Accommodations

After receiving verification of your disabilities and working together to identify academic limitations, your DSPS Counselor or Learning Disabilities Specialist will develop an individualized list of appropriate accommodations with you. All accommodation lists have three characteristics in common:

Individualized
Appropriate to the student’s needs and goals
Prescribed only by a Counselor or Learning Disabilities Specialist upon verification of disability

These may include such services as the following, depending on the nature and severity of your disabilities:

Adaptive Physical Education

Additional Tutoring

Alternate Media

Assistive Technology

Alternate Media (Braille, Large Print, or E-Text)

Counseling (Academic, Vocatioal, Personal,and Disability-Related)

Equipment Check-Out

Interpreters

Learning Disabilities Assessment

Liaison with On-Campus and Community Organizations

Mobility Assistance

Note-taking Paper

Test Accommodations

Registration Assistance (Online Admission/Update Form)

Courtesy Cart

Many of these services are coordinated through the Accommodations Desk in the Learning Center (395-4735, SS-135). For more information or help in arranging appropriate accommodations, visit or call the main DSPS office (395-4334, FACE-16), or make an appointment to talk with a DSPS Counselor or Learning Disabilities Specialist.