People - With Disabilities

By Donna L. Gilton

Disability Awareness

• Disability Awareness Kit: A Training Resource For Public Library Customer Service Staff
• George Washington University. Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.In My Own Words
• Peacock, Aly. “Disability Awareness For Libraries: How Have the Open Rose Group Used Their Training Packages in Four Member Institutions?” SCONUL (Society of College, National, and University Libraries) Focus no. 37 (Spring, 2006): 24-27.

The Americans With Disabilities Act

• Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Home Page.
• Crispen, Joanne L., ed. The Americans With Disabilities Act – Its Impact on Libraries: The Library’s Response in “Doable” Steps (Chicago: ALA. ASCLA, 1993)
• Deines-Jones, Courtney. “Low Cost/No Cost Ways to Improve Service Right Now” in Improving Services to People With Disabilities, (Oxford: Chandos, 2007), 123-____.
• Foos, Donald L.and Nancy C. Pack, eds., How Libraries Must Comply With the Americans With Disabilities Act (Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1992)
• NLS. NLS Reference Bibliographies. Accessibility: A Selective Bibliography
• Sannwald, William. Checklist of Building Design Considerations. (Chicago: ALA, 2009).
• United States Access Board.

Library Services - General Texts

• Deines-Jones, Courtney. Improving Library Services to People With Disabilities (Oxford: Chandos, 2007)
• Hernon, Peter and Philip Calvert, eds., Improving the Quality of Library Services For Students With Disabilities (Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2006).
• Quezada, Shelley, “Nothing About Me Without Me: Planning For Library Services for People With Disabilities.” Public Libraries 42, no. 1 (January/February, 2003): 42-46.
• Rubin, Rhea Joyce, Planning For Library Services to People to Disabilities (Chicago: ALA. ASCLA, 2001)

Library Services - Important Professional Organizations

• ALA. Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies. (ASCLA)
• Consortium for Libraries in Higher Education Networking to Improve Library Access for Disabled Users in South and Southwest England (CLAUD)
• International Federation of Library Assocations (ILFA). Libraries Services to People With Special Needs Section.

Library Services - Standards and Guidelines

• ALA. ASCLA, Library Services For People With Disabilities Policy http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/ascla/asclaissues/libraryservices.cfm
• ALA. ASCLA, Revised Standards and Guidelines of Service for the Library of Congress Network of Libraries for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (Chicago: ALA, 2005)
• Canadian Library Association, Canadian Guidelines on Library and Information Services For People With Disabilities.
• Irvall, B. and G.S. Nielson, IFLA Checklist: Access to Libraries for Persons With Disabilities. IFLA Professional Reports, No. 89 http://www.ifla.org/VII/s9/nd1/iflapr-89e.pdf

Library Services - Accessibility Centers and Special Needs Services

• Berkeley Public Library. Resources For People With Disabilities.
• Brooklyn Public Library, The Child’s Place for Children With Special Needs
• Cleveland Public Library. Ohio Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled
• Library of Congress (LC). Accessibility Home.
• LC. Accessibility: FAQs.
• LC. Accessibility Services For Researchers.
• LC. National Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
• Montgomery County Public Libraries.Library Services for People With Disabilities.
• New York Public Library (NYPL). Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library.
• Phoenix Public Library, Accessibility Center
• San Antonio Public Library, Special Needs Services
• Seattle Public Library, ADA Special Services
• Western Kentucky University Libraries and Museum. Department of Library Public Services. Library Services and Equipment for Patrons With Disabilities.

Special Education

• Friend, Marilyn, Special Education: Contemporary Perspectives For School Professionals Second edition. (Boston: Pearson, 2008)
• Hunt, Nancy and Kathleen Marshall, Exceptional Children and Youth: An Introduction to Special Education (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006)
• Turnball, Ann, Rud Turnball, and Michael L. Wehmeyer, Exceptional Lives: Special Education in Today’s Schools (Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2007)

Services For Disabled Students in Colleges and Universities

• Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD).
• Dean College. Arch Learning Community.
• Emerging Scholars: Students With Disabilities: A Handbook For Faculty and Administrators in Rhode Island Public Institutions of Higher Education (Kingston, R.I.: University of Rhode Island. Office of Student Life. Disability Services for Students, 2004
• University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service (UCEDD)
• University of Rhode Island. Office of Student Life. Disability Services For Students.
• University of Washington. Disabilities, Opportunities, Internet Working and Technology (DO-IT).

Universal Design of Instruction/Learning/Information Literacy (UDI, UDL, UDIL)

• Center for Applied Special Technology. (CAST). Homepage.
• CAST. UDL Toolkit.
• CAST. What is Universal Design for Learning?
• Chodock, Ted and Elizabeth Dolinger, “Applying Universal Design to Information Literacy: Teaching Students Who Learn Differently at Landmark College”. Reference and User Services Quarterly 49, no. 1 (Fall, 2009): 26;
• Chodock, Ted and Elizabeth Dolinger. Universal Design for Information Literacy.
• National Center on Universal Design for Learning. UDL Guidelines 2.0.
• North Carolina State U. The Center for Universal Design.

More Teaching and Service Tips

• Davis, Barbara Gross. Academic Accommodations for Students With Disabilities.
• Deines-Jones, Improving Library Services to People With Disabilities. pp. 135-139
• Deines-Jones and Connie Van Fleet, Preparing Staff to Serve Patrons With Disabilities (New York: Neal-Schcuman, 1995)
• Emerging Scholars: Students With Disabilities: A Handbook for Faculty and Administrators in Rhode Island Public Institutions of Higher Education (Kingston, R.I.: University of Rhode Island. (URI) Office of Student Life. Disabilities Services for Students)
• Holt, Cynthia and Wanda Hole, “Training Rewards and Challenges of Serving Library Users With Disabilities”. Public Libraries (January/February, 2003): 37
• Library Accessibility: What You Need to Know. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/ascla/asclaprotools/accessibilitytipsheets/
• Rubin. Planning For Library Services to People With Disabilites. pp. 74-80
• URI. Office of Student Life. Disability Services For Students
• Wright and Davie. Library and Information Services For Handicapped Individuals (Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1989).

Web Accessibility

• Apple Computer. Accessibility.
• EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
• University of Hawaii. Archimedes Hawaii Project
• University of Washington. Disabilities, Opportunities, Internet Working, and Technology (DO IT) World Wide Access: Accessible Web Design
• Web Accessibility in Mind (WebAIM), Evaluating Cognitive Web Accessibility
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Web Content Accessibility Working Group, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Assistive or Adaptive Technology (AT)

• Abilities!
• American Foundation for the Blind (AFB). Assistive Technology
• Center for Accessible Technology
• Christian Parents Special Kids/Alliance for Technology Access. Technology Resources.
• Closing the Gap
• Family Center on Technology and Disability
• Georgia Institute of Technology. Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access. Assistive tech.net: National Public Website on Assistive Technology
• Massachusetts Initiative to Maximize Assistive Technology (AT) in Consumers’ Hands (MATCH). Carol Strauss, comp. (Washington, D.C.:2000). http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/circulars/assistive.html
• New England Assistive Tecnology (NEAT), The NEAT Center at Oak Hill
• Texas School for the Blind and the Visually Impaired.Overview of Assistive Technology.
• U. S. Department of Education. National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. ABLEDATA: Your Source For Assistive Technology Information.

General Organizations

• Disability Info.gov
• National Council on Disability
• National Easter Seal Society.
• National Information Center for Children and Youth With Disabilities
• National Organization on Disability

This website includes more information on how to make websites accessible to all.

The Deaf Community and People With Hearing Loss

• Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf.
• American Association of the Deaf-Blind
• American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association
• ALA. ASCLA. Guidelines for Library and Information Services for the American Deaf Community (Chicago: ALA, 1995)
• Blindness Resource Center. Deaf-Blind/Hearing Disability Resources.
• California State University, Northridge (CSUN). National Center of Deafness (NCOD). Mission, Vision, and Organizations
• CSUN. NCOD. PEPNeT, Helpful Links
• Day, John Michael Day. Guidelines For Library Services to Deaf People IFLA Professional Reports No. 62
• Deaf Studies.
• Deaf Studies Research in the AVC Library
• Deafness
• Deafsign.
• District of Columbia Public Library. Library Services For the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
• E-Michigan Deaf and Hard of Hearing People. Communication Tips With People Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
• Friends of Libraries for Deaf Action. (FOLDA).
• Gallaudet University. Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center. About the Clerc Center.
• _____. _____. Info to Go.
• _____._____.Info to Go: Language and Literacy.
• Gallaudet U. Library. Communicating in the Library With People Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
• Gallaudet University Library, Deaf Research Guide: How to Get Started.
• _____. _____. Deaf Research Guides (Pathfinders).
• Gallaudet University Library. Frequently Asked Questions – Deaf-Related
• Gallaudet University Library, Research Help
• Hagemeyer, Alice.The Legacy and Leadership of the Deaf Community (Chicago: ALA. ASCLA, 1991)
• Hagemeyer. Deaf Awareness: Handbook For Public Librarians (Washington, D.C.: Public Library of the District of Columbia, 1975)
• Hagemeyer. Celebrate Deaf Legacy @ Your Library: National Deaf HistoryMonth Kit
• Hearing Loss Association of America: Self Help for Hard of Hearing People
• Hennepin County Library (MN). Deaf and Hard of Hearing – Resources
• Michigan State University. American Sign Language Browser
• National Association of the Deaf.
• National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness.
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
• NLS Reference Circulars. Deaf-Blindness: National Resources and Organizations 2004
• Norton, Melanie J. Norton and Gail Lukovalik, eds., “Libraries Serving an Underserved Population: Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Patrons,” (Special issue) Library Trends 41 (Summer, 1992): 1-176
• Norton, “Effective Bibliographic Instruction for Deaf and Hearing-Impaired College Students,” Library Trends 41 (Summer, 1992): 118-150.
• Pinellas Public Library Cooperative (FL).Literacy Services in Pinellas County
• Postsecondary Education Programs Network (PEPNeT), About Us
• PEPNeT. PEPNeT Dissemination Center.
• Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). What is NTID?
• Rochester Institute of Technology. Wallace Memorial Library. Deaf Studies Internet Resources.
• San Francisco Public Library. Deaf Services Center
• State of Rhode Island. Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

People With Visual Disabilities

• American Foundation for the Blind (AFB).
• AFB. Bridging the Gap: Best Practices for Instructing Adults Who are Visually Impaired and Have Low Literacy Skills
• AFB. Etiquette
• ALA. ASCLA, Revised Standards and Guidelines of Service for the Library of Congress Network of Libraries For the Blind and the Physically Handicapped (Chicago: ALA, 2005).
• Blind Net.
• Blind World: Resources For Parents and Teachers of Children With Visual Impairments.
• Bookshare.
• Carey, Kevin. “Library Services to People With Special Needs: a Discussion of Blind and Visually Impaired People as an Exemplar,” in Improving Library Services to People With Disabilities, 21-43.
• Carey, “The Opportunities and Challenges of the Digital Age: A Blind User’s Perspective.” Library Trends 55, no. 4 (Spring, 2007): 767-7784.
• International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA). Libraries Serving People With Print Disabilities Section.
• Jahoda, Gerald. How Do I Do This When I Can’t See What I’m Doing?: Information Processing For the Visually Disabled (Washington, D.C.: LC. NLS., 1993)
• Kavanaugh, R. and B.C. Skold, Libraries For the Blind in the Information Age: Guidelines For Development. IFLA Professional Reports. No. 86, 2005
• LC. National Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
• National Library of Canada. Council on Access to Information for Print-disabled Canadians.
• National Library Service For the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS).
• NLS. NLS Reference Materials - Circulars.
• New York Public Library (NYPL). Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library.
• New York Institute for Special Education. Blindness Resource Center.
• Perkins Braille and Talking Books Library and the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library. Info Eyes Information Service (virtual reference service)
• Rubin. Planning For Library Services to People With Disabilities, 76-77

People With Physical Disabilities

• NLS.Physical Handicaps: A Selective Bibliography
• NLS. Physical Disabilities: Information and Advocacy Organizations 2003

See also Americans With Disabilities Act

People With Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder

• All Kinds of Minds.
• Attention! C.H.A.D.D. (Children and Adults With Attention Deficit Disorders)
• Beacon College. http://www.beaconcollege.edu
• Guild, Sandy.“LD Accommodations in the School Library,” Knowledge Quest 37, no. 1 (September/October, 2008): 24-29
• Kaplan, Paul S. Pathways For Exceptional Children: School, Home, and Culture (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.: West, 1996): 191-211
• Landmark College.
• Landmark College. Institute for Research and Training
• LD Online.
• LD Online.LD Resources
• LD Online. Teaching and Instruction.
• LD Resources
• Learning Disabilities Association of America.
• Learning Disabilities Worldwide.
• Misunderstood Minds.
• Movement for Canadian Literacy. Literacy and Learning Disabilities
• National Center for Learning Disabilities.
• The Perspectives Network
• Ross, Virginia and Lynn Akin.“Children With Learning Disabilities and Public Libraries: An E-Survey of Services, Programs, Resources, and Training.” Public Libraries Quarterly 21, no. 4 (2002): 9-18.
• Turnbull, Turnbull, and Wehmeyer. Exceptional Lives. 104-128.

See also sites on Multiple Intelligence

People With Autism and Asperger's Syndrome

• Autism Society of America (ASA).
• Autism Speaks.
• Emerging Scholars, 24;
• Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support (OASIS) @ MAAP.

• Scotch Plains Public Library and Fanwood Memorial Library (NJ), Libraries and Autism: We’re Connected
• Turnbull, Turnbull, and Wehmeyer. Exceptional Lives. 272-276
• Whelan, Debra Lau. “The Equal Opportunity Disorder,” School Library Journal v. 55, no. 8 (2009) pp. 30-34.

People With Developmental Disabilities

• The ARC of the United States. The Arc.org
• Johnson County Community College (Kansas), College Learning Experience Activities and Resources (CLEAR)
• Kaplan. Pathways For Exceptional Children. pp.142-151, 159-161
• National Association of Council on Developmental Disabilities
• National Down Syndrome Society.
• Norlin, Dennis.“Helping Adults With Mental Retardation Satisfy Their Information Needs,” Information Services for People With Developmental Disabilities, ed. Linda Lucas Walling and Marilyn M. Irwin (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1995), 181-195.
• Norlin.“We’re Not Stupid, You Know: Library Services for Adults With Mental Retardation,” Research Strategies 10, no. 2 (Spring, 1992): 56-68; ALA. ASCLA, Library Services for People With Mental Retardation (Chicago: ALA, 1999.
• Ohio State University. Nisonger Center.The Next Chapter Book Club
• Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Outreach Services.
• Turnbull, Turnbull, and Wehmeyer. Exceptional Lives pp.215-224
• Walling, Linda Lucas and Marilyn M. Irwin, eds., Information Services for People With Developmental Disabilities (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1995);

People With Mental Illness

• ALA. ASCLA, Guidelines for Library Services for People With Mental Illnesses (Chicago: ALA, 2007).
• Emerging Scholars, 27;
• Mental Health America.
• Murray, Jennifer.“Library Psychiatry: Is There a Place For the Mentally Ill in Your Law Library?” AALL Spectrum 14, no. 2 (November, 2009): 10-13
• National Institute of Mental Health.
• Turnbull, Turnbull, and Wehmeyer. Exceptional Lives. pp. 171-173.
  
  

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