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LIBRARY SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
The Thomas Crane Public Library strives to provide excellent service to all
users. A variety of resources and services are available for people with disabilities,
including an Adaptive
Technology Room at the Main Library.
If mobility impairment prevents use of any service at a branch library, users may request service at the Main Library, which is fully accessible.
For people who are deaf or hard of hearing
- TDD text telephone at the Main Library (617-689-8324)
- Closed caption videos and DVDs
- American Sign Language learning materials in book, video and computer software formats
- Telex SoundMate personal listening system to help make listening easier in the Main Library community meeting room
For people who are blind or visually impaired
- Tactile map at the Main Library and a Raynes braille and audio rail system
- MAGic screen magnification software
- Kurzweil 1000 software converts the printed word into speech
- Road Runner handheld text-to-speech reader available to check out of the
library
- Handheld magnifier at the Main Library Reference Desk
- Descriptive videos for adults and children (DVS)
- Braille books for children; braille books for adults available via interlibrary
loan
- Large type books and magazine (Reader's Digest)
- Deposit collections of Talking Books from the Perkins School for the Blind,
for eligible users
For people with mobility or orthopedic impairments
- All library buildings except Wollaston Branch have designated handicapped parking spaces in library parking lots and automatic door openers
- All library buildings except Adams Shore Branch and Wollaston Branch have accessible bathrooms
- Elevators to all floors (Main Library)
- Aisles wide enough to accommodate wheelchairs (Main Library)
- Sit-down computer terminals that accommodate wheelchairs (all locations)
For people with learning disabilities
- Kurzweil 3000 software displays and highlights an onscreen version of any scanned printed material while reading it aloud
- Literacy program that provides one-to-one tutoring for adults using the
Wilson Reading System, a structured, sequential multi-sensory program for
adults with language-based learning disabilities
- Lexia and Ultimate Phonics educational software, which follows the teaching sequence of the Wilson Reading System
- Computer training incorporating a one-on-one teaching model
- CAST E-Reader software eases access to print online
- Literacy collection containing abridged high-interest materials for adult new readers
- Materials in non-print formats, such as audiobooks and videos
Other available services and materials
- Outreach on Wheels provides delivery of library materials to Quincy residents who are homebound because of age, illness, or disability
- Staff will answer questions by phone, e-mail or in person whenever the library is open
- Staff will search the online catalog, check shelves, and place holds for library users
- Staff will retrieve library materials for any library user who finds it difficult to do so
- Books, videos, and audiobooks on architectural adaptations and adaptive
equipment, medical and social issues and services, careers and skills training,
and more, are available to use in the library and to check out.
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