Notetaker responsibilities are explained and notetakers are educated in disability awareness. DS is available to support and problem solve with both students and notetakers throughout the term to ensure an efficient and cooperative accommodation. Student uses priority registration to finalize her or his schedule in time to allow for accommodations. Student requests that a letter notifying instructors of her disability be sent to faculty members. This letter explains that a student with a disability is enrolled and briefly outlines appropriate accommodations.
Student meets with faculty member to secure a list of required readings for the class.
If a formal syllabus is not yet available, a list of readings for the first two weeks of class is extremely helpful. If at all possible, books will be read or scanned in their entirety. If copyright permission is in the process of being secured, the articles can be given to the student to be read onto tape or scanned on computer disk and held until final approval is granted. Student checks with Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic to see if prerecorded versions of texts are available. If not, the student delivers the texts and syllabus to the DS Reading Coordinator to be recorded by student readers, or scanned into electronic format.