The entrance of our library
Experience Disabilities: Gordon College’s Library Closing
What:
The week before Beyond Disabilities Week, we received permission from our college president, public safety, and the director of the library to close the entrance of our public library.
Why:
We used the library closing as a way for students to experience *on a small scale* what it is like to live with a disability on a daily basis. At Gordon, students with physical disabilities must walk around the side of the library to enter since we do not have a ramp at the front entrance.
Who:
Signs covered the front entrance of the library, which directed all students to use the accessible entrance (found at the side of the building).
How:
Feel free to copy the ideas shown below:
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- The entrance of our library
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- 7am set up
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- Non-accessible door closed
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- Happy to close the door to the library
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- Picture from inside the library
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- “Please use accessible entrance”
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- Setting up the signs
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- The making of the signs
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- “Reconciliation is walking along side your brothers and sisters”
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- Door close: Use the Accessible Entrance
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- Reminding people of our purpose
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- A close up picture of one of our signs