Accessibility Spotlights

A drone photo from high above of ISU student Nicole Hill, walking with a white cane near the Rendezvous Center.

Blind Awareness Month: Courtesy as a Rule

October is Blind Awareness Month and Idaho State University Disability Services is celebrating it by offering some tips on interacting appropriately with students, faculty, or Pocatello residents who are blind or visually impaired.

Quincie Mattick with her service dog Tessa.

ISU’s Quince Mattick Graduates Cum Laude, Guide Dog at her Side

When Quincie Mattick received her diploma with honors on May 6 at Idaho State University Spring 2023 Commencement at Reed Gymnasium on May 6, she was accompanied by her loving and nearly ever-present companion, Tessa, her service dog.

ISU Accessibility Spotlight: A guide to service dog etiquette

It’s important for the campus community to know the difference between service dogs and emotional support animals and ISU now has policies in place for preventing service dog discrimination.

ISU's Nicole Stanton interpreting in front of a class using sign language.

ISU Accessibility Spotlight: Teams are Devoted to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

Released February 2022. Idaho State University Disability Services creates teams that can include sign language interpreters, note-takers, transcribers, and others to help Deaf and Hard of Hearing students succeed.

ISU Accessibility Spotlight: Disability Services creates braille documents to better serve its students

Story released November 2021. Responding to the needs of some of its blind students, the Idaho State University Office of Disability Services, under the Division of Student Affairs, has embarked on an innovative pilot program to create braille reading materials in-house.

Bryant Walker with cane with Bengal Nation window in background.

ISU Accessibility Spotlight: White Canes

Released December 2021. For a student who is blind and using a white cane, negotiating the Idaho State University campus can be a tricky business.

ISU Accessibility Spotlight: eText program serves hundreds of students per semester

Released September 2021. Sometimes Idaho State University Disabilities Services workers must cut the bindings off from textbooks so that each page can be scanned to create a PDF file of the book for use in its eText program, which is used by hundreds of students per semester.