The resources offered through the office of Diverse Abilities and Accommodations and
the Student Services Office at the Jasper Campus help students overcome or compensate
for obstacles related to a physical, emotional, learning or other disability. This
includes:
- Endorsement of reasonable classroom accommodations with faculty
- Assistance in obtaining alternative format textbooks (e-text) and assistive technology
- Arrangements for sign language interpreter and captioning services
- Referral to community agencies. Services are designed to assist all students with
diverse abilities in navigating the accommodation process and learning self-advocacy
skills for the college environment
Staff also assists faculty by distributing information through group educational presentations
and individual consultations, and by coordinating with them to ensure that the most
appropriate accommodations are provided to students with diverse abilities.
Under the law, professors are responsible for ensuring students with disabilities
receive reasonable and appropriate accommodations in their classes; however, as a
student with a diverse ability you are responsible for initiating and maintaining
communication with each of your professors and for following through with your assigned
responsibilities in the process.
The roles of the Diverse Abilities and Accommodations and Jasper Student Services
Offices are to assist the University in determining your eligibility for the specific
college-level accommodations you are requesting, to advocate on your behalf with your
professors, to assist you and your professors in setting up reasonable academic accommodations,
and to locate the resources you need to be more successful in the college environment.
The University never charges any additional costs to a qualified student for the provision
of reasonable and appropriate accommodations for a diverse ability.
