What OSWD Staff Can Do For Students

OSWD staff can help students in all of the following:

• Review disability, health, or psychological assessments to determine appropriate academic adjustments
• Assist students in determining which adjustments they need to access Gallaudet programs
• Help students learn to use academic adjustments successfully
• Support the implementation of academic adjustments by communicating with faculty and by arranging such services as interpreters, testing space, and Alternative-Print textbooks
• Provide accessibility orientations to campus for new students
• Act as professional coaches to help students reach their goals
• Help students devise academic strategies that focus on their strengths
• Support students in their growth in self-advocacy skills and disability management
• Work to remove campus barriers in communication, attitudes, policies, and physical access