Assistive devices

About听assistive devices

  • Assist people in performing every day tasks such as moving, communicating, reading, or lifting
  • Extension of person鈥檚 personal space
    • don鈥檛 touch, lean on, or move device without permission
  • Part or all can be given to person(s) with whom interacting to assist with task performance, e.g.:
    • 听for people with hearing disabilities:听person speaking wears microphone part of system; person spoken to wears receiver part that cancels out background noises, enhancing hearing

Examples of assistive devices:

  • wheelchairs
  • walkers
  • laptops with screen-reading or communicating software
    • enables telephone-like communication using text
    • calls placed to or from non-TTY user can be made via听听鈥� specially trained operators, available at all times

Our commitment

Library Accessibility Services (LAS) is听committed to serving people with disabilities who use assistive devices to obtain, use or benefit from our goods, services, and/or facilities. We will ensure that designated staff members are trained and familiar with library-supported assistive devices that may be used by customers while accessing our goods, services, and/or facilities.听

The Dana Porter Library鈥檚听Adaptive Technology Centre听(ATC) and Circulation services听have a number of assistive devices available for students with approval in their听AccessAbility Services听补苍诲/or LAS accommodation plans.

Staff and faculty with Occupational Health Services-approval are also welcome to use our assistive devices.

笔濒别补蝉别听contact听or visit the LAS听office in the ATC, room 251C, for more information on, or to sign-out any of our assistive devices, including:听

  • personal amplification device to improve hearing
  • ideal for one-on-one conversations
  • two devices at ATC; two听devices available at Circulation desk

UbiDuo 2

  • ideal tool to听facilitate听face-to-face interaction where typing conversation easiest way to communicate
  • allows individuals to chat in real time on wireless machines
  • one device available at Circulation desk

  • advanced noise reduction technology听providing听exceptional elimination of intrusive outside noise and aural distractions听
  • Four pairs available at Circulation desk

  • especially useful for browsing library鈥檚 collections (magnifying call numbers on books)
  • two magnifiers available at Circulation desk.

  • portable device that amplifies person鈥檚 voice
  • Library's Simeon 500WU Duo model allows for two presenters to broadcast over sound system at once
  • available at Library Technology and Facilities Services office LIB320, well ahead of time

Note:听This device intended only for staff/faculty use in classrooms and instruction sessions听

Other assistive devices and technology in the Library

Adaptive Technology Centre

Resources

  • 听(policies must deal with the use of assistive devices by persons with disabilities to obtain, use or benefit from the goods, services or facilities or with the availability of other measures, if any, which enable them to do so
  • 听(YouTube video from the Ontario Library Association)