Academic Accommodations (Disability Services)
The mission of the Academic Accommodations office is to provide assistance to students with disabilities and to promote independence and academic progress. Assistance is based on each student’s individual need and is designed to remove barriers that hinder learning, thereby providing an equal opportunity for academic success.
Academic Accommodations (Student Disability Services) is also located within the Lasso Center. To request accommodations or to make an appointment to speak to the Director, contact Laura Nell Ledford our Administrative Assistant at 918-293-4855.
Definition of a Disability
- Physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activity
- Record of such impairment
- Regarded as having such impairment
Important Information for Students
- An updated version of Student Disability Services Policies and Procedures.
- An updated version of the Student Disability Services Handbook.
- Guidance on Documentation Practices (AHEAD)
- Seven Essential Elements of Quality Disability Documentation (Microsoft Word Document)
Obtaining Academic Accommodations
To initiate services, students must self-identify or disclose a disability to the Director of Access Services. Once services have been requested, a student must:
- Provide current documentation no older then three years from a qualified professional stating the nature and severity of the disability, diagnostic procedures used, and recommendations for assistance. Students with learning disabilities or Attention Deficit Disorder need to submit an adult psychoeducational evaluation that includes appropriate testing. IEPs are not sufficient documentation.
- Complete a “Request for Accommodations” form which lists the specific academic support services needed. The services requested are subject to approval by the Director. This form must be completed each semester to continue accommodations.
- Contact instructors each semester to activate and adopt accommodations for each class.
- Arrange for and obtain own personal attendants, tutoring, and be individually fitted for designed assistive technology.
Reasonable Accommodation
OSU Institute of Technogy will reasonably accommodate students with a disability unless such accommodation poses an undue hardship, results in a fundamental alteration in the nature of the service, program or activity or causes undue financial or administrative burdens.
OSU Institute of Technology is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title II, and Rehabilitation Act Section 504. The institution is a proactive member of the Oklahoma Association on Higher Education and Disabilities (OK-AHEAD). ![[External Link]](/images/external_link.gif)
The privacy of student information is protected by federal law (Buckley Amendment). Only with student permission can this office communicate, on behalf of the student, with university staff or others outside the OSU Institute of Technology system.
If you have questions, please contact the Director of Academic Accommodations, Chad Spurlock, at +1 918 293 4622 or via e-mail at chad.spurlock@okstate.edu
Stillwater Student Disability Services provides our campus free access to some assistive technology software. Please visit Student Disability Services or Web Access/AT to look at available software programs. Please contact the Academic Accommodations at OSU Institute of Technology for further information.
