NOLS for people with disabilities

Library Facilities

All Library branches and meeting rooms are ADA- (Americans with Disabilities Act) accessible. The Port Angeles Main Library provides a motorized scooter and the Forks Library branch provides a motorized wheelchair to assist with mobility.

Equipment and Computers

All computers offer accessibility features that will magnify the screen or narrate what is on screen. If you cannot use a traditional keyboard, the Library’s computers can display an on-screen keyboard. More information on ADA settings on library computers can be found on the ADA Computing Page.

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Port Angeles Equipment

At the Port Angeles Library you will find a specially designed computer with an extra-large monitor, large high-contrast keyboard, and special software for magnifying and narrating what is on the computer screen. The library also has a magnification device for enlarging printed text. Staff will be happy to assist you with the special-use computer and the text-enlarger.

All equipment is available on a first-come, first-served basis during library open hours.

Library Materials

Each NOLS library has a selection of large print books, audiobooks on CD, and Playaways, which are particularly helpful to individuals with low vision. The library also offers DVDs available with closed-captioning options and audio description.

In general, most DVDs come with a subtitles or a closed caption option for the hearing impaired. Audio-described films make it possible for a person with visual impairments to both hear the dialog in a film and also to hear a description of the physical action taking place. To find which films provide this feature, search the catalog using this subject phrase: films for people with visual disabilities.

The entire collection of materials is accessible through the catalog. Materials may be shipped to the branch that is most convenient for you.

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Outreach Delivery Service

This free service brings Library materials to people who are unable to regularly visit a NOLS Library location. It is available to Clallam County residents with significant barriers to using their Library location due to age, disability, injury or illness. Learn more about Outreach Delivery Service.

Washington Talking Book and Braille Library (WTBBL)

WTBBL, a program of the Washington State Library, provides library services state-wide by mail to any Washington resident unable to read standard print material due to blindness, visual impairment, deaf-blindness, physical disability (cannot hold a book or turn pages), or reading disability. For more information, visit wtbbl.org, call 800.542.0866, or email wtbbl@sos.wa.gov.