Accommodations

Mission Statement:
The Office of Disability Services exists to create equal opportunities for students, faculty and staff with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations, and also to assist Bethel in being a community that welcomes people of all abilities.

What are reasonable accommodations?
Reasonable accommodations are adjustments to learning, testing, working or living environments to remove disability-related barriers that impair functioning in those situations. Accommodations tailored to the specific manifestations of a student or employee's disability allow that person equal access to information, facilities, programs, and ways to demonstrate knowledge, skills and job proficiency. Reasonable accommodations may not compromise or fundamentally alter the essential requirements or objectives of a course, program or work assignment.

Obtaining accommodations:
What is the general process one follows to obtain accommodations?
Examples of classroom accommodations
What are some of the commonly used accommodations?
Examples of testing accommodations
What are some of the accommodations used in testing situations?
About text conversion:
Some accommodations involving text conversion: books on tape, note takers, sign language interpreters.

_{It is the official policy and commitment of Bethel College not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, sex, or disability in its educational programs, admissions or employment practices.}