DISABILITY SUPPORT
DISABILITY SUPPORT
Discover how our library supports folks with disabilities with inclusive services and resources.
Our Goal:
- Inclusivity: Creating an environment where everyone feels welcome.
- Accessibility: Ensuring equal access to resources and services.
- Support: Providing tailored assistance to meet diverse needs.
The Dayton Metro Library is a space where everyone is welcome and Free to Belong.
Assistive Technology at Your Library
Did you know the Dayton Metro Library provides assistive technology devices to support the needs of patrons with disabilities?
Here is what we currently have to offer:
Available at All Library Locations
- Sorenson Video Relay
- High Contrast/Large Print Keyboards
- Track Ball
- Assistive Listening Devices (radio frequency for telecoil enabled hearing aids)
Available at Some Locations
- ZoomText screen magnifying software
- Jaws screen reading software
- Task Light
- Noise cancelling headphones
- Digital magnifier
- Lighted handheld magnifier
- Mobile phone screen magnifier
About Accessibility at DML
DML wants to make sure everyone can enjoy our library. If you need a sign language interpreter, assistive device, or language translation or other services please call our Ask Me Line at 937.463.2665 or contact us online by email, opens a new window. Please tell us ahead of time what you need so we can get everything ready for you.
Children with Special Needs
DML's Special Needs Resource Roundtable Series
- Upcoming Programs, opens a new window
- Special Needs Evaluation Process Presentation, opens a new window (PDF)
- Disability Roundtables Playlist, YouTube, opens a new window
Special Education Evaluation Process Resources
- District Parent Mentor Locator, opens a new window
- Early Resolution Information Fact Sheet, opens a new window
- Guide to Parent Rights in Special Education, opens a new window
- Montgomery County Regional Center/State Support Team 10, opens a new window
- Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, opens a new window (OCECD)
- Ohio’s Dispute Resolution Information Chart, opens a new window
- Special Education Roadmap, opens a new window
Recommended Reading
Disability: A Children's Reading List
Explore and celebrate disability and accessibility with this curated list focused on Children's books written by authors with disabilities.
Recommended Reading
It's Okay Say "Disabled": Books for Teens
Explore and celebrate disability and accessibility with this curated list of YA authors with disabilities.
Support & Resources
ART
CAREGIVERS & FAMILY
- Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) - Practical Strategies for Teachers/Caregivers, opens a new window
- Family Support Resource Directory, opens a new window
- Ohio Department of Family and Youth, opens a new window
- Ohio Lending Libraries, opens a new window
- A Parent’s Guide to Section 504 in Public Schools, opens a new window
- Residential Supports, opens a new window
COMMUNITY
EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT
FOOD
FINANCIAL
HEALTHCARE
- National Alliance on Mental Illness, opens a new window
- Office of Disability Employment Policy, opens a new window
- Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities, opens a new window
- Social Story Dealing with Anxiety and Depression, opens a new window
- U.S. Access Board, opens a new window
- U.S Department of Labor- Office of Disability Employment Policy, opens a new window
HOUSING
LEGAL & ADVOCACY
- The Arc of Ohio, opens a new window
- BMV Accessible Plates, opens a new window
- Disability Rights Ohio, opens a new window
- Employment First Initiative, opens a new window
- Ohio Association of County Boards, opens a new window
- Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities, opens a new window
- Montgomery County Board of Developmental Disabilities Services, opens a new window
- U.S Access Board, opens a new window
You are not Alone Booklist
You Are Not Alone: A Caregivers Reading list
Explore and celebrate disability and caregivers with this curated list.
Disability Visibility Own Voices
Disability Visibility: Own Voices
Celebrate disability and accessibility by reading works from disabled authors.
Disability History, Advocacy & Allyship
Disability: History, Advocacy & Allyship
Explore great books all centered on the disability community, history, allyship and advocacy.
