A. Oberoi ◽  
C. Willis
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Disability Service ◽  
Disability Service Providers
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