Challenge

Perhaps no other issue is more important than the safety of your students. You want to be certain that you and your campus provide a safe environment.

Strategies

Work with the deaf and hard-of-hearing students to ascertain if there are safety issues of which you should be aware. Some of these students may have vision problems which raises additional safety issues.

If your campus has a support services office, inquire regarding the specific students in your classes for whom safety is a concern. All campuses have an office charged with responsibility for the safety of the personnel on campus; inquire of this office if there are specific conditions of which you should be aware, or actions you should take.

As one specific example strobe lights are a common safety feature which can be installed to provide deaf or hard-of-hearing students with a cue for evacuation/safety alarms.

Refer to the section “ENVIRONMENT: Laboratory/Studio” for additional information on those settings.