AccessCenter Library

The Access Center Library can be accessed out of the East Common Room at Hart House, during drop-in hours. All books must remain in the East Common Room during drop-in hours. If you require access to materials at any other time, please contact the Access Center Coordinator.

Books Available

• The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability, by Miriam Kaufman, Cory Silverberg, and Fran Odette, editors.
• Signing for Dummies, by Adan Penilla and Angela Lee Taylor
• Pride Against Prejudice: Transforming Attitudes to Disability, y Jenny Morris
• Disability Politics: Understanbding Our Past, Present, and Future, by Jane Campbell and Mark Oliver
• Disability: A Life Course Approach, by Mark Priestly
• Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired, by Paul Donoghue and Mary Siegel
• Wrestling With the Goddess: A Personal Odyssey, by Azeem Kayum
• Exile & Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation, by Eli Clare
• Flying Colors: The Story of a Remarkable Group of Artists and the Transcendental Power Of Art, by Tim Lefens
• Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment, by James Charlton
• Disability, Self, and Society, by Tanya Titchkosky

more to come (additional titles available upon request)

Workshops and Seminars

The Access Center will be running workshops and seminars, open to all students looking at issues such as:

• Financial assistance for students with disabilities, and the Disability Tax Credit
• Student life at the University of Toronto and non-academic accommodations
• Sexuality and body image
• Medicinal marijuana debates

The Access Center also provides anti-oppression and sensitivity workshops to student groups and faculty that request such a service. These workshops examine how to be sensitive to the needs of people with disabilities and also examine the issues that people with disabilities face in the academic, non-academic, and workplace settings.

Advocacy and Referral Services

The Access Centre will be able to provide (upon request) advocacy and referral services, including but not limited to information about the human rights code, legal referrals, information about financial assistance, social assistance, and advocacy when and if appropriate.