I’m working on a book. This is an excerpt from Chapter: How Colleges Work. 

Getting Accommodations From the Office of Disability Services

All typical colleges — including four-year and two-year colleges — have an office providing basic accommodations for students with disabilities. The name of this department varies from school to school. At Rutgers, it’s called The Office of Disability Services. At NYU, it’s called The Moses Center for Student Accessibility (CSA). At Marist, it’s the Office of Accommodations and Accessibility.

Remember, college is different from high school. IDEA no longer protects college students. They can request certain accommodations for their coursework, but the content of the class cannot be modified. These Disability Offices manage those accommodations — onboarding is a several-step process.

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