{"id":287,"date":"2019-11-26T21:47:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T21:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exploreaccess.org\/refocus2\/?page_id=287"},"modified":"2020-02-21T09:47:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T09:47:15","slug":"name","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.exploreaccess.org\/refocus2\/practices\/representation\/name\/","title":{"rendered":"Office Name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is current practice?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Typical office titles focus on service delivery for individual students with disabilities and the disabled student\u2019s individual need for support and assistance. There is a trend toward avoiding the word \u201cdisability.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Traditional Examples:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background ticss-724abbd5\" style=\"background-color:#c0e5f4\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"ticss-724abbd5 wp-block-list\"><li>Disabled Student Services&nbsp;<\/li><li>Office of Disability Support Services<\/li><li>AccessAbility Office&nbsp;<\/li><li>Office of Special Services<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the implicit messages?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"ticss-96438295 wp-block-list\"><li>Disabled students require a separate office focused on their needs in order to achieve.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Disabled students are unable to achieve without professional assistance.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The service office is largely responsible for the success of disabled students.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The word \u201cdisability\u201d is negative. When the word \u2018disability\u2019 is intentionally excluded from an office title or the word is corrupted, such as disABILITY, it adds to the stigma of the word and discourages a positive affiliation.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How might this be different?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Refocused Examples:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background ticss-bce951a4\" style=\"background-color:#c0e5f4\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"ticss-bce951a4 wp-block-list\"><li>Disability Resources&nbsp;<\/li><li>Office for Disability and Equity&nbsp;<\/li><li>Disability Access&nbsp;Center<\/li><li>Disability Resource Center&nbsp;<\/li><li>Disability and Accessibility Resources<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the potential impact of this change?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"ticss-c2050e5a wp-block-list\"><li>The term \u201cresources\u201d suggests options and choices available to all members of the campus community.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Disability is valued and not presented as a problem.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Terms like \u2018equity\u2019 position disability as an aspect of diversity.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The focus is not exclusively on students; this change allows for an emphasis on designing inclusive environments that minimize the need for individual accommodations or services.&nbsp;<\/li><li>An institution-wide role for the service office is established relative to the design of all campus environments, rather than limiting its reach to services for individual students.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Using disability in the office name&nbsp;ensures people can easily seek and find resources&nbsp;and creates an opportunity for students and others to embrace a positive affiliation with disability.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exploreaccess.org\/refocus2\/practices\/representation\/mission\/\"><strong>Next Page: Mission Statement<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is current practice?&nbsp; Typical office titles focus on service delivery for individual students with disabilities and the disabled student\u2019s individual need for support and assistance. 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