Services to Students with Disabilities (SSD) offers a range of services to foster the full and self-directed participation of students with disabilities in courses and other academic activities.
Disabilities
Students accessing SSD services may have one or more disabilities of the following types:
- mobility
- sensory (affecting vision and/or hearing)
- learning
- attention deficit
- neurological
- psychiatric
- chronic illness
- temporary (e.g. broken arm)
SSD Services
- Review documentation of disability
- Identify disability-related accommodations and services
- Develop individual accommodation and service plans
- Prepare accommodation letters for teaching faculty
- Coordinate disability-related accommodations and services
- Provide educational and career planning advice
- Assist with funding applications for services and technology
- Coach students to develop self-advocacy skills
- Communicate with faculty and staff about accommodating students with disabilities
