2. Universal Access: Universal Success Curb cuts in sidewalks provide universal access by benefiting all of us. Similar concepts apply to technology as well, the original concept for computers (and the company IBM) was developed by a man with a learning disability.
3. Universal Access: Universal Success Once someone is a member of the OSU community, how do we ensure they have an equal opportunity to succeed? How can we reframe difference, by rethinking the topic of inclusion, and move towards a university environment that works for the widest possible audience?
4. Universal Access: Universal Success As OSU moves toward a greater level of access across campus, please engage with us in learning about the role of Equity & Inclusion, where we’re heading, what we can all do, and how we can construct environments that strive for access and success for everyone.
6. Introductions and Reason for Session Angelo Gomez – Interim Executive Director of Equity & Inclusion Jennifer Gossett – Disability Access Services Gabriel Merrell – Disability Access Services and Equity & Inclusion Rethinking disability and difference. A vision for an equitable and inclusive community. September 22, 2011 5 Universal Access: Universal Success
14. Video Clip Music Within – Set Up September 22, 2011 7 Universal Access: Universal Success
15. Video Clip What does this clip show? How we construct(ed) environments While the true story is from a few decades ago, times have changed, and progress has happened, but experiences like these are still relatable for a large portion of society September 22, 2011 8 Universal Access: Universal Success
16. Almost 55 million individuals in the U.S. have a disability (19%) Compared to the general pop: 6.4% (14.7 million) have a visual, hearing, or speech impairment 11.9% (27.4 million) have a mobility impairment 7% (16.1 million) have a cognitive and/or mental difficulty Brault, Matthew, Americans With Disabilities: 2005, Current Population Reports, P70-117, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC, 2008. Defining Disability - Stats 9 Universal Access: Universal Success September 22, 2011 A little over 2 million college students have a disability (11%) Compared to all college students: 1% (194,000) have a visual, hearing, or speech impairment 1.6% (300,000) have a mobility impairment 5.4% (1,040,000) have a cognitive and/or mental difficulty U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Postsecondary Student Aid Study: 2008.
17. Total Self-Reported DAS Enrollment 10 Universal Access: Universal Success September 22, 2011
18. Ratio of DAS to OSU Enrollment 11 Universal Access: Universal Success *Enrollment numbers taken from OSU Factbook through 1998, then from Common Data Set **Prior to Fall Term 2000, headcount based on Fall End of Term Data September 22, 2011
19. Disability Access as a Civil Right Disability Rights Movement : 1960s-Present Some of the major gains in the movement through legislation: The Architectural Barriers Act (1968) The Rehabilitation Act (1973) Education for All Handicapped Children Act of (1975) Later renamed in 1990 to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)The Americans With Disabilities Act (1990)Standards & Regulations Updated Sept. 15, 2010Section 508 of the Rehab Act (1998)Revision currently in Final DraftAmericans with Disabilities Amendments Act (2008) DOJ ANPRM for Accessibility of Web Info & Services Comment period closed Jan. 2011 12 Universal Access: Universal Success September 22, 2011
20. Medical Model of Disability September 22, 2011 13 Universal Access: Universal Success
21. Social Model of Disability September 22, 2011 14 Universal Access: Universal Success
22. Video Clip EDF Commercial – Set Up September 22, 2011 15 Universal Access: Universal Success
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24. What would it be like to live in a society where environments were built for mainly one group
25. What would it be like if we constructed environments to work for the widest possible audience – to be more universally accessible?September 22, 2011 16 Universal Access: Universal Success
26. Construction of Difference Social Construction of Disability The idea that the framework of dominant norms and rules within society have subjectively defined what it means to be “disabled” September 22, 2011 17 Universal Access: Universal Success
27. Construction of Difference – Deficit Model September 22, 2011 18 Universal Access: Universal Success Similar to the medical model of disability, a deficit model of difference defines difference as the barrier to full and equal participation in society.
28. Curb Cuts Some items specifically designed for use by those with disabilities have unintentionally benefited all of us as a result curb cuts, auto doors, etc.) Electronic “Curb Cuts” Typewriters – Pellegrino Turri created for a friend who was blind Telephone – A.G. Bell created through his work to support children who were deaf Email – Vinton Cerf, hard of hearing since birth, is thought to have included email in ARPANet as a result of his creation of electronic texts as a way to talk with his wife – who was deaf. Benefits for All September 22, 2011 19 Universal Access: Universal Success
29. Benefits for All What would be the potential benefits of constructing an organization to work for the widest possible audience, thinking beyond those with disabilities, but for everyone (people from different countries, different cultures, races, genders, socioeconomic status, etc.)? What possibilities could we create? September 22, 2011 20 Universal Access: Universal Success
30. Defining Universal Access: Universal Success UA: Creating equal opportunity to join and participate US: Striving to enable success for everyone September 22, 2011 21 Universal Access: Universal Success
31. The conversations have already started within the environments specifically for those with disabilities IT Environment Focusing on Policy & Education Assessing current conditions Providing support for efforts Infrastructure & Facilities Redefining best practices Assessing current conditions Advocating for renovation Addressing future projects Completing projects Sidewalk and Path of Travel work Classroom Renovations Thinking about Difference, where else do we need to go? Efforts Underway September 22, 2011 22 Universal Access: Universal Success
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33. Inclusion - Working together to create an organization that enables success for everyone with whom we interface
34. Diversity - Recognizing that a diversity of people, perspectives, experiences, and thought is essential to a compelling research, scholarship, and learning environmentSeptember 22, 2011 23 Universal Access: Universal Success
35. Emerging Structure September 22, 2011 24 Universal Access: Universal Success Retention Representation Advancement All Identity Dimensions Resources Diversity Climate Inclusion Equity Products Community Environment Culture
37. Questions & Conversation Thank you for coming, we’ve planned for plenty of time for questions and conversation at the end. To further engage in conversation, please join the Office of Equity & Inclusion for a lunchtime forum on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 12:00pm-1:30pm: MU 206, Asian/Pacific-American Room September 22, 2011 26 Universal Access: Universal Success
Notas del editor
Change and conversations are happening all over campus.We want to engage in conversation and share with the university the work that many people have been doing, what still needs to be done, and the efforts underway to increase the visibility of the needs of people with disabilities at OSU as well as the role of difference, equity and inclusion. We want to explain what all of this is about. About what kind of community we want to be.
Shows progressShows underrepresentation stillShows a growing need for how we best serve this population, and a growing need for how we address difference generally
Shows progressShows underrepresentation stillShows a growing need for how we best serve this population, and a growing need for how we address difference generally
To achieve our aspirations, this is a nice starting point, but we need to strive to go beyond – great benefits can be had by being all inclusive
Growing need to rethink how we serve the population. The old model is outmoded - individualistic
More consistent with present day, more sophisticated understanding, disability is in some regards something we create as a society. This gives a better view of reality.
Benefits of accessible environments play larger when thinking about benefits for the widest possible audience and benefits for difference
Increase learning and access for allAlready seen with captioning, speech to text, speech recognition, books on tape, scannersBenefits of accessible environments play larger when thinking about benefits for the widest possible audience and benefits for difference