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From: Laurie Kamrowski
Date: Nov 19, 2019 5:03PM

Hi Robert!

I was looking this over and I have also wondered about this. I work for a
college and I spoke to the Disability Coordinator, and we are going to meet
for lunch and discuss this.

Something that I had thought of off the top of my head though would be to
create a map specifically for the consumer with disabilities, personalizing
it for them. I am not sure if it is something that is workable for your
situation though. I had always wondered what the procedure would be if a
sight-impaired student was in one of our computer labs alone and an
evacuation order was issued. Our school has always gone above and beyond
when it comes to specific routes for specific situations but this one
always made me wonder.

I will report back any ideas or procedures that we come up with.

Have a great week!

Laurie Kamrowski
She/Her/Hers
Accessibility Specialist
Mid Michigan College



On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 2:16 PM Laurie Kamrowski < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi Amy!
>
> I collaborate with some other Accessibility specialists through the
> internet and I was wondering what our school's policy is for this scenario,
> and if we don't have one - would this be helpful? Just a thought and was
> wondering if I could get your take on it.
>
> My curiosity on this isn't just limited to people travelling to/from
> campus - what about specialized 'verbal' maps for someone who would sight
> impaired? I'd love to discuss this with you if you get a chance.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Laurie Kamrowski
> She/Her/Hers
> Accessibility Specialist
> Mid Michigan College
>
>
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> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 09:50:38 -0800
> Subject: [WebAIM] Accessible Safe Walking Routes Map for Schools
> Hello everyone,
> First off, thank you all so much for your helpful discussions over the
> years. I've not submitted a thread before, but am eager to hear your
> opinions on this issue.
> I work with the Olympia School District in Washington state. Currently, the
> county is creating safe walking maps for our school district, as well as
> other districts in the county. Thankfully, the county is considering the
> accessibility of their maps as they create them, and they've asked us for
> our take on the maps. Here is an example map
> <
> https://www.osd.wednet.edu/UserFiles/Servers/Server_61540/File/Accessibility/Maps/MtView_WalkMap_Final1.pdf
> >.
> Note the PDF has not been tagged yet as it is a work in progress.
> I know maps overall can be difficult, and often it seems interactive maps,
> or maps that generate a list of directions are the route to go, but that
> doesn't appear to be an option here. This map has a wealth of useful
> information for our families:
>
> - Recommended routes
> - Crossing locations
> - Roads with sidewalks but high traffic
> - Roads without sidewalks
> - Crosswalks
> - Streets with sidewalks
> - other trails and paths
> - signalized crosswalks
> - 20mph school zones
> - Walk to school zones
>
> One potential solution that came to mind was to list these elements out,
> like this (using heading styles to break up the sections) and have it as
> on-page content:
>
> Mountain View Elementary
> Recommended Routes to School
> >From the North/East
>
> 1. South on Judd Street
> 2. West on 19th Avenue, 20th Avenue, or 21st Avenue – all streets
> without sidewalks but with low traffic.
>
> >From the West
>
> 1. East on 21st Avenue, a street with a sidewalk
>
> Streets with No Sidewalks but Low Traffic
>
> - 14th Way between Golf Club Road and College Street
> - 15th Avenue between Golf Club Road and College Street
> - 16th Avenue between Golf Club Road and College Street
> - 19th Avenue between Mountain View Elementary and Judd Street
> - 20th Avenue between Mountain View Elementary and Judd Street
> - 21st Avenue between Mountain View Elementary and Judd Street
> - Judd Street between 21st Avenue and 23rd Avenue
> - 23rd Avenue between Judd Street and Brentwood Place
> - Brentwood Place between 23rd Avenue and Brentwood Drive
> - Brentwood Drive SE between the western intersection of 26th Avenue SE
> and 2809 Brentwood Drive SE
> - Sunset Dr SE between Maple Hills Drive and 26th Avenue
>
> Streets with Sidewalks but Low Traffic
>
> - College Street between Lacey Boulevard and the southern edge of the
> map
>
> Crosswalks
>
> - Crossing Lacey Boulevard at Sleater Kinney Road
> - Crossing Lacey Boulevard at the east and west side of the Pacific
> Avenue/Lacey Boulevard/Golf Club Road roundabout
> - Crossing Golf Club Road at the north and south side of the Pacific
> Avenue/Lacey Boulevard/Golf Club Road roundabout
> - Crossing Pacific Avenue at the east and west side of the Pacific
> Avenue/Lacey Boulevard/Golf Club Road roundabout
> - Crossing Spur Line Road on the south side of Pacific Avenue
> - Crossing Circle Lane between Circle Court and Boulevard Park Lane
> - Crossing Circle Lane at Boulevard Park Lane
> - Crossing Circle Lane at the north side of the Circle Lane and Circle
> Loop intersection
> - Crossing Circle Loop at the east side of the Circle Loop and Willow
> Street intersection
> - Two crosswalks along the east side of Circle Loop between Willow
> Street and Woodland Loop
> - Crossing Circle Loop between Willow Street and Woodland Loop
> - Crossing Circle Loop at the southern intersection of Circle Loop and
> Circle Lane
> - Crossing Cardinal Lane just north of the Cardinal Lane and 21st Avenue
> intersection
> - Crossing Golf Club Road at the north side of Golf Club Road
>
> Along College Street
>
> - Crossing 14th Avenue on the west and east side of College Street
> - Crossing 14th Way on the west side of College Street
> - Crossing 15th Avenue on the west side of College Street
> - Crossing 16th Avenue on the west and east side of College Street
> - Crossing 17th Avenue on the west and east side of College Street
> - Crossing 18th Avenue on the east side of College Street
> - Crossing 19th Avenue on the west side of College Street
> - Crossing 22nd Avenue on the west and east side of College Street
> - Crossing 23rd Avenue on the west and east side of College Street
> - Crossing 24th Avenue on the west and east side of College Street
> - Crossing 25th Avenue on the east side of College Street
> - Crossing 26th Avenue on the west and east side of College Street
> - Crossing 27th Court on the west side of College Street
> - Crossing 28th Avenue on the east side of College Street
> - Crossing 29th Avenue on the west side of College Street
> - Crossing Belair Drive on the east side of College Street
>
> Along Ruddell Road
>
> - Crossing 14th Avenue on the east and west side of Ruddell Street
> - Crossing 15th Avenue on the east and west side of Ruddell Street
> - Crossing 16th Avenue on the west side of Ruddell Street
> - Crossing 18th Avenue on the west side of Ruddell Street
> - Crossing 19th Avenue on the west side of Ruddell Street
> - Crossing Gemini Street on the east side of Ruddell Street
> - Crossing 21st Avenue on the west side of Ruddell Street
> - Crossing 24th Avenue on the west side of Ruddell Street
> - Crossing 25th Avenue on the east side of Ruddell Street
> - Crossing 27th Avenue on the west side of Ruddell Street
> - Crossing 29th Court on the east side of Ruddell Street
> - Crossing Hazelwood Lane on the east side of Ruddell Street
>
> Along 21st Avenue
>
> - Crossing Marina Way on the south side of 21st Avenue
> - Crossing 21st Avenue at the east side of Marina Way
> - Crossing Beta Street on the south side of 21st Avenue
> - Crossing Alpha Street on the south side of 21st Avenue
>
> What are your thoughts on this? I believe the county has already generated
> many of the PDFs, and they are looking to work with about sixty of these
> maps.
> Thank you all so much for your input!
>
> Best,
> Robert
>
> --
> *Robert Hardy*
> *Website Accessibility Specialist*
> *Olympia School District*
> *(360) 596-6105*
>
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