What are Library Graduate Students Learning about Disability and Accessibility?: A Syllabus Analysis
A study was conducted that examined readily available syllabi from library and information sciences graduate programs to discover what their instructors taught library graduate students about accessibility and disability through an analysis of the structure and topics of their syllabi. Of the 149 courses identified, 77 syllabi were available to examine. Findings include a lack of consistency and accuracy across syllabi structure, as well as components like poor citations, an emphasis on digital accessibility above all other types as a topic, and a lack of learning assessment on the topics of accessibility and disability. This syllabi analysis indicates that while accessibility and disability is being taught in library and information science programs, it is relatively spotty in terms of diversity of content, with a generally narrow focus on digital objects and web materials, as well as generally poor syllabus design which sends the message that accessibility and disability issues are generally unimportant.
Disability Justice In the Age of Mass Incarceration - #DisabilityJusticeNUSL
Disability Justice In the Age of Mass Incarceration: Perspectives on Race, Disability, Law & Accountability Summer 2016 Contact Information Talila A. Lewis ---.---.---- (voice/text)* ---.---.---- (videophone) talila.a.lewis@gmail.com (e-mail) *also available for video- & text-based real-t...
The Disability Rights Movement
The ongoing struggle by people with disabilities to gain full citizenship is an important part of our American heritage. The disability rights movement shares many similarities with other 20th-century civil rights struggles by those who have been denied equality, independence, autonomy, and full access to society.
This exhibition looks at the efforts - far from over - of people with disabilities, and their families and friends, to secure the civil rights guaranteed to all Americans.
These people only want to be treated the same as everyone else. So they often have to fight to be included.
Congress restores the Americans With Disabilities Act to its original intent - PubMed
The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) was created to prohibit discrimination based on disability. Although many individuals filed claims alleging discrimination in the workplace based on disability, the federal courts, led by the U.S. Supreme Court, adopted an increasingly constricted interpreta …
Disability, Equal Protection, and the Supreme Court: Standing at the Crossroads of Progressive and Retrogressive Logic in Constitutional Classification - Anita Silvers and Michael Ashley Stein
Disability as a classification for equal protection stands at a jurisprudential crossroads.
Disability Justice: An Audit Tool - Disability Lead
“Disability Justice: An Audit Tool” is aimed at helping Black, Indigenous and POC-led organizations (that are not primarily focused on disability) examine where they’re at in practicing disability justice, and where they want to learn and grow. It includes questions for self-assessment, links to access tools, organizational stories and more. Fill out the form below to download a PDF of the tool.