The Office of Student Disability Services provides students, faculty and staff with assistance and information on issues of access and participation for people with disabilities at ASA College. The Office of Student Disability Services provides services and support that promote educational equity for students with disabilities. Assistance includes arranging accommodations that are necessary for students with disabilities to pursue their education. Accommodations include, but are not limited to the following:

• Extended time to take examinations and quizzes

• A quite room to take examinations

• Special equipment such as a word processor, magnifier, or Braille

• Reader and scribes – The Office of Student Disability Services will serve as a referral source to identify potential readers, or the students may identify their own reader.

• Alternatives formats such as oral or taped test

• Taped Text books- Student who have difficulty with printed material may receive their textbooks on tape or computer disk through the Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D)

• Interpreters and Captioning Services- At the time of registration student requesting sign language or captioning services should give the Office of Student Disability Services their class schedule for which interpreting services will be needed.

• Note takers

• Assisted Computer Technology and Alternative Formats- Student who anticipated a need for assisted technology should notify the Office of Student Disability Services. Some alternative formats include, audio tapes, large print or Braille.

Marcus Browne is the Coordinator of Student Disability Services at ASA College.

WHO DOES THIS PROGRAM AIM TO SERVE? Students with disabilities, including but not limited to psychiatric, learning and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

HAS THE OFFICE OF DISABILITY SERVICES SUSPENDED SERVICES DUE TO COVID-19? No. The Office of Disability Services continues to support students remotely as classes have moved from in-person to online. For updates to ASA College's response to COVID-19, please visit www.asa.edu/news/covid-19-resources.

LOCATIONS

• MANHATTAN CAMPUS: 105 West 33rd Street, 6th Floor Room 603, New York, NY 10001, (212) 672-6450 Ext. 1230

• BROOKLYN CAMPUS: 151 Lawrence Street, 2nd Floor Room 214, Brooklyn, NY 11201, (718) 522-9073 Ext. 2026