Keywords:
accessibility/usability, disability, pedagogy
Abstract
What if all writing center tutors had access to a guide that included a range of strategies for working with a variety of students? How would this guide enable access for disabled students? This workshop attempts to answer these questions through reflection and critical analysis, which will culminate in attendees developing concrete strategies for working with diverse writers. This workshop is intended for writing center tutors who have very little experience with accessibility practices, disability theory, and universal design for learning, but who want to learn more about them and apply these ideas to their practices. This workshop can be helpful for administrators to think through ways to make tutors’ sessions more accessible to a wide range of audiences.
Presentation Materials
- Session C2 Transcript (Word)
- Session C2 Slides (PowerPoint)
- UW-Madison Writing Center Multimodal Toolkit (Google Docs)
- Session C2 Workshop Exercise – OWCA Multimodal Toolkit (Google Docs)
Suggested Readings
- Hitt: “Access for All: The Role of Dis-ability in Multiliteracy Centers” (PDF)
- Kiedaisch and Dinitz: “Changing Notions of Difference in the Writing Center: The Possibilities of Universal Design” (PDF)
- Dembsey: “Naming Ableism in the Writing Center” (PDF)
Workshop | Ellen Cecil-Lemkin (cecillemkin@wisc.edu) and Lisa Marvel Johnson (lmjohnson32@wisc.edu)
Recording
Citation Information
Type of Source: Conference Presentation
Presenters: Ellen Cecil-Lemkin and Lisa Marvel Johnson
Year of Presentation: 2021
Title of Presentation: Expanding Disability Access: Developing Your Multimodal Toolkit for Writing Center Sessions
Conference: Online Writing Centers Association (OWCA)
Location of Conference: Virtual