Wednesday, December 9, 2015

AT Accommodations for Students with Disabilities in College

There are no IEPs in college. Although the IEPs do not follow the students into higher education, there are still accommodations and assistive technologies that are available for students to use during classes, testing situations and when completing assignments. Under Section 504 and the ADA, colleges must provide reasonable accommodations to make their program accessible to students with disabilities and no cost to the student.
Some examples of accommodations available to college students with disabilities include:
  • Computers
  • Portable note taker
  • Sign language interpreters
  • Assistive listening system
  • Extended time
  • Alternate forms of text
  • Use of a calculator
  • Text-to-speech software 
  • Audio books
  • Screen magnification applications
  • Graphic organizer applications
  • Providing a telecommunication device for the deaf (TTY) 


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