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Prospective Students

The Office of Disability Services encourages you to understand the rights of individuals with disabilities.

• Difference Between High School and College Disability Services
  A comparison of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

1. Start early!!
2. Ask parents, counselors and your doctor to explain any aspect of your disability that you have difficulty understanding. Remember: You will be the person explaining your disability and your needs once you arrive at the university – requesting accommodations will depend upon your knowledge of what you need.
3. Admissions offices are separate from disability services offices. Students will be accepted to the university based solely on academic merit; registration with and receiving accommodations from the disability services office will depend upon specific documentation of your disability.
4. Check the website of the disability services office at the university you are interested in. Print off and be familiar with the policies and procedures for registering for services, and pay particular attention to the disability documentation required for registration. Documentation requirements may vary between schools based on the requirements of the school’s curriculum.
5. Print off or ask for a copy of the documentation required for registering with the disability services office. Make an extra copy of the documentation requirements and give one to your doctor so that s/he can help provide any documentation you may be missing.
6. Visit the disability services office at the university you are interested in and interview staff members. This is the very best way to determine if the services offered match your needs.
7. Ask the disability services office what sort of assistive technology they offer through the office or university. Take the time to become familiar with the technology they offer.
8. Inquire if the university offers tutoring services if you think they may be necessary. Become familiar with the policy / procedure for requesting tutoring.

Current Students

Literature

The Office of Disability Services encourages you to understand the rights of individuals with disabilities.

• Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education:
  Know Your Rights and Responsibilities
  US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights | July 2002
• UNCG's Office of Disability Services' Policies & Procedures:
  Appropriate Academic Accommodations
• Interpreting Services Handbook (PDF)

• Academic Resources
  Citation Machine
  http://citationmachine.net/
  Purdue’s Writing Lab
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
  Grammar Slammer
  http://englishplus.com/grammar/
  Webster’s Guide to Grammar Writing
  http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/
  Natural Reader
  http://www.naturalreaders.com/
  The Books Online Page
  http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
  Microsoft Free-eBooks
  http://www.mslit.com/
  The University of California-texts online
  http://texts.cdlib.org/ucpress/
  Study Skills
  http://www.ohiou.edu/aac/tip/lecture/INDEX.HTML
• Mobility International, USA
  Empowering people with disabilities around the world by ensuring their inclusion in international exchange and international development programs.
  http://www.miusa.org/
• disabilityresources.org
  A guide to disabilities of the Internet by Disability Resources Monthly (DRM), A nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization established to promote and improve awareness, availability and accessibility of information that can help people with disabilities live, learn, love, work and play independently.
  http://www.disabilityresources.org/
• What is Accessibility?
  Accessibility makes resources and products that are well designed and implemented usable for individuals with disabilities.
  http://www.at.ufl.edu/accessibility /
• North Carolina Assistive Technology Program
  The North Carolina Assistive Technology is a state and federally funded program that provides services to people of all ages and abilities to promote awareness of various types of assistive technology.
  http://www.ncatp.org /
• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD)
  Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
  http://www.chadd.org/
• Division TEACCH at UNC-Chapel Hill
  http://www.teacch.com /
• CAST
  Accessibility makes resources and products that are well designed and implemented usable for individuals with disabilities.
  http://www.cast.org/udl/index.cfm?i=7/
• Curriculum Transformation and Disability, University of Minnesota
  http://www.gen.umn.edu/research/ctad/
• Web Accessibility for All, University of Wisconcin
  http://www.cew.wisc.edu/accessibility/
• Bookshare
  http://www.bookshare.org/web/Welcome.html

Page updated: 21-Jan-2009

Accessibility Policy