CSU - Abilities Office of Disabled Student Services

Abilities Office of Disabled Student Services

Procedures for students requesting services. All services require at least a two-week notification. ( In some circumstances services may be provided sooner but ample notification is still required.) Services and accommodations do not include the following: personal attendants, individually prescribed devices, or readers/typists for personal use or study time.

The Abilities Office recently established a telephone hotline which can be accessed through our general office telephone number (773/995-4401). This hotline, which was initiated in an effort to assure that all students have access to campus announcements, provides verbal details of CSU events and announcements. To hear these announcements, call the Abilities Office at 773/995-4401 and then press the number “1” when prompted. Any questions regarding this system should be directed to the Abilities Office at the number listed above.

Tape Transcription When requesting transcribing services(verbally recorded information on a cassette for the purpose of transforming to typewritten form) please indicate the following:
	Your name	The name of the class
	Projected length of paper	The title of your paper
	Format for the paper	Subject of the paper
	Date
Equipment Loan
No equipment will be loaned out if a student's file is not complete.(Application on file, medical documentation and current class schedule.) The appropriate form must be completed in order to receive equipment.
Note takers A note taker may be provided for you . The service provider may also be a student in the same class. We will provide copy set paper so that a student can take notes and share a copy on the day they are taken. Scribe Procedures A scribe will write down, verbatim, what the student has dictated. A student at any time will have the opportunity to review what the scribe has written either by reading or having it read to him/her. If there are corrections, the student will direct the scribe to make them. A scribe will be responsible for spelling and sentence ending punctuation. Student must direct the scribe for any specific spelling or punctuation within the sentence. A scribe is not responsible for organizing nor paraphrasing student's thoughts into final form. A scribe may stop the session at anytime and get Abilities Office staff if he/she feels that the student is requesting more assistance than is appropriate. Abilities staff will review the above procedures with the student and scribe at the beginning of each session. Services/Accommodations: Your Abilities Office coordinator will determine appropriate accommodations and services based upon the nature of the disability and your academic needs. Services for students with disabilities include, but are not limited to: orientation to using the Abilities Office assistance with strategic scheduling/special advising testing accommodations and exam proctoring for disability related needs private test location equipment loan photocopying relationship with Dept.of Rehabilitation campus orientation conversion of classroom materials in accessible format when requested coordination of interpreters and real-time translation priority scheduling of classes assessment of disability-related needs consultation with faculty members regarding academic accommodations as needed and/or requested. testing accommodations and exam proctoring for disability related needs. computer lab with adapted software. coordination of note taking assistance and/or lab assistance taped textbooks readers and /or scribes faculty notification New Policy Language New Policy Language – College of Education Petitions presented to the Admissions and Standards Committee for a College of Education policy modification which could constitute a request for an academic adjustment or modification based on a disability will be process as such and will therefore be referred to the Abilities Office for processing. Students submitting such petitions to the Admissions and Standards Committee (Committee) will receive notice from the Chair of the Committee that the petition has been forwarded to the coordinator of the Abilities Office. A student, who prefers not to pursue this process, should notify the Committee Chair. For more Information Student Survey (.pdf) Brochure (.pdf) Testing accommodations and exam proctoring for disability related needs (.pdf) Access unlimited Disability info Travel Top of page