Accommodations: DAS/Disability Access Services
Did YOU Know?
- Testing Accommodations include things like extra time, distraction reduction, audio exams, and using alternative formats.
- To get accommodations for testing, students typically have to submit documentation (i.e. a doctor's note, learning disability testing results, psychologist report, therapist recommendation, etc. as long as it is from a licensed clinician).
- After talking to a student and reviewing their documentation, the Disability Accommodation office determines appropriate testing accommodations and work with those students to figure out the best way for them to access their accommodations.
- Every quarter students who qualify for accommodations communicate with the Disability Accommodations office to let them know which classes they might need to use their accommodations for, and the office communicates that to the teachers the students indicated.
- Nothing happens without the student's full knowledge of and approval for sending notices to their teachers.
Testing is just one thing the Disability Access Services (DAS) offices at SCC and SFCC accommodate-- if you have unmet academic needs, or if you are at all curious about accommodations/how accommodations can leverage equity for you in your classwork, please reach out to the specialists on your campus with your questions related to disabilities and accommodations.
Things to keep in mind if you are hesitant to contact DAS:
- Your medical records and information are private. Your teachers will not know anything other than what your accommodation is or what you choose to share with them.
- DAS can advocate on your behalf without sharing your protected information if you have problems with faculty.
- Not using accommodations when you need them means you are working much, much harder than you should need to. Take care of yourself!
- If your future plans include going to grad school, it will be easier to obtain accommodations on graduate-level exams (e.g. the GRE, MCAT, GMAT, LSAT, etc.) if you have a documented history of using accommodated exams.