Resources

Government policies

• Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005; the official text of this act is available at www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Statutes/English/05a11_e.htm
• "Policy and Guidelines on Disability and the Duty to Accommodate." Ontario Human Rights Commission. Revised November 23, 2000; available in various formats: IBM-compatible computer disk, audio tape, large print; also available on http://www.ohrc.on.ca/ (disponible en francais)
• Guidelines on Accessible Education approved by the Commission: September 29, 2004 available in alternate formats and on www.ohrc.on.ca

Resources on the web

• A Faculty Handbook to Accommodating Students with Disabilities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. http://www.unl.edu/ssd/resource/faculty.shtml
• Accommodations in Employment for Persons with Disabilities at the University of Toronto. www.utoronto.ca/safety/accomod.htm
• Attention Deficit Disorder in College Faculty and Students: Partners in Education. www.add.org
• Readability should be a top priority, not an afterthought. For more information on accessible print publications and guidelines, visit the Canadian National Institute for the Blind's Clear Print document at www.cnib.ca/accessibility/clearprint/
  
• College Committee on Disability Issues. http://www.disabilitiesissues.ca/;
  this website includes the following resources:
  • The Handbook for Success: Disability Services
  • Training for Success: Disability Services
  • Educational Support Services
  • Assistive Devices Program
  • Attendant Outreach Services
  • Financial Resources for Students with Disabilities
• A Faculty Guide containing information on instructional strategies for the following categories of students who are disabled: Learning Disabilities; Mild Acquired Brain Injury; Attention Deficit Disorder; Deaf, Deafened and Hard of Hearing; Medical Disabilities; Mental Health Disabilities; Mobility Impairments and Blind and Low Vision
• Computer and Information Technologies: Resources for Postsecondary Education of Students with Disabilities. www.adatech.org
• Faculty Awareness and Training in the Post-secondary Community. http://www.neads.ca/
• Guidelines for Producing Instructional and Other Printed Materials in Alternate Media for Persons with Disabilities. www.htctu.fhda.edu/amguidelines/am33000.htm
• Handbook for Accommodating Students With Disabilities. www.unb.ca/current/special.
• Increasing Post-secondary Access for Students with Disabilities through Adaptive Technology. www.aspbc.org/strategy.htm
• Just for Professors. http://www.stfx.ca/
• Mental Health Works. http://www.mentalhealthworks.ca/
• Responding to Disability: A Question of Attitude. www.state.mn.us/portal/mn/jsp/content.do?id=-536888188&agency=MSCOD
• Teaching Strategies to Make Classes Accessible for Students with Disabilities. http://www.mtroyal.ab.ca/
• What Accommodations Work in School? www.bu.edu/sarpsych/reasaccom/educa-accom.html
• Universal Instructional Design. www.tss.uoguelph.ca/uid
• Traits of Students who may have Learning Disabilities. www.arc.sbc.edu/ldtraits.html
• CAST Universal Design for Learning. www.cast.org/udl
• Enhancing Success for Students with Disabilities in Higher Education. www.cedu.niu.edu/success
• Learning Disabilities Resource Community. http://www.ldrc.ca/
• AHEAD (Association on Higher Education and Disability). http://www.ahead.org/
• Education and Disability: Human Rights Issues in Ontario's Education System. www.ohrc.on.ca/english/consultations/education-disability-consultation-paper.shtml
• The Opportunity to Succeed: Achieving Barrier-Free Education for Students with Disabilities. www.ohrc.on.ca/english/consultations/ed-consultation-report.shtml
• Your Education - Your Future: A guide to college and university for students with psychiatric disabilities
  www.cmhc.ca/youreducation

Books

• Canadian Standards Association. (1995). Barrier-Free Design
• Lloyd, J., Kameenui, E.J., Chard, D (1997). Issues in Educating Students With Disabilities (The Lea Series on Special Education and Disability). Lawrence Earlbaum
• Moores, Donald F. (2001). Educating the Deaf: Psychology, Principles, and Practices. Houghton Mifflin Co.
• Rose, David H., Meyer, A., Strangman, N., and Rappolt, G. (2002). Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning. Atlantic Centre of Research Access and Support for Students with Disabilities
• Tanguay, Pamela, B. and Thompson, Sue. (2002). Nonverbal Learning Disabilities at School: Educating Students with NLD, Asperger Syndrome and Related Conditions. Jessica Kingsley Publishing
• Taylor, George, R., and Harrington, Frances, E. (2003). Educating the Disabled: Enabling Learners in Inclusive Settings. Scarecrow Press

Documents

• Disability Etiquette 28KB - Word doc [This file will open in a new window.]
• Making Your Workplace Accessible 28KB - Word doc [This file will open in a new window.]
• Resource list for visually impaired people 270KB  - Word doc [This file will open in a new window.]
• Vocabulary Guide 40KB - Word doc [This file will open in a new window.]

Selected resources available in the campus Library

• Office for Disability Issues (ODI) Strategic Plan, 2002-2007, HD 7256 .C3 O35 2002
• Handbook of Learning Disabilities, LC 4704 .H364 2003
• Roffman, Arlyn J. Meeting the challenge of learning disabilities in adulthood, LC 4818.5 .R64 2000
• Bryant, Diane Pedrotty. Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities, RM 950 .B79 2003
• Journal of Learning Disabilities; available through the Library website in electronic format through EBSCO-Academic (Jan. 1975- ), PROQUEST Nursing (May 1997-), and in paper beginning with Jan/Feb. 2004