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Deaf students enrolling in colleges across the country are on the rise and securing access services can be difficult for institutions….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Overviews
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Topics: Remote Services
In today’s world, emergency preparedness is an important topic. Too often, deaf people do not have access to emergency alerts. Visual emergency alerting systems provide equal access and allow deaf people to evacuate safely during emergencies. Both the ADA and…
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Overviews
Useful For: Administrators
Topics: Assistive Technology, Other Access Topics
The ability to communicate defines us as human beings and as a society. It forms a foundation for decision making and relationship building. Communicating with deaf people is an achievable goal, even when accommodations (e.g., interpreters) are not present. The…
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Overviews
Useful For: Audiologists
Topics: Deaf 101
All postsecondary campuses, including community colleges, vocational training programs, and four-year universities, must ensure their programs, activities, and meetings are accessible to all visitors….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Overviews
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Topics: Other Access Topics
Deaf students have the same rights as their hearing peers, including the right to be absent. However, when they are absent from class, disability service professionals become concerned that the funds being expended for interpreters or speech-to-text services are not…
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Overviews
Useful For: Administrators
Topics: Legal/Policy
The term universal design was coined by architect Ronald L. Mace to describe the concept of designing all products and the built environment to be aesthetically pleasing and usable to the greatest extent possible by everyone, regardless of their age,…
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Overviews
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Topics: Other Access Topics
Note taking is the practice of capturing important pieces of information in a systematic way. It is not limited to the classroom. Note taking is an important accommodation in any situation requiring learning, including job sites and internships. Effective note…
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Overviews
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Topics: Other Access Topics
For those who are new to assistive listening technology, selecting the right systems for a college campus can be daunting. When selecting assistive listening technology for a college campus, institutions should consider a number of factors, including the legal requirements for…
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Overviews
Useful For: Administrators
Topics: Assistive Technology
Cochlear implants are complex electronic devices surgically implanted under the skin behind the ear. These devices use electrodes placed in the inner ear (the cochlea) to stimulate the auditory nerve of people who have significant permanent hearing loss….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Overviews
Useful For: Audiologists
Topics: Assistive Technology
Deciding how, when, and why to disclose a disability to an employer is an important part of the job-seeking process. The decision can significantly affect one’s ability to obtain and maintain employment. The different stages of the employment process and…
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Overviews
Useful For: Families
Topics: Transition
Self-advocacy is a lifelong endeavor that can never be learned too early or too late in life. Practicing self-advocacy is a critical element of the self-advocacy developmental process, and people who do it are better prepared to self-advocate in the…
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Overviews
Useful For: Families
Topics: Transition
Telecommunication technology has significantly changed the communication landscape for deaf people. For more than 40 years, text telephones (TTY) and amplified phones were the only options. Today, videophones, smartphones, and instant messaging most often replace TTY as preferred communication tools….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Overviews
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Topics: Assistive Technology
