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Trie Dairy Collegian • March 6,1992^
Libbee was afraid to cross Shaw Avenue two years ago but now she and
DISABLED from page 1
Libbee, a single parent, said she had to
wait until her children came home from
school before she could go to the grocery
store or the bank or take care of errands.
Then Jarita, a black labrador guide dog,
came into her life.
"She has literally changed my life/
Libbee said. "Jarita gave me a wonderful
sense of independence and in turn I felt like
I was giving my children their independ¬
ence,"
t Libbee, 40, a junior majoring in social
work, said she and Jarita have established
a routine on campus. ■ ,
"Wetlgured out where the classes were,
where the coffee was in the ca fet eri a, where
the rest rooms were, and where the Re¬
source Center was," Libbee said of her ini¬
tial relationship with Jarita.
It was the Resource Center for Students
with Disabilities at CSUF that provided
Libbee the link to the academic world.
"It was like a security blanket when I
first started. I'm really grateful they are
here,"JLibbee said. .
TKe texts from Libbee's five classes are
put on tapes for her at the Resource Center.
Libbee also takes her exams at the Resource
Center.
The Resource Center, hidden within the
corridors of Henry Madden Library, has
become a quiet refuge for disabled CSUF
students.
Inside the Center are shelves lined with
volumes of Websters New World Diction¬
ary, the World Book Encyclopedia and
RogefsThesaurus-all in braille. Even maps
are in braille Scattered on a table are
magazines such as "Careers and the Dis¬
abled" and "Paraplegia."
The Resource Center serves disabled
students who need to bridge a gap between
the way material is presented in the class¬
room and their disabling condition, said
Stan Todd, coordinator of the Resource
Center for Students with Disabilities.
"We offer accessibility—not just taking
tests or making the place physically acces¬
sible to the disabled students. If s access to
a place that treats the students with the
respect that they should expect/'Todd said.
Services are provided to students with
physical, perceptual and learning disabili¬
ties.
Blind students need to have their books
tape-recorded, Todd said. They also re¬
quire a reader and a writer for classroom
exams, so exams are brought to the Center,
administered, and returned to the faculty,
Todd said.
Research assistants are available who
physically help the students locate the re¬
search material. The material is then tape-
recorded or put on the Kurzweil Personal
Reader, which scans the books and then
converts the print to voice, to ajpmputer
disc or to a braille print-out. Computers
with voice capabilities are also available to
the students.
Another service provided through the
Center is notetaking.
Erik Steinhauer, 19, a sophomore, has
had a profound hearing loss since the age of
three and relies heavily on the notetaking
. With a high-powered hearing aid.
he can hear pitches but has difficulty deci¬
phering the sounds.
Steinhauer said his problem is with
understanding and comprehension.
In a classroom Steinhauer has to battle
with listening as well as conceptualizing
the information.
He said he has to rely on what hearing
he has and on reading lips.
"At best, background noises still inter¬
fere with my hearing," Steinhauer said.
A classroom volunteer or someone from
the center lakes notes for Steinhauer on a
special carbon-copy notebook. This allows
both the volunteer and Steinhauer to have
an immediate copy.
Steinhauer also works with a math
strategist provided by the center.
"You can't keep asking questions over
and over again in a classroom," Steinhauer
said.
Felix Angel, 21, a senior, is a math strate¬
gist who helps Steinhauer with calculus.
Angel said he uses a more visual and kines¬
thetic approach to doing problems with
Steinhauer.
Steinhauer said he is taking 18 units this
semester and has been accepted to CaLPoly.
in the fall as an architect major.
While budget cuts have not affected the
Resource Center at this time, Todd said the
budget cuts are like "dark clouds on the
horizon." .
"We're concerned-—closer to fright¬
ened—that the protection we have had from
legislators and the government may get
watered down," Todd said.
This comes at a time when the number
of students using the Resource Center has
.^^xk&amx
increased by 10 percent, Todd said.
Resource Center for Students with
Disabilities is part of the Disabled Student
Services. Theadministrativeunit is housed
in the Cafeteria West building.
Weldon Percy, director of Disabled
Student Services, said students currently
being served by the Disabled Student Serv¬
ices have not been severely impacted by the
budget cuts.
However, a position for a learning dis¬
abilities specialist remains vacant because
of budget cuts.
This will impact students newly diag¬
nosed or who have need for diagnosis of
learning disabilities, Percy said.
Budget cuts in other departments such
as registration, financial aid and admis¬
sions have posed some difficulty for dis¬
abled students.
Disabled students heed more lead time
to arrange for housing and attendant care,
Percy said.
Percy added that the staff of these de¬
partments have made "heroic efforts" to
serve the whole student population de¬
spite major budget cuts in their areas.
Percy said ne would like to improve the
services to deaf students on campus.
There is a tremendous shortage of sign
language interpreters who have adequate
skills for interpreting university level
classes," Percy said.
A 1982 funding formula is still being
used to pay interpreters and consequently
qualified interpreters are grossly under¬
paid at CSUF, Percy said, which makes it
difficult to attract appropriate interpreters
to the campus. *
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| Title | 1992_03 The Daily Collegian March 1992 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1992 |
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| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
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| Title | March 6, 1992, Page 4 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1992 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
| Language | eng |
| Full-Text-Search | ews Trie Dairy Collegian • March 6,1992^ Libbee was afraid to cross Shaw Avenue two years ago but now she and DISABLED from page 1 Libbee, a single parent, said she had to wait until her children came home from school before she could go to the grocery store or the bank or take care of errands. Then Jarita, a black labrador guide dog, came into her life. "She has literally changed my life/ Libbee said. "Jarita gave me a wonderful sense of independence and in turn I felt like I was giving my children their independ¬ ence," t Libbee, 40, a junior majoring in social work, said she and Jarita have established a routine on campus. ■ , "Wetlgured out where the classes were, where the coffee was in the ca fet eri a, where the rest rooms were, and where the Re¬ source Center was," Libbee said of her ini¬ tial relationship with Jarita. It was the Resource Center for Students with Disabilities at CSUF that provided Libbee the link to the academic world. "It was like a security blanket when I first started. I'm really grateful they are here,"JLibbee said. . TKe texts from Libbee's five classes are put on tapes for her at the Resource Center. Libbee also takes her exams at the Resource Center. The Resource Center, hidden within the corridors of Henry Madden Library, has become a quiet refuge for disabled CSUF students. Inside the Center are shelves lined with volumes of Websters New World Diction¬ ary, the World Book Encyclopedia and RogefsThesaurus-all in braille. Even maps are in braille Scattered on a table are magazines such as "Careers and the Dis¬ abled" and "Paraplegia." The Resource Center serves disabled students who need to bridge a gap between the way material is presented in the class¬ room and their disabling condition, said Stan Todd, coordinator of the Resource Center for Students with Disabilities. "We offer accessibility—not just taking tests or making the place physically acces¬ sible to the disabled students. If s access to a place that treats the students with the respect that they should expect/'Todd said. Services are provided to students with physical, perceptual and learning disabili¬ ties. Blind students need to have their books tape-recorded, Todd said. They also re¬ quire a reader and a writer for classroom exams, so exams are brought to the Center, administered, and returned to the faculty, Todd said. Research assistants are available who physically help the students locate the re¬ search material. The material is then tape- recorded or put on the Kurzweil Personal Reader, which scans the books and then converts the print to voice, to ajpmputer disc or to a braille print-out. Computers with voice capabilities are also available to the students. Another service provided through the Center is notetaking. Erik Steinhauer, 19, a sophomore, has had a profound hearing loss since the age of three and relies heavily on the notetaking . With a high-powered hearing aid. he can hear pitches but has difficulty deci¬ phering the sounds. Steinhauer said his problem is with understanding and comprehension. In a classroom Steinhauer has to battle with listening as well as conceptualizing the information. He said he has to rely on what hearing he has and on reading lips. "At best, background noises still inter¬ fere with my hearing," Steinhauer said. A classroom volunteer or someone from the center lakes notes for Steinhauer on a special carbon-copy notebook. This allows both the volunteer and Steinhauer to have an immediate copy. Steinhauer also works with a math strategist provided by the center. "You can't keep asking questions over and over again in a classroom," Steinhauer said. Felix Angel, 21, a senior, is a math strate¬ gist who helps Steinhauer with calculus. Angel said he uses a more visual and kines¬ thetic approach to doing problems with Steinhauer. Steinhauer said he is taking 18 units this semester and has been accepted to CaLPoly. in the fall as an architect major. While budget cuts have not affected the Resource Center at this time, Todd said the budget cuts are like "dark clouds on the horizon." . "We're concerned-—closer to fright¬ ened—that the protection we have had from legislators and the government may get watered down," Todd said. This comes at a time when the number of students using the Resource Center has .^^xk&amx increased by 10 percent, Todd said. Resource Center for Students with Disabilities is part of the Disabled Student Services. Theadministrativeunit is housed in the Cafeteria West building. Weldon Percy, director of Disabled Student Services, said students currently being served by the Disabled Student Serv¬ ices have not been severely impacted by the budget cuts. However, a position for a learning dis¬ abilities specialist remains vacant because of budget cuts. This will impact students newly diag¬ nosed or who have need for diagnosis of learning disabilities, Percy said. Budget cuts in other departments such as registration, financial aid and admis¬ sions have posed some difficulty for dis¬ abled students. Disabled students heed more lead time to arrange for housing and attendant care, Percy said. Percy added that the staff of these de¬ partments have made "heroic efforts" to serve the whole student population de¬ spite major budget cuts in their areas. Percy said ne would like to improve the services to deaf students on campus. There is a tremendous shortage of sign language interpreters who have adequate skills for interpreting university level classes," Percy said. A 1982 funding formula is still being used to pay interpreters and consequently qualified interpreters are grossly under¬ paid at CSUF, Percy said, which makes it difficult to attract appropriate interpreters to the campus. * |
