Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

General awareness building

• Disability History Exhibit
• Disability etiquette, myths and facts handout
• Disability tips for PCC personnel
• Models for understanding disability
• Accessibility in higher education
• New ADA Regulations: Compliance Requires Proactive Approach
• It’s Our Story Project videos
• Adaptech Research Network publications

Transition

• K-12 Presentation
• K-12 Transition Flier with linked FAQs
• K-12 Transition Presentation and Flier with FAQs (Spanish version)
• Information for high school students and their parents
• Information for advisors
• Information for student veterans from the American Council on Education
• Disability employment
• Examples of workplace accommodation

Tech training

• See our full information at www.pcc.edu/adapt
• Use this printable flier to encourage participation in our training opportunities

Policies and procedures

• Accommodation overview
• Service animal overview
• What faculty and staff need to know about service animals
• Report and Incident

Universal Design

These resources include handouts and links to resources with theoretical, practical, and research based information related to Universal Design. See our faculty section for more robust information on this topic.

• Universal Design from The Ohio State
• Universal Design 3 principles from CAST
• Universal Design 9 principles
• DO-IT UD principles

Disability studies

Recognizing disability as part of diversity and acknowledging positive aspects of the disability experience are important elements in fostering an inclusive community.

Our library guide has a page for sources that includes articles and videos of interest.

• Disability Studies Quarterly has articles such as:
  • New Conversations in Disability Studies
  • Does Dis/ability Now Sit at the Table(s) of Social Justice and Multicultural Education? A Descriptive Survey of Three Recent Anthologies
• Canadian Journal of Disability Studies

Language choices

Note that this topic is an active area of discussion – there are definitely different opinions on this matter.

• • Language Guide from the Syracuse University Disability Cultural Center
  • Words Matter! Disability Language Etiquette from the National Education Association
  • Disability Language Guide from the Independence Center
  • Identity-First Language from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network