We have a wonderful adaptive technology workstation in the Learning Resource Center at Asnuntuck Community College that we purchased with the financial assistance of a Library Services and Technology Act grant in 2004 if anyone is interested in learning more about it.
Sherry Gelbwasser
Sherry E. Gelbwasser,MLS, Ed.D
Information Services Librarian
Learning Resource Center
Asnuntuck Community College
170 Elm Street
Enfield, CT 06082
860-253-3161
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From: EASI's Library Accessibility Discussion List on behalf of Ellen Perlow
Sent: Wed 08-Apr-09 9:38 AM
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Subject: Re: info about ACCESSIBILITY cultural centers at academic institutions?
Dear List members:
May I suggest ---
To POSITIVELY reframe our discussion and thinking, to celebrate and focus on what we CAN do, DO do, HAVE DONE, and will continue to achieve.
ACCESSIBILITY cultural centers.... ACCESS cultural centers.
Everyone needs access. Everyone needs accessibility. A Universal. And alphabetically the "A" word rises to the top of menus and [academic institutions'] building directories.
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Ellen Perlow
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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:37:33 -0700
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Subject: Re: info about disability cultural centers at academic institutions?
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Hi, Adina -
How exciting! I hope this idea will lead to something really wonderful!
The University of California at Berkeley has a "website on the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement" that leads users to the University's "rich collection of primary sources exploring the social and political history of the disability movement from the 1960s to the present" Related is an oral history project on artists with disabilities. Though Cal doesn't seem to regularly offer programming about disability issues, you may be interested in reading about a 2000 symposium that "brought together more than 300 scholars, activists, students, and community members to discuss the disability movement within the larger context of a broad range of American social movements."
San Francisco State University's Institute on Disability has developed and hosted several symposia over the years. Information about project, events and grants may give you some food for thought.
The Center on Disabilities at the California State University-Northridge holds an annual conference that focuses on assistive technology. Sometimes sessions deal with disability culture.
I hope you will keep us informed about what develops.
Marti
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Marti Goddard
Access Services Manager
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-557-4557 415-557-4433 (tty)
415-557-4531 fax
From: EASI's Library Accessibility Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Adina Joyce Mulliken
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10:31 AM
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Subject: info about disability cultural centers at academic institutions?
Hello,
My University is planning to start a disability cultural center and we are looking for examples of similar centers at other higher ed institutions. If you know of a college or university that has something like this, could you let me know? Our idea (as I understand it so far) is to have something separate from the typical services already offered by Office of Disability Services, such as accessible testing, textbooks, etc. The cultural center would be more along the lines of Women's Centers on university campuses, and would include programming about disability issues, etc.
Thanks for your help!!
-Adina
Adina Mulliken
Reference Librarian, Social Work, CFS, MFT, Aging
Library Disability Services
Interim for East Asia & CSD
Bird Library
Phone: 315-443-9519
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