Self- Examination: How Accessible is Your Campus? Retrieved from http://www.washington.edu/doit/self-examination-how-accessible-your-campus

Thesis: “It takes an entire campus, from administration to architecture to academics, to create a welcoming and inclusive environment. Accessibility issues should be considered at all levels.”

“Always consider access issues when planning events such as career fairs, two-year and four-year college transfer events, and campus tours.“ I’ve always been involved in campus events that includes going to Camp Fyre which is a a program for entering freshman to stay for the weekend. I’ve never considered how they accommodate students, who may enter and need special attendants. Especially when given campus tours, since our campus is spaced out across Atlanta making it harder for people who are physically disabled and have to get to classrooms that are blocks apart. 

“Once the college has determined appropriate accommodation arrangements, professors cannot refuse to comply with them.” This allows student to feel that their needs are meet understandably. I think this reinsurance a students comfort ability that their disability will not stop them from having a successful education. It also helps in informing the Professors and insuring that each student is getting the accommodations they need to do well in their class.

Accommodations through disability service “tries to fit individuals with disabilities into a system that may not be well designed for them.” I feel that this is a valuable statement of the infrastructures of campuses. They are not already built to fit your needs; however, you are needed to conform to the already accessibility given to you.

“The goal of systematic change for inclusion of people with disabilities on campus is to ensure that all people experience the campus fully and equally through the same venues.” This addresses that an institution should not have disability services to exclude people from others, but for them to have the same type of campus involvement as others.

Key Words:

Holistic

Inclusion

Inaccessible

Accessibility

Diversity