EAC services are provided free of charge to qualified students.
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Amigo Wheelchair
Amigo Electric Wheelchairs
For students with physical impairments that limit mobility, the EAC has electric wheelchairs that can make the campus more accessible.
Procedure for using this service:
- Contact the Accommodations Specialist to make arrangements for the Amigo Chair and to receive training in its use.
- Use of the chair is limited to the hours the campus is open for classes.
- The Amigo must be returned to our offices at the end of each day. Special arrangements will be made for night students. Under no circumstances may the chair be taken off campus.
- These wheelchairs can be used by students with temporary disabilities as well.
Audiobooks and Alternate Forms of Media
Some students experience difficulty reading classroom materials due to visual problems, learning disabilities, or motor impairments.
EAC can provide or create textbooks in a variety of formats to qualified students free of charge (students must still purchase a hard copy or electronic copy of the class textbooks).
Examples:
Audio textbooks
EAC also creates audio textbooks in formats.
Besides audio books, we can provide your classroom print materials in various other formats including Braille and large print. Because of the lead time necessary to produce Braille materials, we strongly recommend Braille users contact us as soon as possible to insure timely availability of materials.
Procedure for using this service:
- Register as soon as possible for your classes. Take advantage of early registration at EAC!
- Contact the Accommodations Specialist in EAC .
- EAC will order or create audio books and will notify you when they arrive.
Other sources for audio books:
- The EAC High Tech Center Lab has scanning software (Kurzweil 3000) to read books.
- Learning Ally
- Bookshare.org
- Braille Institute Library: (213) 660-3880.
- Clearinghouse for Specialized Media and Technology: (916) 445-5103
Hot Tip: Do not wait until classes start to order your alternate format books. There is sometimes a lengthy turnaround time to acquire or create audio textbooks. Order your books as soon as you register for classes.
Note Taking
Note Taking
If your counselor determines that you require note-taking assistance in your classes, EAC will provide this service. The note taker is usually another student in your class who is willing to provide a copy of his/her lecture notes.
Procedure for using this service:
- Inform EAC staff that you will require lecture notes.
- You will be given a memo to give to your instructor for each class in which you will receive notes. This instructor will read the memo aloud to the class, asking that students who are interested in sharing their notes report to the EAC. The first person to volunteer will be given the memo with your name on it. Please identify yourself to the student after class. (The instructor will not identify you to the class.)
- If you would prefer to name a specific student in your class to provide notes, please discuss it with the student and make the arrangements with EAC before your instructor reads the memo to the class.
- If you feel that the notes are of poor quality, or if the note-taker is frequently absent, please come to the EAC office and the Accommodations Specialist will review the situation. If necessary, arrangements can be made for copies of other notes.
- Note-taking assistance is not a substitute for attending classes! You must attend class in order to get notes!
Testing Accommodations
Testing Accommodations
It is important that your exams, tests and quizzes measure what you have learned and not your disability .If your EAC counselor determines that you require testing accommodations to neutralize the effect of your disability, those services can be arranged through the EAC offices. Some of the accommodations that can be made are:
- Reader (someone who will read aloud the questions on the exam)
- Scribe (someone to write the answers that you dictate onto the exam)
- Spell Checker/dictionary use
- Sign Language interpreter
- Large print materials
- Distraction-free environment
- Word processor/typewriter use
- Extra time to take the exam
Procedure for using this service:
- When you know the date of an upcoming exam, contact the EAC immediately to make an appointment for the same day your exam is given to the rest of the class. You must make the appointment at least two days in advance.
- After your appointment is made, you will be given a testing envelope to give to your instructor. EAC will fill out the top part of the form; your instructor will fill out the bottom part, insert the exam and return the envelope to EAC in time for your appointment.
- Arrive on time for your exam! All exams will be administered by a proctor in the EAC classroom (Mondays through Thursdays, 1. pm to 4 pm; Fridays, 1 pm to 3 pm. Evening exams will be by special arrangement). When you have completed your exam, we will arrange to return it to your instructor.
Hot Tip : Make sure your instructor fills out the envelope before sending it back to EAC. This will save you a lot of anguish. If it's not filled out, EAC will return it to the instructor and you may not have the test waiting for you at the appointed time.