LibGuides: Accessibility Resources & Services: Staff Training & Resources

Training for Library Staff

Project ENABLE (Expanding Non-discriminatory Access By Librarians Everywhere)
Offers free, self-paced, online training specifically for librarians. Complete training modules and quizzes to receive a Certificate of Achievement.
Disabilities Etiquette Booklet
Tips on interacting with people with disabilities. Courtesy of the United Spinal Association.
Online Trainings/Disability Etiquette Videos
The Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) also provides a series of videos on reasonable accommodations and employment.
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Also, see: https://www.cap.mil/online-training.

CAP's Online Training is currently under development. To view CAP's training in the mean time please visit CAP's YouTube page
At Your Service: Welcoming Customers with Disabilities
A FREE, self-paced web-course on effectively working and interacting with individuals who have disabilities. A 2.5 hour course that include real life scenarios, quizzes and a final exam. Project of the ADA National Network on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Reaching Customers with Disabilities
Free self-paced instruction on accessible designs, alternate access, removing barriers, customer communication, and more. Provided by the ADA.gov
Communicating With and About People with Disabilities
Provided by the United States Department of Labor
Serving Library Users on the Autism Spectrum
Project of PALS Development Team – Florida State University. This Web Junction course is a series of four independent, self-paced instructional modules that are intended for librarians and library staff to learn how to better serve their users on the autism spectrum.

TED Talks: On Disabilities

Explore Selected Titles

The New Disability History by Paul K. Longmore (Editor); Lauri Umansky (Editor)
Call Number: HV1553 .N48 2001
ISBN: 0814785646
Publication Date: 2001-03-01
Cohen Library
The Ugly Laws by Susan Schweik
Call Number: KF480 .S29 2009
ISBN: 0814708870
Publication Date: 2009-05-01
Cohen Library - NAC Building, 2nd fl.
The ADA Companion Guide by Marcela A. Rhoads
Call Number: KF5709.3.H35 R48 2010
ISBN: 0470583924
Publication Date: 2010-04-19
CCNY Architecture Library
Making the Library Accessible for All by Jane Vincent
Call Number: ON Order - CCNY Architecture Library
ISBN: 9780810891463
Publication Date: 2014-04-15
Creating Inclusive Library Environments by Michelle Kowalsky; John Woodruff
Call Number: ON Order - CCNY Architecture Library
ISBN: 9780838914854
Publication Date: 2016-11-01
The Disability Rights Movement by Doris Fleischer; Frieda Zames
Call Number: HV1553 .F58 2011
ISBN: 9781439907436
Publication Date: 2011-06-03
CCNY Center for Worker Education Library - 25 Broadway, 7th fl.
Disability and Identity by Rosalyn Benjamin Darling
Call Number: HV1568 .D367 2013
ISBN: 1588268640
Publication Date: 2013-05-01
CCNY - Cohen Library