Responsibilities to apply for and receive accommodations for a disability include:
Student must
contact the Coordinator, Disability Services Office and request the paperwork
to start a file and document their disability.
Paperwork includes an Intake Form
and Release of Information
Authorization(s) which must be filled out and returned to the Disability
Services Office. The Disability
Services Office will send out the Release
of Information Authorization to the appropriate professional(s) along with a
request for appropriate information to document the disability. Once a file is established you don’t have to
do this step again.
Once classes
begin students will be given a syllabus in each class. You need to read through each syllabus and
learn what each course requires. Make a
note of the accommodation(s) you will need for each course. You may not need an accommodation in every
course. (You must do this step every
semester.)
By the second
week of class you need to come to the Disability Services Office and meet with
the designated person to set up accommodations for each course that you need
them in. Along with the designated
person you will fill out the Faculty
Notification Form requesting appropriate accommodations.
You are
responsible for giving the Faculty
Notification Form to your professor.
The professor may choose to visit with you briefly to determine whether
or not they can do anything else to enhance your learning. Not every professor will want to do this.
If you have
requested a note taker as an accommodation you are required to go to class and
pay attention. Students who skip class
or sleep through class (not disability related) will not receive notes for the
missed classes or classes slept through.
It is also your responsibility to notify the Coordinator of Disability
Services if there is any problem with your notes. If you aren’t getting them in a timely manner, they are illegible
or don’t have the information they should have you need to report this right
away to the Coordinator so the situation can be corrected.
If you have
requested testing out of class as an accommodation you are responsible for
filling out a gold Exam Notification form
at least three days before your exam.
You are responsible for reminding your instructor two or three days
ahead of the test date to send the exam to my office. If you need a reader or scribe for your exams you must let the
Disability Services Office know one week in advance. If you need to miss a test, you must contact your professor to see
whether or not you can still write the exam.
Exams are the property of the instructor and you must make arrangements
with them regarding writing an exam earlier or later than the assigned time.
Once you have spoken to your instructor contact the receptionist in Disability
Services to reschedule your exam. This is to be done for every exam. A copy of the testing rules is attached.
If you
received textbooks on tape as an accommodation, it is your responsibility to
get a copy of the syllabus so you know what textbook is being used for the
course. If you work with Reading for
the Blind and Dyslexic or some other agency that provides textbooks on tape, it
is your responsibility to contact the agency and see if they have your book on
tape already. If you they do, you need
to order it.
If you have textbooks that need to be taped
and you do not work with a taping agency you will need to buy the textbook and
bring it to the Disability Services Office to be taped. You will need to purchase the textbook prior
to the term it will be used so that readers can begin reading before the start
of classes. You should meet with the
Coordinator of Disability Services as soon as you have registered for classes
to determine a timeline to have your books purchased to be taped for you.
For students
who receive Priority Registration
you need to keep track of the date students with priority registration are
scheduled to register. There are
several things you must do EVERY semester:
You need to log on to the online
registration and check to see if you have any holds. If you do have holds you need to find out what they are and take
care of them immediately or you will not be allowed to register. If you need help finding out about your
holds contact your advisor or the Coordinator, Disability Services Office.
You need to make an appointment with your
advisor to meet regarding class choices for the next semester. In each term’s class schedule the date that
the next term’s schedule will be available is given. It is important to mark your academic calendar with that
date. Schedules usually are available
on Monday and priority registration is Friday of the same week. It is your responsibility to make an
appointment to meet with your advisor sometime that week so you are ready to
register when your registration window opens that Friday morning. You must meet with your advisor and
get your advisor access code before you can register. Every semester you must do this because the advisor access code
changes every term.
Once you have met with your advisor and
picked your classes for the next term it is your responsibility to go online on
priority registration day. You will
need to register for all your classes.
If you have any problems with the registration process you need to
contact your advisor or the Disability Services Office right away. If you need help registering for classes
there are student workers available to help you in the Disability Services
Office. Stop by and someone will help
you register for your classes and give you a printout of your registration.
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