Disability Support Services and Accommodation
www.BatesTech.edu/DSS
The primary focus of Disability Support Services (DSS) is to ensure nondiscrimination based on disability.
Students have the right to services and reasonable accommodations providing you meet the basic requirements to perform the activities of the program, that is, you are "otherwise qualified" to be an Bates student. Your responsibilities to receive accommodations include the following:
- Identify yourself as a student with a documented disability to the Disability Support Services Office
- Present formal written documentation of your disability
- Request reasonable accommodations
- Request services prior for every quarter you're enrolled (accommodations aren’t retroactive to previous work)
- Meet and maintain academic standards
- Communicate with your instructors and DSS staff about your accommodations and needs