List of Accommodations

DSC provides services and accommodations to students with documented permanent and temporary disabilities. These include reasonable accommodations, auxiliary aids, and individualized support services. Services and accommodations are based on your disability documentation, functional limitations, and a collaborative assessment of needs. Below are lists of some of the general services and accommodations offered by DSC.

Please note that it is your responsibility to arrange for services outside the scope of the Disability Services Center. These services include attendant care, mobility training, and sources of financial aid.

General Services

  • Disability management counseling.
  • Liaison to faculty.
  • Individual or group orientation to campus.
  • Advice on classroom accommodations.
  • Assistance to faculty and staff to work effectively with students with disabilities.
  • Information on the California Department of Rehabilitation.
  • Use of the adaptive technologies stations located in the UCI Libraries.

Accommodations

  • Priority registration for classes.
  • Testing accommodations: (e.g., extended time, separate location, reduced distraction environment).
  • Assistive technology (e.g., note-taking tools, text-to-speech software, etc.).
  • Course Notes (Note taking assistance).
  • Readers.
  • Scribes.
  • Sign language interpreters.
  • Assistive listening devices.
  • Real-time captioning services.
  • Limited transportation services (Ring Road Rides).
  • Priority seating in class.
  • Assistance in receiving books and course material in alternate formats.
  • Document conversion; books and other course materials in alternate formats (e.g., enlarged, Braille, computer disk, and other audio formats.)
  • Housing Accommodations (Recommendations).
  • Modification of academic requirements (e.g., part-time enrollment, reduced course load, extended time for completion of degree. requirements). Some modifications may require approval by an academic dean or equivalent. Requirements determined to be essential by the Academic Senate or are related to licensing requirements are not regarded as discriminatory. Modification or accommodations that would fundamentally alter the instructional program are not regarded as discriminatory.
  • Accessible classroom furniture.