SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Support Services & Auxiliary Aids

COURSEWORK ADAPTATIONS
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
  • Readers
  • Writers/Scribes
  • Notetakers & carbonized notetaker paper
  • Textbooks on tape
  • Help in obtaining taped textbooks from Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic
  • Use of tape recorders
  • Disregard of spelling errors and/or spell checkers
  • Interpreters for deaf and hard of hearing
  • Preferred seating
  • Learning station modification
  • Lab assistant
  • Faculty liaison, including letter for instructors
  • Courtesy services, e.g., ergonomic chairs and adjusted-height tables
  • Kurzweil 3000 reading machine
  • Large screen monitor
  • Keyguard—keyboard overlay to stabilize finger or hand movement
  • Captioned videos
  • Wireless amplification devices—Phonic Ear and Easy Listener
  • Tape player/recorder loans
  • TTY—teletypewriter for deaf, hard of hearing and speech impaired (989 275-6721, Ext. 721)
  • Magnifiers
  • E-mail communication with instructors, staff, and other students
TESTING ACCOMMODATIONS
MOBILITY ASSISTANCE
  • Extended time
  • Reader
  • Scribe
  • Large print
  • Use of calculator
  • Disregard of spelling errors
  • Distraction-free environment
  • Motorized scooters for temporary use
  • Occasional aid in using facilities such as labs and the library
  • Loan of lightweight carts to students who must restrict their lifting and carrying