Welcome | Office of Disability Services (ODS)
MISSION STATEMENT
The Office of Disability Services at Fordham University helps to ensure equal educational access and opportunity for all members of our community. In the Jesuit tradition of cura personalis, members of the ODS staff work individually with each student to understand his or her strengths and limitations in order to develop their most effective and comprehensive accommodation plan.
In addition to working in a direct service capacity with our students, the Office of Disability Services also collaborates with administrators, faculty, and staff to ensure that the facilitation of reasonable and appropriate accommodations for students with documented disabilities is provided. As a University, Fordham will offer reasonable and appropriate auxiliary aids and services to assist otherwise qualified persons in achieving access to its programs, services, and facilities once documentation is submitted to ODS and an intake appointment is conducted to develop an accommodation plan directly with the student in accordance with Section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
We believe that our policies and mission carry out the intent of Section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act, which states:
"No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States, as defined in section 7(20), shall solely by reason of his or her disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
Please contact us for documentation guidelines according to type of disability.
EVENTS | SPRING
Our Transition Year Program for incoming freshmen with disabilities will continue during Spring 2013! There is limited space still available for additional freshmen in Spring 2013, so if you are interested in signing up please contact Carolyn Mooney at mooney@fordham.edu as soon as possible.
Stay tuned for information on Disability Awareness Events to be scheduled during Spring 2013!
OFFICE HOURS | spring
Rose Hill: Monday - Friday: 9am-5pm
Lincoln Center: Monday: 2:30 - 5:30pM; Tuesday: 12:30 - 5:30PM; Wednesday: 8:30am - 4:30pm; Thursday: 9:00am - 5:oopm; Friday: 9:00am - 12:00PM*
Proctoring appointments for Test Proctoring can be arranged at LC at other times by turning in your test proctoring form 10 days ahead of time to allow ODS time to hire proctors. If no proctors are available for time requested, ods will discuss alternate options with each student regarding accommodations for exams.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES | SPRING
Intakes/Registration as a student with ODS: In order set up academic accommodations for use on final exams for the Spring 2013 semester, students must be registered with ODS by submitting current documentation and having their intake appointment completed no later than April 12, 2013. If you miss this deadline we can conduct your intake after May 20, 2013 to provide academic accommodations for next semester. Please contact us to arrange your intake and to ask any questions about necessary documentation.
Accommodation Request Forms: All accommodation request forms for letters for the Spring 2013 semester must be submitted by December 7, 2012. New students who register after this date will be able to submit forms prior to the start of the Spring 2013 semester. In order to have ample time to write students' accommodation letters, hire note-takers, and prepare for alternative text requests ODS needs accommodation letter requests to be submitted when students are registering for classes. If you are a student using a wheel chair who is planning on taking a class at either the LC or RH campus and need ram van transportation for class, you should have contacted us by December 20, 2012 so we can arrange this with Ram Van for next semester. As always if you make any changes to your class schedule, please notify our office to request a new letter when that change is made.
Test Proctoring Forms: In order to take a test with ODS, you must fill out a test proctoring form with your professor and submit it to ODS 7-10 days before a normal test or quiz and 2 weeks before midterms and finals. We routinely send reminders regarding this policy before midterms and finals. We will accommodate you on shorter notice as space allows. We've seen a significant increase in the number of tests being proctored at ODS, so in order to ensure we have space for you to test with our office we need you to submit your forms in a timely manner. To find proctors at our LC office outside of our business hours test proctoring forms must be turned in 10 days prior to the exam.
Thank you!
ONGOING PROGRAMS | spring
Students at Fordham University who are registered with the Office of Disability Services who struggle with time-management and/or organization are invited to contact Disability Services to set up an appointment for one-on-one academic coaching sessions with either Carolyn Mooney or Faith McBride-Byrne. These sessions are typically scheduled once a week and last for 45 minutes, but we are happy to assist you on an as-needed basis as well. Please contact disabilityservices@fordham.edu for more information.
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