Accessibility at Barnard
Accessibility at Barnard
Campus Accessibility Maps
Accessibility maps can be found at the following links: Barnard Campus Accessibility Map or the Columbia Campus Accessibility Map
Making Barnard Events Accessible
On e-blasts and posters for your events, CARDS recommends adding the following statement of accessibility:
Event Accessibility Statement
Barnard College provides reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you need individual disability-related accommodations for this event in order to be able to attend, we encourage you to inform us in advance in order for us to accommodate you. Possible accommodations can include real-time captioning, ASL interpretation, Braille handouts, wheelchair accessibility and more. Specific individual requests can be made via our event registration form/ RSVP form or by filling out the Event Accessibility Request Form.
Contact information from your department should be inserted into the accessibility statement. Your department should contact CARDS for assistance with specific requests as needed.
More details about the captioning request process can be found below.
Learn how to request real-time captioning for an upcoming event.
Event organizers can use this form to submit a real time captioning request. Please refer to our captioning process for events before making a request.
Use this form if you are a Barnard community member or event attendee who needs to make an individual disability-related accommodation request.
Checklist for Hosting Accessible Events
Hearing impairments
- If your event is public facing (e.g. the entire Barnard community and/or open to the general public), please fill out our Real-Time Captioning Request Form with as much advance notice as possible (preferably two weeks).
- For events that require an RSVP, please include the following questions on your RSVP form:
- "Do you need access to real-time captions as a disability-related accommodation?"
- “Do you need access to a sign language interpreter as a disability-related accommodation?”
- If you receive a request, please fill out our form according to the below procedure.
Visual impairments
- If you have a speaker, ask them to bring several copies of their talk in large font or email it to you in advance for printing. Large font is generally 16 to 18 point size. This can be available for audience members who have low vision.
- If your presenter is showing visual materials, ask presenters to be prepared to give a brief verbal description of the visuals (as in: "this slide shows an image of Barnard's campus on a Fall day, with students, faculty and staff walking on the grounds.")
- If you are showing a film or film clips, do your best to get a version with audio description included. If that is not possible, a quick and easy provision is to have someone sit next to the person with the impairment and quietly tell them what's going on.
Mobility impairments
- Make sure your venue is wheelchair accessible and check to be sure nearby bathrooms are accessible as well.
- Check the building for automatic door openers and be sure they are working.
- Make sure the room is set up to include spaces for wheelchair users.
Service and Support Animals on Campus
Barnard College will reasonably accommodate persons with disabilities who require the assistance of Service or Support Animals. Each request will be evaluated on a case‐by‐case basis. Please see our Service Animal Policy or Support Animal Policy for more information. Please note that Support Animals are generally not permitted in public spaces on campus, such as rooms of any other students in College housing, campus housing common spaces, or other areas of the College without prior approval through the CARDS’s reasonable accommodation process.