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Inclusive Community Building At Sheridan: A Wayfinding Journey (Report), Lia Tsotsos, Kathryn Warren-Norton, Patricia Marshall, Angela Iarocci
Inclusive Community Building At Sheridan: A Wayfinding Journey (Report), Lia Tsotsos, Kathryn Warren-Norton, Patricia Marshall, Angela Iarocci
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In early 2023 a Sheridan College Generator Growth Grant was awarded for a project titled, “Inclusive Community Building at Sheridan: A built environment review of the Trafalgar Campus for an aging population”. The goal of this project was to better understand how individuals aged 55+ of all abilities interact, access and navigate post-secondary built environments, aiming to identify what is, and what is not, working. This contributes to Sheridan College’s campus planning processes and the improvement and expansion of existing wayfinding systems at Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus.
Technology And Disability Identity: "Now You See Me, Now You Don't", Janice Fennell
Technology And Disability Identity: "Now You See Me, Now You Don't", Janice Fennell
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This qualitative study examines how students’ identities are constructed when technology and disability intersect. Understanding how technology constructs the identities of students with invisible special needs such as learning disabilities is critical to determining why students are resistant to, or accepting of, assistive technology pedagogy.
The primary source of data for the study was in-depth, phenomenologically based interviewing using structured, open-ended dialogue. Three Ontario secondary schools provided the setting for the study. Participants included five students with learning disabilities who are users of assistive technology, two parents, two teachers, and two assistive technology coaches. A grounded theory methodology was used …