scholarly journals Disability Awareness, Training, and Empowerment: A New Paradigm for Raising Disability Awareness on a University Campus for Faculty, Staff, and Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 116-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana Roth ◽  
Timothy Pure ◽  
Samuel Rabinowitz ◽  
Carol Kaufman-Scarborough
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Civil Rights Movement ◽  
State Institution ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Awareness Training ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Select Committee ◽  
Disability Awareness ◽  
Disability Awareness Training

A select committee of faculty, staff, administrators and students collaborated to create and implement the Disability Awareness, Training, and Empowerment (DATE) program on the campus of a midsize public state institution in the Northeastern United States. Based on studies of existing literature in the field, as well as campus climate information, the committee created a unique training program that has, to date, seen the training of over 350 faculty members, staff and administrators. This article will explore the literature that was surveyed to form the philosophical underpinnings of the program. The starting place for the training was No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement (Shapiro, 1993), as well as the research of Cole and Cawthon (2015), Hehir and Schifter (2015), and Oliver (1990). After surveying this supporting literature, the article will then explore the evolution and facilitation of the training program, including the various iterations of the training as it took its final form. The article will conclude with an exploration of possible new directions for disability awareness training programs on university campuses. The discussion also includes an expansion to the student body and a corresponding fulfillment of the university’s civic engagement course requirements.

Person first, disability second: disability awareness training in libraries

2005 ◽  
Vol 54 (8) ◽  
pp. 453-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Charles
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Awareness Training ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Disability Awareness ◽  
Subsequent Publication ◽  
Disability Awareness Training ◽  
Disability Discrimination Act ◽  
The Impact

PurposeTo look at disability awareness training from a practitioner's point of view, taking into account personal experience of organising training in an academic library, the impact of the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) and the subsequent publication of a training booklet.Design/methodology/approachA descriptive account.FindingsThat effective disability training can be carried out by libraries, either in house or by means of outside speakers, so long as relevance to practice is the underlying principle.Research limitations/implicationsThe practitioner approach to disability training taken by the paper excludes theoretical generalisations.Practical implicationsA highly practical account of the implementation of disability training in a given library context.Originality/valueIf a training programme is evolved and delivered with certain clear, practice‐oriented values in mind, libraries can significantly upgrade the quality of front‐line services delivered to disabled users.

We Can! We Will! We Must!

2019 ◽  
pp. 161-199
Author(s):  
Jelani M. Favors
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Civil Rights Movement ◽  
College Presidents ◽  
Jim Crow ◽  
Black College ◽  
Deep South ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Student Protests ◽  
History Of ◽  
Southern University

The chapter discusses the explosive history of Southern University in the years leading up to the Black Power Movement. Baton Rouge, Louisiana was the setting for one of the largest student protests in the country as thousands of students flocked to the streets in protests against Jim Crow policies. Prior to this emergence, students were nurtured for years in a space cultivated by Joseph Samuel Clark, who served as the school’s first president and was succeeded by his son, Felton Grandison Clark. Like many black college presidents, Clark enjoyed the reputation of a fervent race man who embraced the tenets of the second curriculum. Yet as the modern civil rights movement approached, Clark succumbed to the pressures of the state and transformed into one of the most notorious HBCU presidents during the era – expelling students, firing faculty, and running the campus with a vise-like grip. Nevertheless, the Southern student body powered through these obstacles and created one of the most radical spaces for black youth in the deep south.

scholarly journals The provision made by higher education library services for people with disabilities

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (90) ◽  
pp. 24-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Heaven
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Awareness Training ◽  
Disability Awareness ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
Disability Awareness Training

This article examines the results of a Masters research project which examined the provision provided by Higher Education (HE) library services for students with disabilities within the context of the new disability legislation,The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (SENDA), which came into force on 1st September 2002. Five HE libraries were selected as case studies and this included interviews with staff, an accessibility audit of services and facilities and a questionnaire targeted at students with disabilities. Library provision was assessed in light of library policies, procedures and practices. On the positive side, all libraries had a disability representative and many staff attended disability awareness training. However, accessibility of the built environment was often inadequate for the needs of people with disabilities. Lighting was poor, shelving was of inappropriate width and height and signage was far from ideal. Recommendations to improve provision included: compilation of formal written disability policies; compulsory disability awareness training and proactive promotion of available facilities.

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