April 12, 2017 - 02:12
Here's our collaborative access statement, which ends up looking like a poem! I've collected the "access is" sentences in a first "stanza" and then each following one is taken from one index card (and when I couldn't read handwriting, I guessed).
Access Is
Access is a creative, ongoing process.
Access is comfort.
Access is free the body, free the mind.
Access is a dynamic process.
Access is appreciation of diversity.
Access is a process and a tool.
Access is inclusion.
Access is a feeling of unity across all parts of life.
Access is not feeling like your needs make you different.
Access is a creative, ongoing process.
Access happens when no one is forgotten.
As college students we need access to processing time.
I wonder whether access could eliminate social prejudice against people with disabilities.
Access is comfort.
Access happens when people open their minds to the reality of situations.
As college students we need access to societal norms of exhibiting competence.
I wonder whether access could be a fundamental part of how we think about learning.
Access is free the body, free the mind.
Access happens when people think outside the box, and often outside their own experience.
As college students we need access to our professors at times that work for us.
I wonder whether access could be reached universally.
Access is a dynamic process.
Access happens when we are aware of the physical, emotional, and dynamic needs of an individual.
As college students we need access to support to not be trapped in our emotions.
I wonder whether access could permeate the most norm-based situations (i.e. high-powered business or social groups).
Access is appreciation of diversity.
Access happens when people understand.
As college students we need access to other experiences.
I wonder whether access could eliminate those mean notes people leave on the windshields of those who do not appear to be disabled who park in accessible parking spots.
Access is a process and a tool.
Access happens when people consider the needs of others.
As college students, we need access to language, culture, and community.
I wonder whether access could ever be universal?
Access is inclusion.
Access happens when we listen to one another.
As college students, we need access to curricula, buildings, social opportunities, class discussion, appropriate treatment.
I wonder whether access could be at my dorm, at my lab, etc.
Access is a feeling of unity across all parts of life.
Access happens when people “get” disability and what access means.
As college students, we need access to teaching and learning.
I wonder whether access could be practiced by everybody.
Access is not feeling like your needs make you different.
Access happens when people listen to one another.
As college students we need access to anything and everything a college student needs.
I wonder whether access can be fully attained.