Online Resources
- Access Services at Saint Mary'sInformation about access services available to the SMUMN community.
- DREAM (Disability Rights, Education Activism, and Mentoring)DREAM (Disability Rights, Education Activism, and Mentoring) is a national organization for and by college students with disabilities. We strongly advocate for disability culture, community, and pride, and hope to serve as an online virtual disability cultural center for students who want to connect with other students.
- National Center for College Students with Disabilities (NCCSD)The National Center for College Students with Disabilities (NCCSD) is the only federally-funded national center in the U.S. for college and graduate students with any type of disability, chronic health condition, or mental or emotional illness. We also have information for parents, faculty, and anyone working with college students.
Books in Fitzgerald Library
Barriers and Belonging by Call Number: 305.908 B27ISBN: 9781439913871Publication Date: 2017The contributors to this anthology provide thirty-seven personal narratives that explore what it means to be disabled and why the field of disability studies matters.
Crip Times: Disability, Globalization, and Resistance by Call Number: 305.908 M17ISBN: 9781479874156Publication Date: 2018-01-16In this book, the author asks how disability activists, artists and social movements generate change and resist the dominant forms of globalization in an age of austerity, or "crip times."
Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education by Call Number: 378.0087 D66ISBN: 9780472073719Publication Date: 2017Examining everything from campus accommodation processes, to architecture, to popular films about college life, the author argues that disability is central to higher education, and that building more inclusive schools allows better education for all.
Scholarly Articles
- The Americans with Disabilities Act and Higher Education 25 Years Later: An Update on the History and Current Disability Discrimination Issues for Higher EducationThe author takes the opportunity to reflect on forty years of higher education disability developments since the 1973 Rehabilitation Act.
- Higher Education and Disability: A Systematic Review of Assessment Instruments Designed for Students, Faculty, and StaffIn this study, the literature in disability and higher education was examined. The implications of the findings undergird the urgency to prioritize disability as a facet of diversity within higher-education scholarship.
- Qualitative Analysis of the Barriers College Students With Disabilities Experience in Higher EducationStudents with disabilities are increasingly enrolling in colleges and universities. However, many institutions are still unprepared to support them beyond the basic federal mandate of equal access and reasonable accommodations. Recommendations for higher education administrators and disability personnel to become more vigilant in improving support for this population are discussed.
Inclusive Teaching & Universal Design
- Here's How to Make Your Teaching More InclusiveTeaching inclusively means embracing student diversity in all forms as an asset. It means designing and teaching courses in ways that foster talent in all students, but especially those who come from groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education. We share tips here that any instructor can use to minimize inequities and help more students succeed.
- Universal Design for Learning GuidelinesInformation on universal design for learning, which recommends instructors provide multiple means of engagement, representation, action, & expression in the classroom.