Targeting Autism Connects People & Resources: A personal account
Rachel Combs (pictured above), Public Services Manager at the University of Kentucky, Science and Engineering Library attended the 2017 Targeting Autism forum hoping to learn more about how she could remove barriers for people with autism and other disabilities in her library.
Rachel first became involved with the Targeting Autism project in 2016 while researching resources to help others with an autism diagnosis. Through her research on the subject of autism and her involvement with Targeting Autism, she has since created a Library Employee Sensitivity Training Video and an expansive LibGuide on the University of Kentucky’s website. The training video has been shared university-wide and is slated for use in training library assistants at the university.
But the best part of all, claims Rachel, was the opportunity to share with and learn from other professionals in her field at the forum.
Read Rachel’s story, posted September1, 2017, here.
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