Disability
Support Links:
Office Overview
*English version
Services Provided
Verifying Your Disability
Guidelines for Psycho-educational Evaluation Documentation
Temporary Disability Guidelines
DSS Handbooks:
DSS STUDENT
Handbook
DSS FACULTY
Handbook
DSS Printable Forms:
Declaration of Disability Form
The following is a sample (but not exhaustive) list of accommodations and services provided by Disability Support Services (Advising & Testing Center):
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Advocacy for equal access for persons with disabilities
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Weekly time management and study skills advising for students with disabilities
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Test proctoring and reading/scribing
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Note Takers
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NCR paper for note taking
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Recorded textbooks
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Equipment loans - tape recorders/players, talking calculator, magnifying sheets, Franklin spellers, etc.
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Access to assistive technology (housed within Advising & Testing Center and/or various computer labs on campus): CCtv, Kurzweil scanned text to voice software, JAWS screen/text to voice software, Magic screen enlarging software, Dragon Naturally Speaking voice to text software, etc.
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TTY access
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Limited Brailling of textbooks and other sighted material
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Liaison with faculty, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR), and Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services (BBVS), etc.
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Early registration for students who need taped textbooks, special schedules, note takers, interpreters, or relocation of classrooms
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General advising and counseling
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Help in locating accessible housing
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Library of information on disabilities and disability issues
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Faculty and/or student workshops on disability issues within post-secondary education
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Assistance to faculty providing accommodations
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