ADA%20Compliance%20in%20Higher%20Education

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ADA Compliance in Higher Education

• Joanie Friend, Ed.D.
• ADA/Student Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator
• Metropolitan Community Colleges
• Kansas City, Missouri

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Access for Students with Disabilities

• LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
• REFERRAL PROCESS
• RESOURCES

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AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 1990

• Comprehensive Civil Rights Legislation designed
  to integrate persons with disabilities into every
  segment of society
• Creighton is affected by Title 1 - Employment,
  and Title 3 which ensures access to private
  institutions
• Complainant can collect damages from the
  institution and individuals

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Disability Definition

• A person who has a physical or mental impairment
  that substantially limits one or more major life
  activities
• Record of impairment or regarded as....
• Examples Major Life Activities
• Mobility - Vision - Hearing - Learning
• Working - Speaking - Writing

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Clear Policies and Procedures

• Advertise accommodation process
• Catalog, Web, Syllabus, Course Schedule, Handbook
• Grievance Procedure

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Concerns about access

• STUDENTS
• Stigma of accommodations
• Unclear expectations
• Accessible format
• Note taking
• Confidentiality

• FACULTY
• Unfair advantage
• Academic integrity
• Is student qualified?
• How much time will this take?
• Im not trained to do this

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Determination of Accommodations

• Diagnosis and functional limitations
• Understanding of course requirements and
  standards
• Resources available to provide accommodations
• Time frame of request
• What is reasonable?

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Auxiliary Aids

• Cannot deny benefits, exclude from participation,
  or subject to discrimination because of the
  absence of educational auxiliary aids for
  students with impaired sensory, manual, or
  speaking skills.

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Auxiliary Aids and Services

• Assistive Technology
• Notetakers
• Interpreter/ Captionist
• Alternative Formats
• Alternative Testing
• Tutoring

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What can go wrong ?

• Who is responsible
• Services for Students with Disabilities
• Faculty
• Students

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www.callahanonline.com
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Accommodation Requests

• Blind or Learning disabilities
• Deaf and hard of hearing
• Mobility issues
• Psychological
• Asbergers
• Chronic conditions

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Universal Design for Instruction

• The design of products and environments to be
  usable by all people to the greatest extent
  possible without the need for adaptation or
  specialized design

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Access to Instruction

• Physical Environment
• parking, elevators,restrooms, adjustable tables
  and chairs, reach ranges
• Program and Policy Environment
• accommodations process
• Information Environment
• alternative formats available, web access
• Attitudinal Environment
• inclusive language, positive role models

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Top Five Challenges

• Written Policies and Procedures with
  Institutional Support/Universal Design
• Accessible Distance Education/ Web Access and
  Assistive Technology
• Documentation for Accommodations
• Alternative Format Production and Testing
• Accommodations and Literacy for Deaf and Hard of
  Hearing Students

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Higher Education Resources

• Missouri Association Of Higher Education and
  Disability AHEAD Transition Guide
  www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/fv/moahead
• National AHEAD www.AHEAD.org
• Heath National Clearinghouse www.heath.gwu.edu/
• Disability Compliance for Higher Education
  www.LRP.com

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Accommodation Resources

• Pepnet - technical assistance for deaf and hard
  of hearing issues in colleges www.pepnet.org
• Recordings for Blind and Dyslexic Books on tape
  or CD www.rfbd.org
• Disability Access Information and Support
  www.janejarrow.com

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Assistive Technology Resources

• Access IT www.washington.edu/accessit
• Web accessibility initiative www.w3.org/wai/
• Do-It Program University of Washington
  www.washington.edu/doit
• Job Accommodation Network http//janweb.icdi.wvu.e
  du

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• Distance Education Access Guidelines - California
  Community Colleges www.htctu.fhda.edu
• Federal Demonstration Projects
• University of Arkansas at Little Rock
  www.ualr.edu/pace
• University of Arizona www.utc.arizona.edu/peel/goa
  ls.htm
• University of Connecticut Center on Postsecondary
  Education and Disability http//vm.uconn.edu/wwwc
  ped/index.html
• Ohio State Partnership Grant www.osu.edu/grants/dp
  g/index.html

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The ADA Coordinators Guide to Campus Compliance,
2002

• Includes ADA Coordinator Functions
• Common compliance issues with court and OCR
  citations
• Sample policies and procedures
• Guidelines for conducting a program evaluation
• Available through LRP www.LRP.com

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Joanie Friend Ed.D.

• ADA/Student Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator
• Metropolitan Community Colleges
• Joanie.Friend_at_kcmetro.edu