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Mobility and Dexterity

  • Students with mobility limitations will ask for assistance when they need it. Do not assume assistance is needed.
  • When conversing with someone in a wheelchair, sit so that you are at that persons eye level whenever possible.
  • Leaning on a wheelchair is tantamount to leaning on a persons shoulder; it is an invasion of personal space.
  • When discussing a students disability and accommodation and adaptation needs, talk only about needs that are relevant to the successful completion of course work.
  • Keep all information confidential.
  • Refer to a person in a wheelchair as a "wheelchair user" not as "confined" to a wheelchair. Most people using wheelchairs transfer to furniture, automobiles, etc., using wheelchairs only as a means of movement from one point to another.
  • If a students speech is affected by the disability and difficult to understand, do not hesitate to ask the student to repeat.
 
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