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Overview of Services

 

The University offers many services to its students with disabilities.  These can include:

  • Pre-admission counseling and new student orientation
  • Academic accommodations and counseling
    • priority registration and scheduling
    • alternative testing
    • taped texts
    • auxiliary aids and services
      • notetakers
      • laboratory assistants
      • readers and/or scribes
      • sign language/oral interpreters and captioning services
    • assistive listening devices
    • assistive technology
    • alternative formats for printed material
  • Counseling
  • Financial aid counseling
  • Personal attendant training and referral
  • Transportation and parking services
  • Referral and liaison services to agencies such as the Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, Board of Education Services for the Blind, as well as Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic for taped texts
  • Information and referral source to all University and community programs and services

 

Eligibility for these services is determined individually based on documented need. Early planning is essential for many of the resources and accommodations provided so we ask that you contact us at the earliest possible date in order for us to assist with your needs.

 

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