Supportive Services
Computer Access Lab | Pollak Library Procedures
for Providing Assistance to Disabled Students
In compliance with CSU policy, students with disabilities may be found eligible for one
or more of the following services from DSS:
 Diagnostic assessment,
including both individual and group assessment not otherwise provided by the institution,
to determine educational functioning or to verify specific disabilities;
Disability-related
counseling and advising, including specialized academic, vocational, personal and peer
counseling that is developed specifically for students with disabilities and is not duplicated
by regular counseling and advisement services available to all students;
Interpreter services,
including manual, steno and oral interpreting for hearing-impaired students;
Reader services to
coordinate and provide access to information required for equitable academic participation,
if this access is not available in other suitable modes;
Test-taking facilitation,
including adapting tests for and proctoring tests taken by students with disabilities;
Transcription services,
such as providing Braille and large print materials not available through other sources;
Notetaker services
for writing, note-taking, and manual manipulation for classroom and related academic activities;
Access to, and arrangements
for, adaptive educational equipment and technology, materials and supplies;
Liaisons with campus
and community agencies, including referral and follow-up services with these agencies
on behalf of students with disabilities;
On-campus and off-campus
registration assistance, including priority registration, assistance with applications
for financial aid and related college services;
Disabled Person (DP)
parking, including on-campus parking registration, temporary parking permit arrangements,
and application assistance for students who do not have state disabled person placards
or license plates;
Access to the Computer
Access Lab with specially designed hardware and software to accommodate various disabilities;
Activities to coordinate
and administer specialized services, including consultation with faculty for students
with special academic needs associated with their disabilities;
Activities to assess
the planning, implementation and effectiveness of these services and programs;
Activities to increase
general campus awareness of students with disabilities.
Each semester, DSS provides students with an Accommodation Letter for each class requested.
In order for students to receive the appropriate accommodations in their classes, students
must present a current Accommodation Letter to each of their professors at the beginning
of the semester, or at such time as the disability is verified.
Upon presentation by the student of a current Accommodation Letter professors are obliged
to comply with the prescribed academic adjustments stated therein.
Computer Access Lab
This facility provides computer support services for CSUF students, faculty and staff with
disabilities who need access to computers to become more independent and productive in their
work. CAL offers one-to-one training on IBM-compatible computers, technical support and
consulting, and public-access workstations. Alternative computer access systems include
voice recognition, speech synthesis, screen readers, screen magnification and large displays,
computer-based Braille translation and embossing, computer-based reading machines, closed
circuit television magnification systems, and a variety of devices to accommodate special
seating and positioning needs.
The Computer Access Lab is located within Disabled Student Services, UH-101. A separate
entrance is provided through the double doors in the northeast corner of the building. Further
information is available at (714) 278-5397.
Pollak Library
Procedures for Providing Assistance to Disabled Students
http://users.library.fullerton.edu/rsage/disabled_students_procedures.htm
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