The Disability Resource Office and COVID-19: Disability and Accessibility Support during the Pandemic within the Two-Year Postsecondary Environment. Issue 12 (2nd December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Aquino, Katherine C.; Scott, Sally
• Is Part Of: Community college journal of research and practice. Volume 46:Issue 12(2022)
• Page Start: 907
• Page End: 911
• Publication Date: 2022-12-02
• Subjects: Community colleges -- United States -- Periodicals; 378.15430973
• DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2021.2006825
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1066-8926

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Emerging research has found that the COVID-19 pandemic's rapid shift to remote education created a greater need to utilize disability resource offices within the postsecondary environment. Currently, no research has disaggregated disability resource office experiences by institutional level or explored how two-year disability resource offices have engaged in disability and accessibility strategies during the pandemic. This paper compared the experiences of disability resource office professionals at two-year and four-year disability resource offices as they attempted to collaborate on disability-related initiatives within their campus environment during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Implications for two-year disability resource offices are discussed.