The Disability Support Services Testing Center offers a distraction-reduced testing environment for students with disabilities who have approved accommodations related to testing. Students wishing to ...

Since the Student Disability Services (SDS) office was established in 2012, demand for services and accommodations has increased substantially. The growth has coincided with concerns over the ...

Testing accommodations play a critical role in ensuring equity and validity in the assessment of students with learning disabilities. These adjustments—ranging from extended time and alternative test ...

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a federal law designed to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities in programs and activities at institutions of higher education that ...

Instructors have the right to confirm a student’s approved accommodations with Disability Support Services (DSS) and seek clarification on how to implement specific accommodations. They also have the ...

Student Disability Services coordinates service and accommodations for students with physical, psychiatric, medical, neurological, autism spectrum disorders, AD(H)D and learning disabilities. To ...

Luther College Disability Services is committed to ensuring that all information regarding a student is maintained as confidential, as required or permitted by law. Any information collected is used ...

UC Berkeley data shows over 40% of disability accommodations go to students with psychological conditions, as accommodations, ...

Students eligible to use the Student Testing Center can find their eligibility listed on their accommodation letters. More involved accommodations, such as double extended time or the use of a reader, ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. It’s time to rethink disability accommodations in higher education. While essential for ensuring ...

Disability Services offers several options for academic accommodations to fit a variety of student needs in and out of the classroom. Testing Accommodations are designed to provide students with ...