What DSC Staff Can Do For Students

DSC staff can help students in all of the following:

• Review disability, health, or psychological assessments to determine appropriate academic adjustments.
• Assist students in determining which adjustments they need to access Gallaudet programs.
• Help students learn to use academic adjustments successfully.
• Support the implementation of academic adjustments by communicating with faculty and by arranging such services as interpreters, testing space, and Alternative-Print textbooks.
• Provide accessibility orientations to campus for new students.
• Act as professional coaches to help students reach their goals.
• Help students devise academic strategies that focus on their strengths.
• Support students in their growth in self-advocacy skills and disability management.
• Work to remove campus barriers in communication, attitudes, policies, and physical access.