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This Research Guide is an introduction to the resources available in the Bentley Library and Campus-Wide.

If you are having any problems finding information relating to campus resources or equal educational opportunities for students with disabilities and impairments contact the Office of Disability Services.

If you need assistance with research ask a Reference Librarian .

Contents

[edit] 1 Campus-Wide Resources

[edit] 1.1 Disabilities Services

For information concerning Disability Services, or to receive this information in another format, contact:

Counseling and Student Development

LaCava 166

Bentley College

175 Forest Street

Waltham, MA 02452-4705

Telephone: 781.891.2274 TTY: 781.891.2295 Fax: 781.891.2474

[edit] 1.2 Adaptive Technologies

Contact the Counseling and Student Development office - contact information above

[edit] 1.3 Academic Resource Centers

Bentley runs an active tutoring and peer-tutoring program comprised of several learning centers. The centers are open days and evenings for one-to-one assistance. Arrange individual tutoring sessions by appointment or just drop-in. Hundreds of students at Bentley -- students of all years and abilities -- use these centers each semester.

  • ACELAB (Accounting Center for Electronic Learning and Business Management) - JEN 300 & 305, x3174
  • CIS Labs - Classroom Lab/Smith 212, x3544 & Networking Lab/Smith 234, x3543
  • CLIC (Center for Languages and International Colloboration) - ACC 162, x2019
  • Economics/Finance/Statistics Lab - ACC 122, x2139
  • ESOL Lab(English for Speakers of Other Languages) - Library Ground Floor, x2021
  • Math Learning Center - JEN 206, x3180
  • Writing Center - Library Ground Floor, x3173

[edit] 1.4 Bentley Offices


[edit] 1.5 Bentley Workshops and Faculty Guide

[edit] 2 Library Catalog and Internet Resources

Reference Books, Books, Websites & Government Documents Online, Careers, Videos

Use the Catalog to locate books in the Library. There is not a specific area for all disability related books. Pertinent general subject areas are LC4700 for learning disabilities and HV3000 for physically handicapped. But many relevant titles will be found in other call number areas so keyword searching will be important. Helpful keywords include: Americans with Disabilities Act, attention-deficit, hyperactivity, ADD, ADHD, dyslexia, hearing impaired, handicapped, learning disabilities, people with disabilities, special education.

To locate videos use the DVD/Video Search in the Catalog. See also the Videos Section at the end of this Guide.

Reference Books provide background information, subject overviews, facts, and statistics. They also help to identify concepts, issues, keywords, and synonyms or related terms to use in research. Encyclopedias, dictionaires, yearbooks, and almanacs are types of reference books. All reference books have the letters 'Ref' before the call number. Some reference books are included in this Guide. Search the Catalog or browse the Reference shelves for additional titles.

The Careers Collection is located on the Upper Level of the Library and includes titles of interest on job searching and employment for people with disabilities. See Careers section of this Guide below.

The selected Websites and Government Documents Online included below provide facts, news, resources, and links for persons with disabilities and their families. Many include extensive information on fundamental issues such as LD evaluation, legislation, outreach and educational programs, public policy, legal rights, employment, financial support, and technology for the disabled. Lists of pertinent national, state, and private organizations and resources are often available.

[edit] 2.1 General

Reference Books

Encyclopedia of Disability Ref HV1568 .E528 2006

This five-volume encyclopedia offers an opportunity for general readers and students to expand their knowledge and understanding of the lives, histories, circumstances, rights, facilities, laws, and cultures of the varied groups of people who have disabilities.

Books

Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation HF1553 .F58 2001

Lucky Man: A Memoir by Michael J. Fox PN2308 .F69 A3 2002B

New Disability History: American Perspectives HV1553 .N48 2001

Resilience: Learning From People with Disabilities and Turning Points in Their Lives BF698.45 .R47 R472 2003

Staff of Oedipus: Transforming Disability in Ancient Greece HV3024 .G8R67 2003

Websites

National Council on Disability Resources

[edit] 2.2 Laws

Reference Books

Americans with Disabilities Act Handbook - Americans with Disabilities Act: Public Law 101-336, July 26, 1990,104 Stat. 327, 42 U.S.C. 12101

Ref KF3469 .P47 2003 The ADA Handbook represents an effort by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide information and assistance on the ADA to people with disabilities, businesses, and the public. Periodic updates.

Disability Rights Movement

Ref HV1553 .P42 1997 Compilation of the people, events, and organizations that shaped the American disability rights movement. Contains 500 alphabetically arranged entries that explore landmark laws, court cases, key concepts, notable programs.

Books

Americans with Disabilities: Exploring Implications of the Law for Individuals and Institutions KF480 .A32A73 2000

Crippled Justice: The History of Modern Disability Policy in the Workplace HD7256 .U5 O27 2001

Disability Rights Movements: From Charity to Confrontation HV1553 .F58 2001

Labor Market Experience of Workers with Disabilities HD7256 .U5 H68 2003

Websites

Americans with Disabilities Act: Public Law 101-336, July 26, 1990, 104 Stat. 327, 42 U.S.C. 12101

American with Disabilities Act Home Page

American with Disabilities Act: Enforcing the ADA: A Status Report

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973: Public Law 93-112 Primer

[edit] 2.3 All Disabilities

Reference Books

Accessibility Guidelines for Electronic Resources: Making the Internet Accessible for People with Disabilities

Ref Z711.92 .H3M323 2001 Guidelines established by the American Library Association

Computer Resources for People with Disabilities: A Guide to Assistive Technologies,Tools and Resources for People of All Ages Ref HV1569. A45 2004 A guide to computer technology. Listings of what is available and how best to use the technology, names of organizations, vendors, and online resources.

Disability Sport and Recreation Resources

Ref GV709.3 .B33 2001 Provides information on 47 sports and recreational activities accessible to individuals with disabilities. Includes profiles and desscriptions of the major disability sports organizations.

Financial Aid for the Disabled and Their Families

Ref LB2337.2 .F58 2006-08 Includes information on scholarships, grants, loans, awards, internships, fellowships. Arranged by disabiltiy.

Books

Disability Sport GV709.3 .D47 2005

Inclusive Design TA174 .I464 2003

Is It In Your Genes? RB155 .R42 2004

Lucky Man: A Memoir by Michael J. Fox PN2308 .F69 A3 2002B

Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories HQ76 .Q423 2004

Resilience: Learning From People with Disabilities and the Turning Points in Their Lives BF698.45.R47R472 2003

Staff of Oedipus: Transforming Disability in Ancient Greece HV3024 .G8R67 2003

Websites

Adaptive Environments

Library of Congress- Library Service for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals

DisabilityInfo.gov

Massachusetts Office on Disability

Partners for Youth with Disabilities

[edit] 2.4 Blindness and Low Vision

Reference Books

Vision Problems in the United States

Ref RE48.2 .A5 S56 2002 Based upon information collected in the 2000 US Census, this reference presents a detailed account of the prevalence of adult vision impairment in the U.S.

Books

Coping With Blindness: Personal Tales of Blindness Rehabilitation E-Book, Print Edition HV1795 .R63 1998

Mystery of the Eye and the Shadow of Blindness HV1593 .M54 1998

Websites

American Council for the Blind

American Foundation for the Blind

Library of Congress- Library Service for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals

Massachusetts Commission for the Blind

[edit] 2.5 Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Reference Books

American Sign Language Dictionary

REF HV2475 .S77 1998 Abridged edition of noted authoritative source on sign language. More than 5,000 signs and 8,000 illustrations.

Books

Dancing Without Music: Deafness in America HV2545 .B39

Inside Deaf Culture HV2545 .P35 2005

Learning American Sign Language HV2474 .H862 2004

Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language and Education HV2380 .O88 2003

Websites

Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

MassRelay

Northeast Technical Assistance Center (NETAC)

League for Hard of Hearing

[edit] 2.6 Learning Disabilities

Reference Books

Complete Learning Disabilities Directory

Ref LC4704.6 .C66 2005-06 Entries list information regarding schools, learning centers, vocational training programs, associations, organizations, and government agencies involved with learning disabilities. In addition, there are chapters listing teaching materials, assistive devices, technology resources, magazines, newsletters, and workshops for individuals with disabilities and those who work with them.

Handbook of Learning Disabilities

Ref LC4704 .H3643 2003 This handbook reviews the major theoretical, methodological, and instructional advances that have occurred in the field of learning disabilities over the last 20 years.

K & W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities or Attention Deficit Disorder

Ref L901 .K73 2003 In addition to the 388 colleges profiled, a Quick Contact Reference List provides essential program information for another 1,000 schools. This directory also discusses strategies for finding the right program to meet each student's needs.

Learning Disabilities Sourcebook

Ref LC4705 .L434 2003 Provides basic information about disorders such as dyslexia, visual and auditory processing deficits,attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and autism; along with statistical and demographic data, reports on current research initiatives, an explanation of the assessment process; and a special section foradults with learning disabilities.

Books

ADHD: The Great Misdiagnosis RJ506 .H9 H334 2003

Delivered From Distraction: Getting the Most Out of Life With ADD RC394 .A85 H349 2005

Driven to Distraction RC394 .A85 H35 1995

Learning Disabilities in Older Adolescents and Adults RC394 .L37 K38 2001

Learning Outside the Lines: Two Ivy League Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD Give You the Tools for Academic Success and Educational Revolution LC4818.5 .M66 2000

Overcoming Dyslexia LB1050.5 S42 2003

Professional Issues in Learning Disabilities: Practical Strategies and Relevant Research Findings LC4705 .P76

Survival Guide for College Students with ADD or LD LC4818.5 .N33 1994

Websites

LD Online

LD Resources

Learning Disabilities Association of America

Learning Disabilites Worldwide

National Center for Learning Disabilities

[edit] 2.7 Government Documents Online

Many U.S. Government publications discuss disability issues. Access the full-text of these documents using the Advanced Search in the Library Catalog

  • In the Location box select Government Documents
  • Enter the word disabilities in the search box
  • To view the full-text click on the title of the document
  • Look for the connect to link and click the link

Websites

DisabilityInfo.gov

[edit] 2.8 Careers

The Careers Collection includes titles of interest on job searching and employment for people with disabilities. The Collection is located on the Upper Level of the Library.

Access these books using the Advanced Search in the Library Catalog

  • In the Location box select Careers
  • Enter the word disabilities in the search box

Here are some titles in the Careers Collection:

Career Success for People with Physical Disabilities Careers Ref HV1568.5 .K57 1997

Crippled Justice: The History of Modern Disability Policy in the Workplace HD7256 .U5 O27 2001

Job-Hunting for the So-Called Handicapped or People Who Have Disabilities Careers Ref HV1568.5 .B65 2001

Job Search Handbook for People with Disabilities Careers Ref HV1568.5 .R93 2004

Labor Market Experience of Workers with Disabilities HD7256 .U5 H68 2003

Learning a Living: A Guide to Planning Your Career and Finding a Job for People with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Dyslexia

Careers Ref HV1568.5 .B76 2000

More Than A Job: Securing Satisfying Careers for People with Disabilities Careers Ref HD7256 .U5 M666 1998

Resources for People With Disabilities: A National Directory HV1553 .U5 O21 2001

Successful Job Search Strategies for the Disabled: Understanding the ADA Careers Ref HV1568.5 .A48 1994

Library Database/Website

DiversityInc: Top 10 Companies for People with Disabilities This is an annual listing complied by DiversityInc. This is an online resource requiring registration. Use your Bentley email to register. Scroll down page to find listing.

[edit] 3 Library Databases

Articles in scholarly journals, newspapers, and popular magazines on Disability issues can be found in many of the Library's Online Databases. You can access all of these databases from the Databases A-Z link on the Library homepageIf a link below opens to a list of databases scroll to the database you want. For articles about Disability issues try these databases:

[edit] 4 Videos

Ten Small Business Mistakes U.S. Dept. of Justice, ADA Video, 13 minutes, online streaming

This video identifies common mistakes that small businesses make trying to comply with the ADA and addresses the importance and value of doing business with 50 million people with disabilities. The video features statements by store owners expressing their doubts or misunderstanding about the ADA followed by responses from the Assistant Attorney for Civil Rights and other Department of Justice employees.


Check the DVD search in the Library Catalog. From the Library home page click on the Search for Books/DVDs icon. New titles are added to the collection regularly.

This is a selected list of videos in the Library collection. The annotations are from the Library Catalog and Films Involving Disabilities

Best Years of Our Lives 170 min. 1946

Recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans after WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Amputee


Born of the Fourth of July 85 min. 1989

Based on the true story of Ron Kovic, a young man who volunteered for the Vietnam War, was wounded, and returned paralyzed from the mid-chest down. Wheelchair, Limb


Children of a Lesser God 110 min. 1987

Love story about an idealistic special education teacher and a headstrong deaf student. Deaf, Speaking Impaired


City Lights 186 min. 1931

A tramp (Charlie Chaplin) wins the love of a blind flower girl and attempts to obtain money from a millionaire to help her regain her sight. Blind


Coming Home 127 min. 1978

A sad love story set against the social upheaval of the Vietnam War. The story concerns a woman who, while her husband is serving in Vietnam, falls in love with a paraplegic while performing volunteer work at a veterans hospital. Limb Paraplegia, Wheelchair


Cyrano de Bergerac 138 min. 1990

Based on the classic play of the same title by Edmond Rostand set in 17th-century Paris, a poet and swordsman with a malformed nose, helps his handsome friend win the girl he loves. Facial Disfigurement


Day in the Death of Joe Egg 106 min. 1970

A young couple are struggling to cope with and raise their only child--a severely handicapped young girl named Jo with whom they cannot communicate. Severe Cerebral Palsy


Deer Hunter 183 min. 1978

An examination of the way that the Vietnam War affected the lives of people in a small industrial town. It is a drama of friendship and courage and of what happens to the veterans who return home, but their lives are forever changed. Amputee


Dr. Strangelove 90 min. 1963

A satire in which the U.S. president and his military advisors struggle ineptly to avert a holocaust after a psychotic Air Force general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. Amputee


Edward Scissorhands 100 min. 1990

A film that achieves the nearly impossible feat of capturing the flavor of a fable in a live-action movie. The story follows a young man who was created by an inventor who died before he could give the poor creature a pair of human hands. Limb


Elephant Man 124 min. 1980

Based on the true story of John Merrick, whose deformities made him a kind of living curio in Victorian England. Disfigurement


The English Patient 162 min. 1996

During World War II, a mysterious stranger is rescued from a fiery plane crash. The American allies care for him and the dangerous secrets from his past come to light. Disfigurement, Amputee, Burns


Horse Whisperer 169 min. 1998

A frightening incident leaves 14-year-old Grace with her right leg amputated and a lasting trama not only on Grace but also on her horse, Pilgrim. Seeking Grace's recovery her mother hears about a horse trainer with a special gift and she takes Grace and Pilgrim to Montana to the 'horse whisperer'. Amputee


Hunchback of Notre Dame 115 min. 1939

Of the many film adaptations of Victor Hugo's novel, the 1939 version with Charles Langhton as Quasimodo, is considered the best by film critics. Blind, Disfigurement


Looking for Mr. Goodbar 136 min. 1977

Story of a young woman who is a compassionate teacher of deaf children and trying to escape the Claustrophobic atmosphere of her family and search for her own identity. Deaf, Speaking Impaired


The Men 85 min. 1950

As a war veteran, Marlon Brando returns home to face rehabilitation and the reality of his condition. Limb Paraplegia, Wheelchair


Miracle Worker 107 min. 1962

The story of the struggle of a teacher, Annie Sullivan, to communicate with and teach the deaf, blind, and mute child, Helen Keller. Blind, Deaf, Speaking Impaired


Mr. Holland's Opus 143 min. 1995

A frustrated composer comes to realize that his legacy is not a truly memorable piece of music, but the generations of young people whose lives he affects. His son's deafness also forces him to re-examine his dream of teaching his son to become a violinist. Deaf


My Left Foot 103 min. 1989

Based on Irish artist and writer Christy Brown, whose cerebral palsy keeps him confined to a wheelchair. Wheelchair, Cerebral Palsy


Open Your Eyes 117 min. 1997

A man tries to make sense of his life after a car crash leaves his once-handsome face grotesquely disfigured and he is placed into a psychiatric penitentiary for a murder he doesn't remember committing. Disfigurement


Passion Fish 135 min. 1992

An actress paralyzed in a car accident returns to a small town on the Louisiana bayou to hide. The hiring of aphysical therapist leads to a bond between them that forces a re-evaluation of her life. Limb Paraplegia


Patch of Blue 105 min. 1965

A blind white girl is befriended by a black man in the park where she sells beads. Their friendship continues to be a spot of brightness, until the day her mother discovers the friendship and bigotry threatens it. Blind


People vs. Larry Flint 103 min. 1996

Based on the true story of the notorious Hustler publisher who was sued by the Religious Right and paralyzed by a fanatic's bullet. Chronicles Flynt's raunchy business savvy, his wildly unconventional life and his infamous courtroom antics. Wheelchair


The Piano 121 min. 1992

A young mute woman and her child travel to New Zealand in the 1800s for an arranged marriage to a farmer but her affections can only be won through her beloved piano. Deaf, Speaking Impaired


Polio: Paralyzing Fear 89 min. 1997

The story of polio in America. Distributed by PBS Home Video. Polio


Roxanne 107 min. 1987

A comedy of romantic misadventure set in modern times based on the classic play, Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand. Facial Disfigurement


Through Deaf Eyes 117 min. 2007

Explores almost 200 years of deaf life in America and presents a broad range of perspectives on what it means to be deaf. Deaf


The Station Agent 88 min. 2003

A young man inherits a train station and moves there for a life of quiet solitude. He soon finds friendships and a sense of belonging that he never expected, and never thought he wanted. Dwarfism


The Waterdance 106 min. 1991

A young writer is permanently paralyzed in a hiking accident and must graduate from a physical rehabilitation center in order to return to the "real" world. Limb Paraplegia


When Billy Broke His Head 57 min. 1994

A documentary about the handicapped experience life in the U.S. Personal interviews portray realities, hardships and coping mechanisms in the face of government bureaucracy and overwhelming odds. General


Whose Life is it Anyway? 119 min. 1981

Raises the question of a person's right to death with a story about a paralyzed automobile victim who wishes to be permitted to die rather than be kept alive by mechanical means. Limb Quadraplegia

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