Integration and Inclusion of People with Disabilities in

Postsecondary Institutions

and Beyond…Linda M. Kelly, M. Ed.

Michelle L. Mitchell, M.Ed.Disability Support Services

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Accommodations Statement

AwarenessPerceptionsThe three I’s

Introduction

Awareness

1990

2010

People with Disabilities

People without Disabilities

11 %

19%

U.S. Census Bureau& Disability Statistic Center http://dsc.ucsf.edu/UCSF/pub.taf?grow=8 U.S. Census Bureau& Disability Statistic Center http://dsc.ucsf.edu/UCSF/pub.taf?grow=8

Awareness– chart on diversity

1980 1990 2000 20100.00%

50.00%

100.00%

150.00%

200.00%

250.00%

RaceColumn1Disability

Awareness

Mobility Im-

pair-ments59%Mental Health

18%

Learning Disabili-ties5%

Visual Im-pairments

7%

Hearing Im-pairments

6%Intellectual Disabilities

7%

Disability Population

2010 U.S. Census

51% of the disability population is between the ages of 21 and 64

30% of this group is employed

A large percentage of persons with disabilities report difficulty maintaining employment

Awareness

US Census Bureau

Awareness

3%

9%

11%

19%

1978

1998

2001

2010

Percentage of Students with Disabilities Entering College

Incoming Freshman with Disabilities

Prism Summer 2010 “in Their Grasp”

Awareness

1983-1990 2001-2009

Attending college within 4 years after leaving high school –

46%

9%, 4 Year institut

ions

13%,Technic

al school

18%,Community

college

26%

Unfortunately…..advanced education did not result in improved employment for students with disabilities.

Employment declined from 62% in 1990

to 56% in 2005

Unemployment rate for individuals with disabilities in the Lehigh Valley is a

shocking 33%!

Awareness

SRI International

Perceptions

Perceptions

Perceptions

Perceptions

Perceptions

Perceptions

Perceptions

Perceptions

The Three I’s – Implementation

Perceptions

Stop Handicapped,

Victim, Invalids Wheelchair-bound,

confined Cripple, Victim,

Invalid Normal Psycho, Crazy, Mad The blind Sufferers from

Go Person with a

disability Person who uses a

wheelchair Person with a

disability Able-bodied Has a Mental illness People who are blind Has

Perceptions

Increasing Integration

and Inclusion

The Three I’s

The Three I’s – Implementation

OnThe

Three I’s – Implementation

Three I’s – Implementation

Flexibility

Consideration

Cooperation

QUESTIONS