A reasonable accommodation is a modification or adjustment to a course, program, service, activity, or facility. It enables a qualified student with a disability an opportunity to attain the same level of performance or to enjoy benefits and privileges as are available to a similarly situated student without a disability. To determine reasonable accommodations, Student Disability Services may seek information from appropriate University personnel regarding essential standards for courses, programs, services, activities, and facilities. Reasonable accommodations are determined by examining:
- Barriers resulting from interaction between the documented disability and the campus environment.
- Possible accommodations that might remove the barriers.
- Whether or not the student has access to the course, program, service, activity, or facility without accommodations.
- Whether or not the essential elements of the course, program, service, activity, or facility are compromised by the accommodations.
All reasonable accommodations are individualized based on the nature of the disability and the academic environment and are discussed with each student confidentially. Below is a partial list of some of the potential accommodations received through our office.
- Accessible classroom/location
- Assistive listening devices
- Auxiliary aids and services (note-takers, readers, transcribers)
- Course substitutions (e.g., foreign language and math substitutions)
- Document conversion (Braille, large print, tape, electronic format)
- Assistive technology
- Exam modifications
- alternative test formats
- extended time
- private, quiet exam room
- Housing accommodations
- Interpreters or Captionists
- Priority registration
- Spelling and Grammar consideration (not penalized for in-class work)