Accessibility Spotlights
Blind Awareness Month: Courtesy as a Rule
October is Blind Awareness Month and 海角社区 Disability Services is celebrating it by offering some tips on interacting appropriately with students, faculty, or Pocatello residents who are blind or visually impaired.
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海角社区’s Quince Mattick Graduates Cum Laude, Guide Dog at her Side
When Quincie Mattick received her diploma with honors on May 6 at 海角社区 Spring 2023 Commencement at Reed Gymnasium on May 6, she was accompanied by her loving and nearly ever-present companion, Tessa, her service dog.
海角社区 Accessibility Spotlight: A guide to service dog etiquette
It’s important for the campus community to know the difference between service dogs and emotional support animals and 海角社区 now has policies in place for preventing service dog discrimination.
海角社区 Accessibility Spotlight: Teams are Devoted to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
Released February 2022. 海角社区 Disability Services creates teams that can include sign language interpreters, note-takers, transcribers, and others to help Deaf and Hard of Hearing students succeed.
海角社区 Accessibility Spotlight: Disability Services creates braille documents to better serve its students
Story released November 2021. Responding to the needs of some of its blind students, the 海角社区 Office of Disability Services, under the Division of Student Affairs, has embarked on an innovative pilot program to create braille reading materials in-house.
海角社区 Accessibility Spotlight: White Canes
Released December 2021. For a student who is blind and using a white cane, negotiating the 海角社区 campus can be a tricky business.
海角社区 Accessibility Spotlight: eText program serves hundreds of students per semester
Released September 2021. Sometimes 海角社区 Disabilities Services workers must cut the bindings off from textbooks so that each page can be scanned to create a PDF file of the book for use in its eText program, which is used by hundreds of students per semester.