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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002
Assuring Access for Deaf Studentswith Multiple Disabilities in
Practice
Patricia Tesar & Jeffrey ShaumeyerOffice for Students with Disabilities
Gallaudet University
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002Gallaudet’s Mission
StatementGallaudet University, federally chartered in 1864, is a bilingual, diverse, multicultural
institution of higher education that ensures the intellectual and professional
advancement of deaf and hard of hearing individuals through American Sign Language
and English.
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002Students with Disabilities in
Postsecondary Education (all US)
• Approximately 10% had some kind of disability; of those, roughly half have more than one disability
• Most common disabilities reported:– Depression– Attention Deficit Disorder– Mobility Impairment
Source: Thomas R. Wolarin and Patricia E. Steele, “Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities : A Primer for Policymakers”, The Institute for Higher Education Policy, June 2004.
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002Comparison of
Students with DisabilitiesCollege Students Nationwide
• 8% reported a disability (in 2007—2008)
• Of those, 5.3% reported “hearing impairment” as a major disability
Gallaudet Students• OSWD serves 11% of
the student body• 92% are hearing
impaired (Deaf or Hard of Hearing)
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, B&B: 09 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study.
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002
• OSWD numbers: 142 (Fall 2007); 197 (Fall 2013), an increase of 39%
• Nationwide, 8.2% of university students had a disability (2009 “Baccalaureate & Beyond Longitudinal Study”, US Dept. Ed.), about 2% served by DSS offices
OSWD Students : 2007—2014OSWD Fraction of All Gallaudet
Students
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002
OSWD 7-Year Study
• Purposes:– Go beyond opinions– Develop OSWD student profile– Explore retention and graduation rates– Does OSWD “level the playing field”?
• Make objective measurements of OSWD effectiveness with factual data
• 465 OSWD students from academic years 2007/08 through 2013/14
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002
OSWD Students : 2007—2014Hearing-Status Distribution
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002
Deaf / Hearing Students Served by OSWD, by Year
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002
OSWDvs. Gallaudet
Student Gender
2007—2014
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002
OSWD Students: 2007—2014Main Ethnicities
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002
OSWD Students : 2007—2014Disability Breakdown by Type
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002
OSWD Students : 2007—2014Disability as Fraction of Gender
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002
OSWD Students : 2007—2014Changes in Disability Types
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002Multiple Disabilities
Compositionover 1-year period 2013-2014
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002Students with 2 or more
DisabilitiesOver a 1-Year Period: 2013-2014
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002
Students withTwo Disabilities (2013-2014), Pairing
ADHD Aspereger Chronic LD MI PSY VIADHDAsperger 2Chronic 5LD 6 2 1MI 1 1PSY 6 5 1 1VI 3 2 1
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002OSWD Undergraduates (344
total),Final Status 2007—2014
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002
2013 – 2014 Student Survey : Services
Most Used Services•Special Testing (35%)•Note Taking (27%)•Disability Counseling (18%)•Extended Time (9%)•Interpreting (9%)•Alternative Print (7%)
Most Requested Services
•Testing Center (15%)•OSWD Study Area (15%)•Mentoring Program (13%)•ADHD Coaching (10%)•Academic Support Group (10%)
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 200022014 Student Survey:
“I would benefit from these services”
No ClearPreference
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002Accommodating Multiple
Disabilitiesmeans Multiple Tactics (I)
• Video as a classroom adjunct is increasingly popular– Not immediately available to visually
impaired– Few videos are captioned for hearing
impaired–What strategy for deaf-blind students?
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002Accommodating Multiple
Disabilitiesmeans Multiple Tactics (II)
• Alternative Print conflicts– Visually Impaired variously needs
Braille, large print, low-contrast print, high-contrast print, computer-based readers
– Hearing Impairment precludes recorded books, computer-based readers
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002Accommodating Multiple
Disabilitiesmeans Multiple Tactics (III)
• Testing Accommodations must address–Mobility impairments– Visual impairments– Hearing impairments– Attention-deficit disorders– Combinations of multiple disorders
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002Accommodating Multiple
Disabilitiesmeans Multiple Tactics (IV)
• Gallaudet education is officially bilingual, ASL and English, nevertheless– Deaf-blind students will require tactile
interpretation– At other institutions, ASL interpretation for
hearing impaired, spoken interpretation for visually impaired, and tactile interpretation for deaf-blind may all be called upon at times
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002OSWD Retention, 7-Year
Average
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002
OSWD Retention, Yearly
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002
OSWD vs. Gallaudet Retention
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Office for Students with Disabilities
800 Florida Ave, Washington DC 20002
OSWD Graduation Rate 2007 – 2014
•Students first served by OSWD as freshmen graduated, on average, in only 4.2 years•Gallaudet’s overall 6-year graduation rate is generally less than 40%