next Steps

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next steps
if ​This is New Information
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Learn more about disabilities and accommodations
Do you want to know more about different types of disabilities?  Wondering about accommodations for a specific type of disability or health condition?  The Job Accommodations Network (JAN) was designed for employers and employees, but it's "A to Z of Disabilities and Accommodations" can also help faculty as they learn more about disability.

Listen to first-person perspectives
Check out any these videos to hear first-person perspectives on disability accommodations.
In this video, a student with learning disabilities discusses accommodations and faculty-student communication.
In this video, a teacher with dyslexic discusses why extra time on tests is fair.

Next steps if you're 
​Familiar with Information
​in This Module

Review the disability access statement on your syllabus 
Disability Support Services at Cooper Union created several versions of an access and accommodations statement for syllabi.  Click here to see the statements.  
  • If your college or university requires an access statement for syllabi, how does it compare with Cooper Union's, and what are it's implicit messages for students?

  • Create your own access statement.  Consider asking your campus disability resources/access office to review it, and you may be able to use it!

Make a list of campus resources
While students with disabilities should obviously know about your campus disability services provider, other resources are important, too.  Make a list of links to these resources and share them with your students (especially first-year students) or use them on a case-by-case basis.  The list will be an important resource for students with disabilities, but also nondisabled students and you, too.  Be sure to Include:
  • Counseling services and any campus hotlines
  • Health services
  • Tutoring centers
  • Transportation office
  • Student affairs or whichever office can tell students about student organizations
  • Financial aid
  • Housing office
  • Campus security 
  • Any office serving students experience sexual violence
  • 988 and any other national crisis resources that seem relevant (the NCCSD publishes a list of crisis resources if you need it)

Read the following article to learn more about how the development of disability discrimination laws affected the ways colleges provide disability accommodations
  • Madaus, J. W.  (2011).  The history of disability services in higher education. New Directions for Higher Education (154), 5-15. Click here to get a copy.
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