Disability Services
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Prospective students must complete the Medical/Disability Disclosure Form included in the admissions application.
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Current students who wish to register for accommodations must register with the Counseling Center on self-service and submit valid documentations at the beginning of each semester.
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The Counseling Center will review the case, and if accommodations are available, will inform the student and appropriate University personnel.
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The Counseling Center will meet the student to discuss available accommodations and update the student record on self-service accordingly.
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The faculty member(s) and the student will receive the student’s accommodation plan via email and the student can then use this to disclose any information concerning their accommodations to said faculty.
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The accommodation plan is to be updated each term, to include the approved accommodation(s) and necessary list of faculty members and signatures.
Reasonable accommodations may include one or more of the following:
- Extended time for in-class writing, projects and lab reports, timed exams, quizzes and activities that require completion on the same day (25%)
- Extended time for in-class writing, projects and lab reports, timed exams, quizzes and activities that require completion on the same day (50%)
- Access to instructor notes when available
- Calculator (provided by student)
- Excuse to leave class when needed
- Permission to make audio recordings of classes (with instructor consent)
- Exemption from oral presentations in class
- Preferential/Distraction-Reduced Seating when available
- Handicapped Parking
- Proctoring on campus exams outside the classroom (Proctored Testing Request form to be submitted 3 days before the test)
- Access to lockers
- Taking exams on a computer instead of paper
- Exam writer/scribe
- Seating access/specialized furniture/devices
- Enlarged print handout/tests