Tuesday, October 17, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Office working to improve service
Student with disabilities offers tips
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weak, and her weight is low. Sometimes her throat tightens, and she turns blue from lack of oxygen.
"I can't really pinpoint when it happens," she said. "It just happens."So she carries medication and instructional cards in her book bag.She tells professors about her condition and advises them to call an ambulance if she is unresponsive to questions.
VanHyning said most professors understood the difficulties faced by students with disabilities. But the grade she gives the University of Kansas as a whole?
Ask and ye shall receive
Zimmer said students with disabilities needed to be proactive, requesting the appropriate type of help as soon as they were aware of a problem.
"It's my general understanding
that faculty members certainly understand what this is all about
... but it's never convenient," she said, adding that implementing services takes time. "Our system is really, I think, pretty capable if people are doing things in a timely way."
Capable means that the office arranges for students to have notetakers or extra time on exams. The office also is working on improving adaptive technology services and developing a Web page for students with disabilities.
"The law is to provide an equal chance for people with disabilities to compete with their peers." Zimmer said. "So we need to know what the disability is and how that creates an inequity."
VanHyning agreed that the office was not solely to blame. Instead, she said, the University as a whole needed to improve.
She said students with disabilities needed to receive maps detailing handicapped entrances.
She also suggested that the parking department keep a closer eye on people who abuse handcanned snots.
said an idea she hoped to implement would require students with disabilities to register with the parking department and receive a second car permit.
Donna Hultine, assistant director of the parking department,
VanHyning's final suggestion was more accessible entrances.
"You have to push this button," she said. "Then you have to wheel backwards before the door opens and catch yourself and then push yourself in before the door closes."
Zimmer said the University abided by architectural codes for handicapped entrances, but added that the University was an old campus and that improvements took time and money.
Lending a hand
More than anything,
VanHyning stressed the importance of help from able-bodied students.
"It only takes a minute of someone's time to lend that hand out and say, 'Can I help you up that hill?' VanHanning said.
Emily Ross, Columbia, S.C., sophomore, said she often felt insecure offering help.
"People will feel hesitancy to help someone because they feel it might be interpreted wrong," she said. "The person could think you
just feel sorry for them."
VanHyning said she understood that perspective but disagreed.
"The student in the handicapped position — in the wheelchair — is not really going to be offended, but if that comes up, I would say it was worth my while to say, 'Can I help you out,'" she said.
Jeremy Bennett, Kansas City, Kan., senior, said he also understood Ross' point. Bennett recently intermed at SuperTarget and led the American Disabilities Act training of employees. He said the internship made him more aware of the difficulties faced by disabled people.
"I would never hesitate to help someone if they needed help," he said, adding that offering help doesn't offend disabled people if they are approached in the right manner.
Ross — who loaned Magario notes for a class they took together — said it was important for students to overcome their uncertainty about offering help.
"Because they are handicapped, you can't do everything that a non-handicapped person can do," she said. "So it's only reasonable that people should help them."
Edited by Kimberly Thompson
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