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

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

2010People with Disabilities People without Disabilities 11 %

19%

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

institutions

13%,Technic

al school

18%,Commu

nity 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