Services for Student with Disabilities

Support Services
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the ADA of 1990 prohibit discrimination on the basis of handicap against persons in programs or activities receiving or benefiting from federal assistance and mandates equal opportunity for disabled persons. At Westchester Community College, we provide mandated accommodations.

Westchester Community College provides services for students with:

• Learning disabilities
• Physical disabilities
• Emotional disabilities
• Visual, hearing or other health impairments

We are here to:

• Ensure physical and programmatic access
• Advocate for individuals with disabilities
• Support and assist faculty in meeting special needs
• Provide information about specific disabilities, laws, and Westchester Community College policy

We encourage you to:

• Submit appropriate documentation to Coordinator of Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
• Learn what support services are available to meet individual needs
• Access services EARLY and OFTEN

Support Services are designed to meet individual needs.
Services include:

• Counseling
  • Pre-admission counseling
  • Assistance at registration
  • Supportive and vocational counseling
  • Referral to other campus services and community agencies
  • Referral for diagnostic assessment as necessary
  • Self-advocacy training
  • Planning for after graduation
     
• Academic
  • Orientation and referral to tutorial services
  • Assistance with developing learning strategies, coping and organizing skills
  • Assistance in arranging for note takers, interpreters, readers and scribes
  • Proctoring for special testing
     
• Physical
  • Arranging for classroom accommodations
  • Special parking for physically disabled students
  • Ramps, elevators and electronic doors
     
• Advocacy
  • Liaison with professors, high schools, community agencies, families
  • Creating a responsive environment
  • Supporting and assisting faculty in understanding and meeting individual needs
  • Providing information about specific disabilities and related laws
     
• Equipment
  • Spectrum Optelec print enlarger
  • Kurzweil Omni 3000 scanning/screen reading software for learning disabled
  • Kurzweil Omni 1000 scanning/screen reading software for visually impaired
  • JAWS screen reader computer software
  • Zoomtext screen magnifier
  • Via Voice voice recognition software
  • Duxbury Braille Translator software
  • Braille printer
  • Texas Instruments Interactive onscreen TI 83 graphing calculator
  • Variable speed tape recorders
  • Infra-red listening system

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