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librarian Bryce Kozla! The information and resource she provides are relevant for all ages.—Katie
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<a name="1"></a><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AlscBlog/~3/d2Q86yPhs8M/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000099;text-decoration:none">The Social Model of Disability in the
Children’s Area</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">We often serve patrons with disabilities in our children’s spaces, even when we are unaware that we are!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Patrons in the disability community who use our space can be as varied as our abled patrons: children, disabled caregivers with abled or disabled
children, and other adults. They can have visible or invisible disabilities. They can be physically disabled, neurodivergent (having a brain that operates differently than a neurotypical one) or both.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">We also have coworkers with disabilities, whether you know it or not. I’m pretty vocal about the fact that I have cerebral palsy, which manifests
itself physically on my right side. I have problems with fine motor skills and spasticity, which is a combination of paralysis, increased tendon activity, high muscle tension, and a reduced mobility. I am, however, also neurodivergent, since my disability
was caused by brain damage sometime between my time as a fetus and when I was diagnosed as a toddler. Your coworkers do not need to tell you about their disability if they wish not to or are uncomfortable doing so, but it’s important to keep in mind that
serving disabled patrons is just part of the “disability community in the library” discussion. The disability community makes up 20% of the population, so if you work with at least 5 people there is a pretty good chance someone at your work has at least one
disability. It might even be you! (Hi, disabled YS staff! Let’s be friends!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">When you are thinking about creating a welcoming library for people with disabilities to visit and work, it’s important to think about your perceptions
of the disability community. Two main schools of thought have emerged regarding perceptions of disability: the medical model, and the social model.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">The medical model is the one that has shaped most perceptions and thus the societal narrative of disability today. The medical model focuses
on the individual, and those who subscribe to this model operate with the assumption that disability reduces a person’s quality of life and causes disadvantages that abled people do not have. People who understand disability through the lens of the medical
model usually look to find ways that disabled people can navigate the world by focusing on their individual needs and fixing impairments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">The social model of disability is not a widely accepted model societally, but it’s one that disability activists hope will one day prevail. The
social model focuses on society’s view of disability, and people who subscribe to this model operate with the assumption that if quality of life is reduced for disabled people, it is due to a world that has been designed without us in mind. People who understand
disability through this lens acknowledge that there is a lot society can do to break down barriers to a quality life as a disabled person, and each disabled person does not need to be fixed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Assumptions of the medical model versus the social model of disability can completely change the way you think about your library. Here’s one
example that we face often: space concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Medical model:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> “We need to keep
our shelving 36 inches apart to comply with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) so we don’t get sued.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Social model:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> “How can we reimagine
our space to be more accessible to older people, people with disabilities, and people without disabilities?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">On March 12, 1990, upwards of 1,000 people
<a href="http://www.adapt.org/freeourpeople/adapt25/narratives/15adapt.htm"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">literally crawled up the steps of the Capitol Building to protest the delay of ADA.</span></b></a> Twenty-seven years later, we still
have issues with compliance to ADA. I recently talked to one caregiver who reported filing at least one complaint per month in my area, an otherwise progressive part of the country. At the Symposium for the Future of Libraries at ALA Midwinter, one panelist
shared about a library’s bathroom that was so inaccessible to modern wheelchairs that staff asked patrons to visit the bathroom at the fast food restaurant across the street.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Checklists like one provided by
<a href="http://www.washington.edu/doit/equal-access-universal-design-libraries">
<b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">Sheryl Burgstahler, PhD, at DO-IT</span></b></a> called
<a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/sites/ala.org.alsc/files/content/NI14Handouts/Universal%20Design%20Checklist.pdf">
<b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">“Equal Access: Universal Design for Libraries”</span></b></a>, calls on library staff to ensure people with disabilities are considered alongside abled people (including those with strollers or otherwise need
ample space) to create a library that is inviting to all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">It’s difficult to think about creating more space when the space you do have is so limited. Remember, however, that people with disabilities
have <a href="https://crippledscholar.com/2016/07/01/no-your-violence-and-lack-of-accommodation-is-not-our-fault/">
<b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">no obligation to announce themselves in order to use our space and services</span></b></a>, and the reason that you might not see people with disabilities in your library is because your space is inaccessible
or otherwise unwelcoming to the disability community, and word has gotten out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">The above example implies patrons and coworkers with mobility aids, but there are a wide range of people with disabilities who may be eager to
work at or visit your library if only there were fewer barriers. Embrace the social model of disability and expect us in your space!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">For more on the disability community in the library, check out a few of my current favorite #ownvoices resources on disability:
<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/stella_young_i_m_not_your_inspiration_thank_you_very_much?language=en">
<b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">“I’m Not Your Inspiration, Thank You Very Much”,</span></b></a> a TED Talk from the late Stella Young;
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgRfjxiB12U"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">“Perspectives and Advice on Accessibility and Universal Design</span></b></a>” (there is regretfully no transcript available; see, we’ve got a long way
to go!) a 2014 ILEAD keynote address by <a href="https://twitter.com/SinaBahram">
<b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">Sina Bahram</span></b></a>; and
<a href="https://thesilentwaveblog.wordpress.com/"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">The Silent Wave</span></b></a>, who
<a href="https://thesilentwaveblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/70-of-the-absolute-best-actuallyautistic-blog-posts-ive-ever-read-300th-post/">
<b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">recently shared their 70 favorite #actuallyautistic blog posts</span></b></a>. We’re out there, if you’re ready to listen!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">S Bryce Kozla is the Youth Services Librarian for Washington County Cooperative Library Services in Washington County, OR. She severely dislikes
</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><a href="http://autisticadvocacy.org/home/about-asan/identity-first-language/"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#000099;text-decoration:none">person-first
language</span></b></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> and the term
</span></em><a href="http://disabledfeminists.com/2009/12/10/needs-are-not-special/"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#000099;text-decoration:none">‘special needs’,</span></b></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> and would
love to see more ALSC contributors talk about disability and neurodivergence from a first-person perspective. Bryce represents youth services library staff as a member of the
</span></em><a href="http://www.ala.org/transforminglibraries/future"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#000099;text-decoration:none">Center for Future of Libraries</span></b></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> Advisory
Group. You can visit her blog, </span></em><a href="http://brycedontplay.blogspot.com"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#000099;text-decoration:none">Bryce Don’t Play</span></b></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">, where
she is currently </span></em><a href="http://brycedontplay.blogspot.com/p/accessibility-series-submissions.html"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#000099;text-decoration:none">accepting submissions</span></b></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">
for an </span></em><a href="http://brycedontplay.blogspot.com/search/label/accessibility"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#000099;text-decoration:none"> ongoing blog series</span></b></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">
on accessibility.</span></em> <em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">She has a
</span></em><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/brycedontplay/pwd-in-the-library/"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#000099;text-decoration:none">continually updated Pinterest board on the topic</span></b></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">.
Tweet with her </span></em><a href="https://twitter.com/PLSanders"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#000099;text-decoration:none">@PLSanders</span></b></em></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Please note that as a guest post, the views expressed here do not represent the official position of ALA or ALSC.</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">If you’d like to write a guest post for the ALSC Blog, please contact Mary Voors, ALSC Blog manager, at <a href="mailto:alscblog@gmail.com"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">alscblog@gmail.com</span></b></a>.</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2017/04/the-social-model-of-disability-in-the-childrens-area/">
<b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">The Social Model of Disability in the Children’s Area</span></b></a> appeared first on
<a href="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">ALSC Blog</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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