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Working Towards a Coordinated National Approach To Services, Accommodations And Policies For Post-Secondary Students With Disabilities

Ensuring Access to Higher Education and Career Training

July 1999
Written and compiled by David Hubka and Emer Killean

ISBN 0-9697716-8-1

• Acknowledgements
• List of Tables
• List of Charts
• Executive Summary
• Introduction
  1. Students with Disabilities at the Post-Secondary Level
  2. Post-Secondary Institutions
  3. Practices of Accessibility
• Chapter 1: Institutional Practices of Accessibility
  1. Student Populations
  2. Model of Service Delivery
  3. Service Delivery Units
  4. Service Delivery Unit Budgets
  5. Service Delivery Unit Staffing
  6. Volunteers
  7. Funding by an Outside Source
  8. Sharing Facilities/Services
  9. Disability Accommodation
  10. Disability Documentation Requirements
  11. Summer and Evenings/Weekend Hours
  12. Student Groups and Representation
  13. Planning Program and Accessibility Modifications
  14. Written Materials About Services
• Chapter 2: Student Needs and Awareness
  1. Age, Gender and Family
  2. Disability Types
  3. Provincial Distribution
  4. Aids and Accommodations
  5. Problems of Access
  6. Financial Support
  7. Institutions, Programs and Enrolment Status
  8. Services On Campus
• Chapter 3: Service Provider Assessments
  1. Physical Accessibility of Buildings
  2. Physical Accessibility of Equipment and Labs
  3. Physical Accessibility of Safety, Housing and Transportation
  4. Educational Accessibility, Intake and Athletic Programs
  5. Educational Accessibility and Academic Accommodation
  6. Accessibility Programs, Administration and Volunteers
  7. Accessibility of External Community
  8. List of Charts
• Chapter 4: Student Assessments
  1. Physical Accessibility of Buildings
  2. Accessibility of Equipment and Labs
  3. Physical Accessibility of Safety, Housing and Transportation
  4. Educational Accessibility, Intake and Athletic Programs
  5. Educational Accessibility and Academic Accommodation
  6. Accessibility Programs, Administration and Volunteers
  7. Accessibility of External Community
  8. List of Charts
• Chapter 5: Best and Better Practices
  1. Aspects of Service DeliveryIService Centre
  2. Academic Accommodation
  3. Services to Students with Learning Disabilities
  4. Adaptive Technology
  5. Academic Assistance: Note Takers
  6. Physical Access
  7. The Environment
• Conclusion: Recommendations for Best Practices
• Appendix 1: A Methodology for Best Practices Evaluation
  1. Evaluation and the Best Practices model
  2. Proposed Criteria for Best Practices
  3. The NEADS Evaluation Partnership
  4. Survey Design
  5. Target Populations
  6. Data Collection and Coding
  7. Survey Distribution List
  8. List of Institutions Represented in Service Provider and Student Respondent Groups
• Appendix 2: Service-Provider Open-Ended Responses
• Appendix 3: Student Open-Ended Responses
• Appendix 4: Student and Service-Provider Questionnaires
• References and Selected Bibliography