Students with Disabilities

College is meant to be hard, but when that difficulty of college is compounded with a learning or physcial disability, additional help may be necessary. Academic Student Connections provides various equipment and services to aid students with disabilities, and the ASC staff is trained to personally help meet the needs of students. The ASC professionals and peer workers can provide the following services:

• Academic Advising
• Specialized Equipment
• Recorded Books
• Alternative Testing Location
• Course Tutorial Assistance
• Note Taking
• Reading Assistance
• Mobility Assistance
• Curriculum Modifications

American with Disabilities Act:

In compliance and agreement with federal regulations, Spring Arbor University provides ASC to direct the academic services for students with disabilities. This is done in accordance with Spring Arbor University's mission to serve students in order to help them maximize their God-given talents and abilities.

ASC personnel:

• Consults with students.
• Accepts, evaluates and maintains documentation (consistent with ADA guidelines).
• Establishes or negotiates reasonable accommodations to reduce academic barriers for students.
• Notifies professors of the necessary accommodations for the students in their classrooms.

Each year, students needing accommodations must notify Academic Student Connections of their continuing desire for services. (This includes giving timely notice of classes so that materials can be ordered and received in time for student use.) Requests for any type of textbook reproduction services should be scheduled two months in advance. Students are responsible for communicating with the ASC staff about their ongoing need for adjustment or about any modification of the established support plan.

Disability Web Links:

General Disability Web sites | Multisensory Structured Language Education | Accommodations and Technology| Advocacy and the IEP Process | Social-Emotional | Higher Education| Research and Reading Disabilities| Resources for Educators 

General Disability Web sites

Association on Higher Education and Disability Organization 

Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) 

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) 

Council For Learning Disabilities

International Dyslexia Association (IDA) 

Hello Friend: Ennis William Cosby Foundation

Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)

LD OnLine

National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)

National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning Disabilities

National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning Disabilities 

National Attention Deficit Disorder Association 

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

One ADD Place 

State of Michigan Disability Resources site

Multisensory Structured Language Education

Academic Language Therapy Association 

Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators 

International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council (IMSLEC) 

Accommodations and Technology

Benetech Bookshare 

CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology) 

Library Reproduction Service (LRS)

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D) 

Advocacy and the IEP Process

Advocates for Justice and Education 

The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates 

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund 

Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE)

National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE) 

Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER) 

Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC) 

Parent Training and Information Centers and Community Parent Resource Centers 

Parents Engaged in Education Reform (PEER) Federation for Children with Special Needs 

Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers (TAAPC) 

Social-Emotional

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 

National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) 

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

Association of Educational Therapists (AET) 

Higher Education

Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) 

CollegeView 

Council for Opportunity in Education 

Peterson's Guide 

Research and Reading Disabilities

Florida Center for Reading and Research (FCRR) 

National Institute for Literacy 

National Research Center on Learning Disabilities 

Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts 

What Works Clearinghouse 

Resources for Educators

Council For Exceptional Children (CEC) 

National Center for Education Statistics 

National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) 

State of Michigan Disability Resources site

http://www.michigan.gov/disabilityresources