Is the Center on Disability responsible for providing students with disabilities with special equipment?
The Center on Disability is responsible for offering reasonable accommodations and classroom accessibility to students with disabilities. For example, a student with a physical disability might need a track ball to manipulate the mouse functions on a computer in class or a student with a visual impairment might need to use a screen reader or screen enlargement program to access a computer in class. The Center on Disability will provide such software or devices to accommodate the student in the classroom. The Center on Disability is not responsible for providing personal mobility/medical devices, such as hearing aids, glasses, wheelchairs, walkers, etc. The Center on Disability also does not provide equipment for use by students in their homes, such as a trackball for a home computer or software for a personal computer. Nevertheless, the Center on Disability can refer students to different agencies to pursue getting personal devices and equipment or borrowing assistive technology.
