'In Their Shoes' student disability program aims for national market

The Penn State Altoona-developed program 'In Their Shoes' was recently presented at the national conference of The Association for Higher Education and Disability in Dallas, Texas. The conference focuses on state-of-the-art trends, ADA policy and documentation and acommodation standards as they relate to colleges and universities. Joy Himmel and Essie Auker of the College's Health & Wellness Center presented the program at a poster session during the conference. 'In Their Shoes' is a Web-based training program for personnel in higher education. The interactive program provides an understanding of responsibilities under the ADA and offers a glimpse of what it might be like to 'walk in the shoes' of an individual with a disability. This program is being marketed to other colleges and universities.
For more on this program, visit http://www.aa.psu.edu/intheirshoes