Disability Support Services
Gretchen Holden, Director
Holton Hall 202
V/TTY 532 6441
Fax: 785-532-6457
www.ksu.edu/dss/
Disability Support Services is the office responsible for coordinating accommodations and services for students with documented disabilities. Staff will serve as a liaison with students' instructors.
Academic accommodations provided to students include readers, materials in large print, and note takers. Test taking accommodations may include extended time, oral examinations, scribes, and testing in an environment with reduced distractions. Assistance is provided in obtaining text books in auditory format. Upon request, any class scheduled in an inaccessible location will be relocated for students with mobility impairments. Interpreters for students who are deaf or hearing impaired will be provided, upon request.
An Assistive Technology Center is located in Hale Library across from Microforms and Periodicals. The center includes computers with large screen monitors that are equipped with special software such as text enlargers, screen readers, and voice recognition. Also available is a CCTV, Arkenstone Reading Machine with scanner.
Special equipment available for checkout and use by students includes an FM listening system and TTD (telecommunications device for the deaf.)
Additional services include assistance with writing. Tutors are available for some classes. A shuttle van, equipped with hydraulic lift, operates on campus between all buildings. Transportation is available to students with either a temporary or permanent physical disability. A wide range of accessible housing is available.
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