Student Accessibility Services

Student Accessibility Services is an affiliate of the Wellness Center and is committed to making MSOE academically accessible to students with documented disabilities (physical or learning), chronic health conditions and mental health conditions.

SAS works with over 200 students by using a team approach that includes the student, SAS staff, instructors, advisors, counselors and outside resources to assist faculty and staff with implementing accommodations and understanding Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Accommodations

Student Accessibility Services provides reasonable accommodations designed to create equal educational access for students without compromising the essential elements of our curriculum. Eligibility for accommodations is done on an individual basis determined by student need. Student are required to meet with SAS staff each term to reevaluate their accommodations and check in. Accommodations can include but are not limited to:

Classroom Accommodations:

Permission to Tape Record Lectures
Supplemental Note Taking Assistance
Assistive Technology and Alternative Text
Preferential Seating
Accessible Workstations

Testing Accommodations:

Extended Time
Reduced Distractive Test Setting
Alternative Test Format
Adaptive Technology

Learn more about the Testing Center

Academic Accommodations:

Faculty Accommodation Notification Letters
Early Registration
Academic Counseling

General Accommodations:

Housing Accommodations
Transportation/ Parking Accommodations
Advocacy

Documentation & Verification

Students are required to submit verification documentation prior to receiving accommodations through Student Accessibility Services. Prior history of accommodations does not guarantee its continued provision. All documentation should be current, preferably within the last three years, and must include not only the diagnosis but a description of how it impairs the students’ academics as well as recommended accommodations. All documentation will remain confidential and will not be part of the student’s educational file. Students can submit documentation they have on file or choose to use one of the verification forms below:

ADD/ ADHD Verification

Mental Health Verification

Verification of a Disability General Form

For more Information

For more information or to meet with one of our Student Accessibility Services Staff, please complete and submit the SAS Inquiry Form.