Uday universal access: universal success

Universal Access: Universal Success

Curb cuts in sidewalks provide universal access by benefiting all of us. Similar concepts apply to technology as well, the original concept for computers (and the company IBM) was developed by a man with a learning disability.

Once someone is a member of the OSU community, how do we ensure they have an equal opportunity to succeed? How can we reframe difference, by rethinking the topic of inclusion, and move towards a university environment that works for the widest possible audience?

As OSU moves toward a greater level of access across campus, please engage with us in learning about the role of Equity & Inclusion, where we’re heading, what we can all do, and how we can construct environments that strive for access and success for everyone.

Introductions and Reason for Session
Angelo Gomez – Interim Executive Director of Equity & Inclusion
Jennifer Gossett – Disability Access Services
Gabriel Merrell – Disability Access Services and Equity & Inclusion
Rethinking disability and difference.
A vision for an equitable and inclusive community.
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Universal Access: Universal Success Outline
Setting the Framework
Construction of Disability and Difference
Benefits of Inclusive, Universally Constructed Environments
Defining UA/US
Efforts Underway
Guiding Principles for Equity & Inclusion
Our Aspirations
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Video Clip
Music Within – Set Up
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Video Clip
What does this clip show?
How we construct(ed) environments
While the true story is from a few decades ago, times have changed, and progress has happened, but experiences like these are still relatable for a large portion of society
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Almost 55 million individuals in the U.S. have a disability (19%)
Compared to the general pop:
6.4% (14.7 million) have a visual, hearing, or speech impairment
11.9% (27.4 million) have a mobility impairment
7% (16.1 million) have a cognitive and/or mental difficulty
Brault, Matthew, Americans With Disabilities: 2005, Current Population Reports, P70-117, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC, 2008.
Defining Disability - Stats
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A little over 2 million college students have a disability (11%)
Compared to all college students:
1% (194,000) have a visual, hearing, or speech impairment
1.6% (300,000) have a mobility impairment
5.4% (1,040,000) have a cognitive and/or mental difficulty
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Postsecondary Student Aid Study: 2008.

Total Self-Reported DAS Enrollment
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Ratio of DAS to OSU Enrollment
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*Enrollment numbers taken from OSU Factbook through 1998, then from Common Data Set
**Prior to Fall Term 2000, headcount based on Fall End of Term Data
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Disability Access as a Civil Right
Disability Rights Movement : 1960s-Present
Some of the major gains in the movement through legislation:
The Architectural Barriers Act (1968) The Rehabilitation Act (1973) Education for All Handicapped Children Act of (1975)
Later renamed in 1990 to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)The Americans With Disabilities Act (1990)Standards & Regulations Updated Sept. 15, 2010Section 508 of the Rehab Act (1998)Revision currently in Final DraftAmericans with Disabilities Amendments Act (2008)
DOJ ANPRM for Accessibility of Web Info & Services Comment period closed Jan. 2011
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Medical Model of Disability
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Social Model of Disability
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Video Clip
EDF Commercial – Set Up
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Video Clip
What does this clip show?
Around whose lives do we build environments?
What would it be like to live in a society where environments were built for mainly one group
What would it be like if we constructed environments to work for the widest possible audience – to be more universally accessible?
September 22, 2011
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Construction of Difference
Social Construction of Disability
The idea that the framework of dominant norms and rules within society have subjectively defined what it means to be
“disabled”
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Construction of Difference – Deficit Model
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Similar to the medical model of disability, a deficit model of difference defines difference as the barrier to full and equal participation in society.

Curb Cuts
Some items specifically designed for use by those with disabilities have unintentionally benefited all of us as a result curb cuts, auto doors, etc.)
Electronic “Curb Cuts”
Typewriters – Pellegrino Turri created for a friend who was blind
Telephone – A.G. Bell created through his work to support children who were deaf
Email – Vinton Cerf, hard of hearing since birth, is thought to have included email in ARPANet as a result of his creation of electronic texts as a way to talk with his wife – who was deaf.
Benefits for All
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Benefits for All
What would be the potential benefits of constructing an organization to work for the widest possible audience, thinking beyond those with disabilities, but for everyone (people from different countries, different cultures, races, genders, socioeconomic status, etc.)?
What possibilities could we create?
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Defining Universal Access: Universal Success
UA: Creating equal opportunity to join and participate
US: Striving to enable success for everyone
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The conversations have already started within the environments specifically for those with disabilities
IT Environment
Focusing on Policy & Education
Assessing current conditions
Providing support for efforts
Infrastructure & Facilities
Redefining best practices
Assessing current conditions
Advocating for renovation
Addressing future projects
Completing projects
Sidewalk and Path of Travel work
Classroom Renovations
Thinking about Difference, where else do we need to go?
Efforts Underway
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How Our Principles Direct Equity & Inclusion
The Office of Equity and Inclusion is committed to success for the entire campus community through equality, fairness, and understanding. Our work is guided by three principles:
Equity - Ensuring equality of opportunity and equitable treatment in all that we do
Inclusion - Working together to create an organization that enables success for everyone with whom we interface
Diversity - Recognizing that a diversity of people, perspectives, experiences, and thought is essential to a compelling research, scholarship, and learning environment
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Emerging Structure
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Retention
Representation
Advancement
All
Identity Dimensions
Resources
Diversity
Climate
Inclusion
Equity
Products
Community
Environment
Culture

Areas of Collaboration
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Questions & Conversation
Thank you for coming, we’ve planned for plenty of time for questions and conversation at the end.
To further engage in conversation, please join the Office of Equity & Inclusion for a lunchtime forum on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 12:00pm-1:30pm: MU 206, Asian/Pacific-American Room
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