Accommodations Collaboration Consultation Educational Support Services (ACCESS): The mission of the Office of ACCESSibility at Mercy College is to collaborate with and empower students who have disabilities in order to coordinate support services, reasonable accommodations, and programs that enable equal access to an education and college life. ACCESS serves as a resource to other departments and colleagues and works to provide regular training opportunities, advisement, and consultation on equal access, compliance, delivery of equitable services, and universal design. Additionally, ACCESS provides opportunities and resources that facilitate the development of self-advocacy, self-efficacy, and adaptive skills in students to overcome barriers a disability may present. Examples of accommodations offered include, but are not limited to the following:

• Assisstive Technology

• Alternative Book Formats

• Testing Accommodation

Sara Venezian is the Interim Director of ACCESS ((914)-674-7523, svenezian@mercy.edu). ACCESS has offices at campuses in Dobbs Ferry, the Bronx and New Rochelle.

HAVE ACCESS SERVICES BEEN SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID-19? In-person meetings, events and classes at Mercy College have been suspended with plans to reopen for the fall semester. Administration and faculty have continued to provide support remotely. To support students, ACCESS provided "ACCESSibility Toolkit for Students Working Online." For current updates to Mercy College's response to COVID-19, please visit https://www.mercy.edu/about-mercy/coronavirus-information.