To: Dickinson College Space Utilization Committee
Add a wheel-chair accessible ramp to Landis House by Fall 2016!
Landis House offers crucial services not available anywhere else on campus--counseling and support for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence and for students and employees struggling with discrimination and harassment for their racial, gender, or sexual identity. Landis House is also a place where at least 40 students are employed each semester.
Why is this important?
The American Disabilities Act prohibits employers from discriminating against people with disabilities in their decision to hire them. Currently, at least 5 offices on campus are unable to hire people in wheelchairs, due to the inaccessibility of the office--employees would not even be able to enter Landis House, much less use the bathroom or enter offices.
Numerous studies have found that people with disabilities experience much higher rates of sexual assault and domestic violence, and are also less likely to report due to lack of access to resources. Currently, Dickinson College community members in wheelchairs do not have the ability to seek support for assault or abuse through the Prevention Education and Advocacy Center, or support for discrimination through the Women's Center, Office of LGBTQ Services, or Popel Shaw Center for Race and Ethnicity.
Please show Dickinson that it is a TOP PRIORITY to make Landis House wheelchair accessible.
Also, according to this website, it should cost anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand to make a wheelchair ramp, something that it seems reasonable that Dickinson could find within their budget. http://www.homeadvisor.com/cost/environmental-safety/build-a-disability-ramp/
Numerous studies have found that people with disabilities experience much higher rates of sexual assault and domestic violence, and are also less likely to report due to lack of access to resources. Currently, Dickinson College community members in wheelchairs do not have the ability to seek support for assault or abuse through the Prevention Education and Advocacy Center, or support for discrimination through the Women's Center, Office of LGBTQ Services, or Popel Shaw Center for Race and Ethnicity.
Please show Dickinson that it is a TOP PRIORITY to make Landis House wheelchair accessible.
Also, according to this website, it should cost anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand to make a wheelchair ramp, something that it seems reasonable that Dickinson could find within their budget. http://www.homeadvisor.com/cost/environmental-safety/build-a-disability-ramp/