You should always ask the owner's permission before talking to this.
What is a service animal?
100
If a potential volunteer isn't a good match for your organization, it's good to give them this.
What is a referral?
100
This term refers to asking people with physical disabilities to tour through your premises looking for inaccessible features.
What is an access audit?
100
In a study in Ontario, agencies reported that this was not very different from the support they gave to volunteers without disabilities.
What is the support provided to volunteers with disabilities?
100
Making sure that these 2 types of insurance cover volunteers and their activities might make it simpler to get buy-in from the senior people at your organization to take on volunteers with disabilities.
What are liability and public liability?
200
Some people with developmental disabilities have have a longer one of these, so leave time for them to answer questions.
What is processing time?
200
This type of interview might be helpful to have with a potential volunteer with a disability.
What is a more extensive initial interview?
200
This term refers to eliminating stairs, steps and curbs at your organization.
What is level access?
200
Experienced volunteers with disabilities could be asked to act as these.
What are peer coaches?
200
It's a good idea to explicitly include volunteers in this policy.
What is the health and safety policy?
300
You should never do this when conversing with a person with a speech impairment.
What is pretending to understand when you don't?
300
It's a good idea to ask the potential volunteer how they might envision modifying this.
What is the role description?
300
An inaccessible example of this would be a floral print wall paper under brightly coloured signs.
What is wall decoration?
300
One study indicated that the supports provided to volunteers with disabilities typically lasted this long.
What is one hour?
300
You don't need to have these before you welcome volunteers with disabilities at your organization.
What are all of the answers?
400
You should always use these when communicating with a person with a developmental disability.
What are age appropriate language and mannerisms?
400
It's fine to acknowledge this in an interview with a potential volunteer with a disability.
What is your unfamiliarity with disability issues?
400
This is an important consideration when trying to figure out who can access your organization.
What is the proximity to public transit?
400
This is a crucial component in the support and supervision meetings held between volunteers with disabilities and their supervisor.
What is open dialogue?
400
This approach can be helpful when trying to get buy-in for volunteers with disabilities at your organization.
What is a top-down approach?
500
This is good practice for volunteers with and without disabilities.
What is asking new volunteers how they prefer to keep in touch?
500
It is very important to do this in the initial interview with the potential volunteer.
What is to clarify volunteer role expectations?
500
This piece of equipment is typically wider than an average wheelchair.
What is a sports wheelchair?
500
It's important to make sure that your volunteers with disabilities know your organization's procedure for dealing with these.
What are concerns?
500
Setting these can help to bring in more volunteers with disabilities to your organization.