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Inclusion Awareness
Serve Wyoming
January 20, 2012
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Session Overview
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Who are people with disabilities?
People with disabilities and National Service
Disability etiquette
Access and Universal Design
Outreach and recruitment
Questions and Discussion
Please Introduce Yourself
• Please share with us:
– Your name
– What program are you
with?
– What is one word that
best describes you?
What words come to mind when you
think of the word inclusion?
Who Are People With
Disabilities?
“Disability” as Defined by
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act &
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• A physical or mental impairment that substantially
limits one or more major life activities
• A history or record of such an impairment
• Being regarded as having such an impairment, even
when no limitations exist
• Someone who has an association with someone with a
disability
“Major Life Activity” is Anything an Average
Person Can Do with Little or No Difficulty
Major life activities include, but are not limited to:
- caring for
oneself
- manual tasks
- walking
- seeing
- hearing
- speaking
- breathing
- learning
- working
- sitting
- standing
- lifting
- reaching
- sleeping
- thinking
- concentrating
- interacting with
others
“Substantially limits”
…unable to perform, or significantly limited in the
ability to perform, an activity as compared
with an average person. Factors to be
considered are:
1. Its nature and severity
2. How long it will last or is expected to last, and
3. Its permanent or long-term impact, or
expected impact
People With Disabilities and
National Service Programs
The Corporation for National and Community
Service (CNCS)
• CNCS discharges its mission to improve lives,
strengthen communities and foster civic
engagement through service and volunteering by
providing opportunities for all Americans of all
ages and backgrounds to engage.
• Thousands of people with disabilities serve in
CNCS’s three major programs: AmeriCorps, Senior
Corps and Learn and Serve America.
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The 2009 Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act
• On March 31, 2009 the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Edward M.
Kennedy Serve America Act to reauthorize the CNCS and its programs through
2014
• On April 21, 2009. President Obama signed the bill into law.
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The Edward M. Kennedy Serve
America Act…
• Even more explicitly emphasizes a commitment
to the inclusion of people with disabilities as
active participants in national service…
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SAA: Inclusion of Americans with
Disabilities:
Specific references to the inclusion of People with Disabilities…
alone …or as a part of the definition of “Disadvantaged Groups”
Throughout the Act there is specific mention of the inclusion of
persons with disabilities
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Disability Etiquette
People First Language
• The key is to use “person first”
language because people with
disabilities are human first and
have a disability second
• For example…
– “A person who is blind” instead of
a “a blind person”
– “A man with epilepsy” instead of
“an epileptic”
– “A boy who has Down’s
Syndrome” instead of “a retarded
child”
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Most often, it’s
best to call
someone by name,
not by a label.
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Treat Adults as Adults
It’s OK to offer help
Always ask first before giving assistance
Listen to what the individual wants
Some people don’t want or need help.
Be ready to accept “no” to your offer.
Make a mistake? Apologize, learn from your
mistake and move on
RELAX!
True or False?
Access and
Accommodation
Access and Universal
Design
Access vs. Accommodation
What is access?
What is accommodation?
What is the difference?
Accessible or Inclusive
Accessible
Inclusive
What is Access?
There are five different types of Access
programs should think about…
•Architectural
•Programmatic
•Technology
•Communication
•Alternate formats
What is Universal Design?
Universal Design is the design of products and
environments to be usable by all people, to the
greatest extent possible, without the need for
adaptation or specialized design
For example…
Curb cuts: used by people using wheelchairs,
but also parents pushing strollers, bicycles,
travelers with rolling luggage.
Closed-captioned television: initially
developed for people who are deaf or hard of
hearing, but found in gyms, sports bars, and for
watching T.V. at home.
Curriculum Transformation and Disability.
Funded by U.S. Department of Education.
Project #P333A990015. Copyright 2000.
Accommodations
“Accommodations” are technology, services, and
changes in policy, procedures, and the built
environment that enable individuals with disabilities
to perform essential functions or to equally participate
in events and programs
According to the Job Accommodation Network
approximately 80% of accommodations cost less
than $600 and more than 50% of reported
accommodations cost nothing.
(http://askjan.org/media/lowcosthighimpact.html)
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Examples of
Accommodations
“Because I need some
accommodation or help in some
areas, doesn’t mean that I don’t
have a lot of tools that I can use
in general society. I can read and
write and think and do physical
labor probably as well as the next
person given the appropriate
tools.”
-Steve Hoad
Former AmeriCorps member with Maine
Conservation Corps
Examples of
Accommodations
“I am considered a low vision
person so reading is very difficult for
me… I am the grandma that has to
be read to. So, they read to me.”
-Ruth Koffler
Union-Snyder Foster Grandparent
Program
“I only need an interpreter for
Examples of
Accommodations meetings. I don't need that for work. I
just write a note with some members
and I taught some members some
basic sign language like: "work, break
time, what, where, why, toilet, see
you later, bye, and hi". I can read lips
a little bit, not long sentences just
two or three words.”
-Kevin Pachio
Hoopa AmeriCorps on Native Lands
Recruitment and Outreach
Recruiting a diverse pool of
volunteers
Words
Think about what you say in your recruiting
materials
Images
Think about the images you use in your
recruiting materials
Formats
Think about what formats you use to recruit
your volunteers
wwWords
What you say
Statement A
“ We are an equal opportunity program or organization.”
Statement B
“ Qualified individuals with disabilities and those from
diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.
We provide reasonable accommodations for qualified
individuals and conduct all activities in fully accessible
settings.”
Images
The images you use
• Include pictures of people with disabilities in your
recruitment materials
• Communicate to volunteers with disabilities that they
will be valued members of your team
• Communicate to others that your organization values
the contribution of all volunteers.
Formats
The formats you use
• Ensure that your materials can be
accessed by individuals with a varied
array of abilities
• Electronic files can be printed larger,
emailed to interested students, read by
screen reader programs, etc.
• Have your videos captioned (or caption
them yourself in YouTube!)
http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer
=100077
Polling Question
What is one step your program can
take to be more inclusive ?
Questions?
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Contact Information:
National Service Inclusion Project
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Chad Gobert: [email protected]
Erin Gannon: [email protected]
Roxy Rocker: [email protected]
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