Eligibility

It is the student's responsibility to identify him or herself as having a documented disability and seek assistance from Disability Support Services (DSS). Bates Technical College recognizes that traditional methods, programs, and services may need to be altered to ensure full accessibility to qualified persons with disabilities.

A qualified student is one who:

Has a physical, mental or sensory impairment that substantially limits one or more of her or his major life activities. Major life activity is defined as the ability to perform functions such as self-care, manual test taking, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, or working, and is either permanent or temporary; Has a record of such an impairment or; Is perceived to have such an impairment, or a student who has an abnormal condition that is medically cognizable or diagnosable.