Disability Awareness Day Held At North Campus

The Access Services Department for disabled students celebrated National Disability Awareness Day on Nov. 3 at North Campus.

T he celebration feat u red a demonstration of special equipment used by disabled students to enhance their ability to learn. These devices included a reading apparatus that verbally reiterates words on a paper, so that students who are visually impaired can read and follow along in class, as well as devices that enable computers to read words out loud on documents scanned into its hard drive.

“We are really pleased to be able to show the community what we do in our department and what disabled students can do,” Edwards said.