Assistance Accommodations

Student Disability Resources engages in an interactive process with each student and reviews requests for accommodations on an individualized, case-by-case basis. Students must provide appropriate documentation that supports the use of any accommodation.

Accommodations

The following services are available to students depending on the nature and functional imitations of their documented disability. All services are provided to students at no cost.

Assistive listening device

The most common assistive listening device is a Frequency Modulated System, often referred to as an FM System.  The instructor wears a small microphone close to their mouth that sends their voice to the receiver worn by the student.

Student Disability Resources has several FM systems available for loan to students on a semester-by-semester basis.

Sign language interpreter

Sign language interpreters are provided by Student Disability Resources as either an on-site or video remote service. We ensures that interpreters are qualified to provide effective, accurate, and impartial receptive and expressive interpreting.

Sign language interpreters may be provided for classroom lectures, fieldwork, meetings with faculty members, and for any activity directly related to a student’s academic program.

Computer Assisted Real-time Translation (CART)

Computer Assisted Real-Time Translation (CART) is instant translation of the spoken word into English text by a CART reporter using a stenotype machine, notebook computer, and real-time software. The text is then displayed on a computer monitor for the student to read.

This accommodation provides on-the-spot communication access to information as it is being given. Students may also receive a copy of an unedited transcript of the CART reporting.

CART may be provided for classroom lectures, fieldwork, meetings with faculty members, and for any activity directly related to a student’s academic program.

Captioning

Captioning is the text display of audio portions of videos. Captioning should be accurate, synchronous, complete, and properly placed. Student Disability Resources shares responsibility with faculty to ensure that classroom material, including videos and movies, are accessible to all students. We will assist faculty in identifying and contacting appropriate academic department course designers, media specialists, or IT specialists to oversee video captioning.