Autism touches the lives of many of our staff, and at times it can be a difficult thing to navigate. LLCC has an Autism Employee Resource Group to help employees connect, ask questions and share resources with each other! If you have children, family or are on the spectrum yourself and would like to be added to the Teams group, please contact Kim Alexander or Rachel Duff.
Tag Archives: Accessibility Services
LLCC welcomes Randi Riemann, director of accessibility services
LLCC Student Services welcomes Randi Riemann to the team. Randi began her role as the new director of accessibility services on July 1. She is a proud LLCC alum who holds a master’s degree in educational leadership and bachelor’s degree in agricultural education. Prior to LLCC, she was the principal and special education coordinator at Morrisonville junior/senior high school. Welcome back to LLCC Randi!
Autism Employee Resource Group
Autism touches the lives of many of our staff across all of the LLCC locations, and at times it can be a difficult thing to navigate. A new Employee Resource Group has been formed to help employees connect, ask questions and share resources with each other! If you have children, family or identify yourself on the spectrum and would like to be added to the Teams group, please contact Kim Alexander or Rachel Duff.
Autism Resource for Staff and Faculty
LLCC Accessibility Services shares 10 Ways to Support Autistic Students to help them be more successful in the classroom and on campus.
Autism Tips for Teachers – by an Autistic Teacher
For this week of Autism Awareness Month, LLCC Accessibility Services is sharing the article “Autism Tips for Teachers – by an Autistic Teacher“. This is a great read for faculty and staff to help better understand autistic students and provide ideas to assist them in navigating the challenges they may have in our campus spaces.
Sertoma Club of Springfield Donates Portable InfoLoop Device to Accessibility Services
The Sertoma Club of Springfield recently donated a Portable InfoLoop device to LLCC Accessibility Services. The device amplifies conversations while reducing background noise. Accessibility Services will use the device to better serve our students with hearing impairments.
The Sertoma Club of Springfield serves individuals in our community impacted by hearing loss. They have provided assistive listening devices previously to the LLCC Library and various other community venues. We appreciate their support!
front, l-r: Kim Eddings and Elaine Higgason, LLCC Accessibility Services; back: Cheryl Pence and Keith Baker, members of the Sertoma Club of Springfield.
Accessibility Services new location
LLCC Accessibility Services has moved to Millennium Hall 1120. We look forward to serving the LLCC community in our new location!
Kim Eddings
Kim Alexander
Elaine Higgason
Connecting with Accessibility Services
Kim Eddings, accessibility services coordinator, shares information for current and incoming students on how to connect with services during this time of remote access. She says, “We will learn and grow together and come out stronger in the end. I promise!” www.llcc.edu/student-support-services
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Information about service animals on campus
LLCC Board Policy 1.26 allows service animals on campus. Service animals are trained to perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability in accordance with federal legislative mandates. It is important to never distract a service animal from their job by interacting with them. Remember that a disability may or may not be visible. LLCC may not insist on documentation or proof of state certification before allowing the service animal to accompany the person with a disability. In situations where it is not obvious that the dog is a service animal, staff may ask only two specific questions:
- Is the dog a service animal required because of a disability?
- What work or task has the dog been trained to perform?
Students with a service animal are encouraged (not required) to contact LLCC Accessibility Services. Questions or concerns about a service animal on campus can be directed to Kim Eddings at kim.eddings@llcc.edu.