FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
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No, you are not obligated to inform the university of your disability during the admissions process. The presence of a disability will not influence your admission to 麻豆果冻传媒 Lafayette.
You will need to complete an form and submit documentation. Once approved, you will schedule an accommodation meeting with our office. We will discuss the types of reasonable accommodations you are eligible for at that time.
No. It is the student鈥檚 responsibility to determine whether or not a disability is present. The law does not require the university to identify and evaluate students who may have disabilities.
It is the student鈥檚 responsibility to obtain medical documentation needed for registering with the Office of Disability.
Some professors might but they are not required to. In fact, they are not obligated to provide accommodations unless they receive the accommodation letter from ODS.
No. Universities are not required to administer retroactive accommodations. Students must inform the university of their disability () in order to receive accommodations.
Accommodations are not meant to make courses easier. You are still required to do the same work as your peers and to submit college-level work. What accommodations do is level the playing field and gives a student with a disability the same opportunity to demonstrate his or her own knowledge as his or her non-disabled peers. Accommodations guarantee equal ACCESS not SUCCESS.
Accommodations are based on a student's experience with their disability and must be considered 鈥渞easonable鈥 in the context of the academic environment. Students meet with a disability advisor in our office to determine what types of accommodations are reasonable and appropriate given their disability.
Reasonable accommodations are provided by the college at no cost to the student.
No. You only need to request accommodations if you want to use them in your studies. Accommodations will not be suggested or offered unless you identify yourself as a student with a disability (by coming to the Office of Disability and ) and requesting them.
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No. You only need to request accommodations if you want to use them in your studies. Accommodations will not be suggested or offered unless you identify yourself as a student with a disability (by coming to the Office of Disability and ) and requesting them.
Each semester, you will request accommodation letters. Read our PDF (updated Summer 2019).
At the beginning of every semester, you will need to login to 麻豆果冻传媒INK to request your letters through the disability services portal under the "Academics" tab. Accommodation letters will be emailed to you and your faculty. The letters will state that you are registered with ODS and will list your accommodations. The letter will not state your disability.
To schedule your tests, read our PDF instructions: .
Textbook publishers require that the student purchase the print version of the textbook in order to obtain a free electronic text copy of the book. This is done to protect the publisher鈥檚 and author鈥檚 copyright interests. If you need to use an audio version of a textbook, you must get the information to the ODS testing coordinator as soon as you have it. It may take a few weeks to receive digital files from the publisher.
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The law does not require the college to purchase personal services, equipment, or aids for you. You are responsible for providing your own equipment at home as well as any personal services you may need while on campus. Keep in mind that ODS has an adaptive computer lab for your use while on campus and during business hours.