The Disability Services Office is committed to providing equal access to programs, services and physical facilities to students with disabilities. Our responsibilities consist of the following services for hearing students and deaf students with additional disabilities:

Approve and coordinate academic and residential accommodations due to a disability

• Testing modifications and text books in alternate format, for example
• Modified housing arrangements

Make referrals to campus service providers

• Student Health Services
• Food Service
• Parking and Transportation
• Housing Operations

We do not coordinate personal services. Students need to make their own arrangements for the following:

• Mobility training
• Personal care assistants
• Personal adaptive equipment such as TTYs or wheelchairs

Service Animals and Hearing dogs
Requests for utilizing a trained and certified "service animal" or "hearing dog" on campus must be directed to the Disability Services Director, who will determine if the use of the dog is a reasonable and appropriate accommodation due to the disability. Requests can be made by submitting the "Request for Accommodations Form". Documentation of disability, the specific need the dog will fulfil, and verification of the dogs training in providing for that needl are required. Since RIT residences are equipped with strobed fire alarms and door bells, a hearing dog is not considered to be required for these functions.

Instructions

To request accommodations due to a disability, please submit a completed Disability Services Request Form and documentation to the RIT Disability Services Office. Refer to the documentation guidelines for additional information.

All Disability Services Request Forms and documentation MUST be sent to the Disability Services Office. Please do not send disability information to other departments within RIT or NTID.

Rochester Institute of Technology
Disability Services Office
28 Lomb Memorial Drive
George Eastman Building , Room 2342
Rochester , New York 14623-5604
(585) 475-7804 voice/tty
(585) 475-6988
(585) 475-2215 fax

Students requesting accommodations in their housing arrangements must submit a completed Disability Services Request Form with documentation to the RIT Disability Services Office AND submit a housing contract to RIT Housing Operations by the following dates:

• June 1 – requests for fall quarter
• October 16 – requests for winter quarter
• January 22 – requests for spring quarter
• April 1 – requests for summer quarter