AT Accommodations for Students with Disabilities in College

Even though there are no IEPs in college, there are still AT accommodations that can help students during classes, testing situations and completing assignments! Under Section 504 and the ADA, colleges must provide (at no cost to the student) reasonable accommodations to make their program accessible to students with disabilities. Below I have listed some accommodations for college students with disabilities:

• Computers (all computer offer a variety of AT services and tools already built in)
• Portable note taker/smart pen to record lectures and sync to notes
• Sign language interpreters
• Assistive listening system
• Word processing application for essay exams
• Use of a calculator
• Text-to-speech software 
• Captioned videos
• Providing handouts in electronic format
• E-text
• Audio books
• Screen magnification applications
• Graphic organizer applications
• Providing a telecommunication device for the deaf (TTY) 

Dell, A., Newton, D., & Petroff, J. (2012). Assistive technology in the classroom. (2nd ed., pp. 3-22). Upper Saddle River: Pearson.