Audio Description: Access for Students Who Are Blind
Monday, September 12, 12-1:30 Eastern
Joel Snyder, Audio Description Associates, LLC; Audio Description Project of the American Council of the Blind
Audio Description is a kind of literary art form. It's a type of poetry--a haiku. It provides a verbal version of the visual the visual is made verbal, and aural, and oral. Using words that are succinct, vivid, and imaginative, we convey the visual image that is not fully accessible to a segment of the population—new estimates by the American Foundation for the Blind now put that number at over 32 million Americans alone who are blind or have difficulty seeing even with correction—and not fully realized by the rest of us sighted folks who see but who may not observe. This presentation will offer an overview of the fundamentals of audio description and how they can be applied in providing more meaningful access to university activities: lectures, class presentations, performing and visual arts events and media--film and video.
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How Faculty, IT Staff, and Others Contribute to Making Courses Accessible to All Students
Wednesday, September 21, 12-1:30 Eastern
Sheryl Burgstahler, Accessible Technology Services, University of Washington
The pandemic shined a light on the inaccessibility of many online courses. The presenter, along with participants, will discuss how multiple stakeholders (faculty, teaching and learning centers, IT staff) can contribute to making a paradigm shift from designing courses for the average person to designing for all students and instructors, including those with disabilities. This webinar will address how to use universal design in higher education to promote accessible learning on campuses.
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Individualized Interactive Accommodation and Fundamental Alteration Determinations: Law, Implementation, and Policy
Monday, October 10, 2022, 2-4 Eastern
Jamie Axelrod, Northern Arizona University
Paul Grossman, Executive Counsel, AHEAD; UC Hastings College of Law and the Office of Civil Rights (retired)
This two-hour presentation will address the law and best practices for implementation of two essential processes:
- the individualized interactive communication process for determining appropriate accommodations
- the process for determining whether authorization of an accommodation would entail a fundamental alteration.
This webinar will address:
- What is the legal basis for requiring use of these processes?
- Must each of these processes be used in every instance where an accommodation is requested or denied?
- What do OCR and court decisions tell us about when each process is required?
- When must a school implement these processes and what are the best ways to do so?
- What are the elements of a compliant process?
- When should faculty be involved in these processes?
- What can be done in advance to prepare for when these processes must be used?
- Are there any model policies available to consider for adoption?
This webinar will be two hours long so that plenty of time for Q&A can be provided.
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Three Common Accommodation Dilemmas and How to Address Them
Monday, October 17, 2022, 2-3:30 Eastern
Tom Thompson, TMLS Consulting
Disability professionals often deal with complex situations regarding access and accommodations. This session will briefly explore three particular challenges and provide guidance and dialog among participants about addressing these challenges.
1. Gaining early access to instructional materials for alt format and AT support
2. Access and accommodations for graduate students
3. Course Policy Accommodations - fundamental alteration and undue burden questions
Come prepared to engage in discussions with your peers to creatively address these issues!
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The Student Interview and the Interactive Process: Practical Guidance
Monday, October 24, 2-3:30 Eastern
Karen Andrews, Brown University
Desirae Mix, Brown University
Scaffolding on the October 10 webinar on the legal and theoretical framework for creating a sound interactive process, this webinar will focus on the more practical aspects of the interaction. Using AHEAD’s Disability Resource Professional’s Guide to Exploring and Determining Access as a guide, this webinar will explore:
- What do you as a disability professional need to know in advance about the course, the major, and the expectations of students, and how do you gain that information?
- How do you know what student interview questions are most relevant to getting the information you need?
- How do you determine what the student’s barriers may be?
- If you need to bring in the instructor as part of the interactive process, how do you engage with them and what information should you seek?
Time for discussing particular situations will be set aside.
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Improving Math Success for Students with Disabilities: A Round Table Discussion
Tuesday, October 25, 2-3:30 Eastern
Paul Nolting, State College of Florida
Aimee Stubbs, Broward College
Craig Levins, Broward College
Michelle Shaw, Florida Atlantic University
This webinar will focus on learning strategies, accommodations, and course substitution procedures that Disability Resource Offices can use to improve math success for students with a number of types of math-related barriers, including students in disability groups such as SLD, ADHD, TBI, PTS, Intellectual Disability (ID), Language Impairment (LI) and Autism spectrum. The panelists represent community college and four-year university perspectives (both open enrollment and admissions-based institutions) and will review relevant OCR rulings on accommodations and substitutions. Time will be reserved for Q&A. Because AHEAD allows sharing webinars within an institution, this webinar will be an excellent resource to view with math faculty (or share the recording later).
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Disability Cultural Centers: Embracing Disability Culture and Identity within Higher Education
Wednesday, November 2, 2022 2:00-3:30 Eastern
Toni Saia, San Diego State University
Disability Cultural Centers are an innovation on the rise within higher education. This webinar will describe the role of Disability Cultural Centers on campuses, the benefits they offer students, and how they differ from the disability office that is tasked with student accommodations. The presenter will highlight recent research and share practical strategies for institutions that may not yet be in the position for a Center at this time, but are interested in building disability culture on campus. Inclusive practices on how to embrace disability culture regardless of your role on campus will guide the discussion.
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The Intersection of Title IX and Disability Law
Monday, November 7, 2022 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Eastern
Emily Babb, University of Denver
Catherine Spear, University of Southern California
Olabisi Okubadejo, Georgetown University
Every school has someone identified as responsible for Title IX compliance. At some schools that role overlaps significantly with disability access responsibilities and at other institutions the two rarely interact. Hear from the three former OCR attorneys who are now responsible for Title IX and Equity at their respective schools discuss how institutions can proactively create protocols for implementing joint student support, such as supports for pregnant students and parents of newborns, providing immediate academic accommodations to victims of sexual assault, and accommodations during the Title IX conduct process. Time will be reserved for Q&A.
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Supporting Student Accommodation Requests for Boards, Bar Exams, Licensing, Entrance Exams, and Other High Stakes Gateway Tests
Tuesday, November 15, 2-3:30 Eastern
Lisa Noshay Petro, UC Hastings College of the Law
Grace Clifford, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Although students may already receive accommodations in the educational environment, they frequently must apply separately for accommodations from third party testing agencies. These exams may make or break a student’s academic and professional career, so ensuring they have appropriate accommodations is essential, but how can we prepare students to submit their best application and support them through the process? This webinar will be presented by two practitioners with extensive experience supporting students in fields including law, education, social work, medicine, and other health science programs (OT, PT, PA, Nursing, etc.). The session will provide an overview of the application process, how applications are typically reviewed by testing entities, what data students should submit to support their requests, and how to handle appeals if the request is denied. Plenty of time will be reserved for Q&A.
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