Accomodations For Students With Disabilities
At the present time, one out of every six Americans has a disability. This represents 36-40 million people. These numbers represent many kinds of disabilities---mobility, speech, learning, visual, hearing, emotional, and health related issues. Most importantly, these numbers represent a wealth of human potential.
The Special Services Center offers support services to students who have documented disabilities of a temporary or permanent nature.
The Special Services Center provides the following services:
- Individual appointments
- Consultations with students, faculty and staff members regarding accommodation needs
- Liaison with community professionals and agencies
- Individualized English and math assessment and classroom testing
- Interpreters, readers and writers
- Taped/large print materials
- Resource Lab assistance (See Resource Lab Access Equipment and Instruction)
- Loan access equipment (tape recorders, spell checkers, talking calculators, FM personal hearing devices, etc.)
- And classroom modifications as needed
To qualify for disabled student services, students must self-identify in the Special Services Center and provide written documentation of their disability from a qualified professional or agency. In order for accommodations to be in place when classes begin, contact Special Services at least six to eight weeks prior to the beginning of each semester.
Accommodations are approved based on the written documentation received by the Special Services Center. Instructor Notification forms, which describe needed classroom accommodations, will be developed with the student's permission and disseminated to appropriate faculty each semester.