Please click on the following links to get practical, clear information on each topic. Each topic is written for faculty at post-secondary institutions and is meant to help you do what you do better and in the most accessible way for all students. These links are from DO-IT, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

 

Invisible Disabilities and Postsecondary Education, an overview of universal design and accommodations for students with invisible disabilities.

 

Academic Accommodations for Students with Learning Disabilities. This is the most common disability on campus at HT. This will help you understand learning disabilities, how they may manifest themselves in your classroom, and how you can best work with these students.

 

Academic Accommodations for Students with Psychiatric Disabilities. This gives you insight into working with students with psychiatric disabilities and common accommodations for these types of disabilities.

 

Effective Communication: Faculty and Students with Disabilities.  Communicating with students with disabilities may need to happen in various ways depending upon the disability. It gives solid information on communicating your lecture and subject information to students in a variety of ways. Teaching in multiple ways benefits all students. The more ways in which we input information into our brains, the greater the chance that the information will be learned and stored for future use. This is particularly important for students with disabilities.

 

Universal Design of Web Pages in Class Projects. Get practical information on how to develop class projects which incorporate universal design for all students.

 

Glossary of Disability-Related Terms. This glossary is an up-to-date list of terms commonly associated with disabilities and disability supports.

 

Disability-Related Resources on the Internet. This link will take you to a list of internet resources on a variety of subjects to answer your questions and expand your knowledge base.