DISABILITY SERVICES
OFFICE (DSO)
Access
to Abilities - Equal Access
Means Equal Opportunities
Overview of Services
Disability Services Office (D.S.O.)
Overview
The
Disability Services Office is
responsible for the
coordination of disability
support services on campus.
The D.S.O. will
advocate for students with
disabilities on any on-campus
issue, to ensure that they
have complete and equal access
to all the programs and
services offered by Framingham
State College (FSC).
For academic
assistance, the D.S.O. works
in conjunction with the Center
for Academic Support and
Advising (CASA) which provides
academic support services for
students with disabilities.
The D.S.O. slogan is Access
to Abilities- Equal Access
Means Equal Opportunities.
We believe that
students with disabilities,
given the appropriate support
services, can achieve and
succeed in all that Framingham
State College has to offer,
both academically and
socially.
Services
Provided
Interpreters
Deaf
or hard of hearing students
who need interpreters, or have
their own interpreters, can
contact the D.S.O. which will
arrange for payment of these
services.
C-Print
Captionists
A
C-Print Captionist learns to
summarize what is occurring in
the classroom (the
instructors' lecture, the
student discussions, etc.) as
it is happening.
The students are able
to see what the captionist
types, either on a laptop
computer if there are only one
or two deaf students in the
class) or on a large TV
monitor (if there are several
deaf students in the class).
The summary that is
created is a regular computer
file that can be edited and
printed for distribution to
the students within a few
hours after the class ends.
Note
Takers
The
D.S.O. has a procedure for
providing note takers upon
request.
Note takers are paid
minimum wage per hour for each
class.
Recording
of Textbooks/ College
Publications
Students
who are blind or have print
disabilities, and need their
class textbooks recorded,
should contact the D.S.O.
The D.S.O. will assist
students in obtaining recorded
books from Recordings for the
Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D).
If the books are not
available from the RFB&D,
the D.S.O. will provided
recorded textbooks for
students. Upon request, the
D.S.O. will provide tape and
Braille copies of any college
publications such as: Access
to Abilities- a newsletter and
a brochure put out by the
D.S.O.
MetroWest
Radio Reading Service (M.R.R.S.)
The
D.S.O. also provides the
MetroWest Radio Reading
Service (M.R.R.S.) through the
FSC student radio station,
WDJM 91.3 FM.
This service, for the
blind, visually impaired, and
persons with disabilities is
an affiliate of the Talking
Information Center (TIC).
The TIC network
provides 24 hours a day, 7
days a week of statewide
programming, reading
newspapers such as, The Boston
Globe, The Herald, books etc.
as well as many other
programs.
The MRRS provides the
reading of local newspapers
such as, The MetroWest Daily
News, The Tab, The Natick
Bulletin and other community
newspapers as well as college
publications such as The
Gatepost.
Please call the D.S.O.
for more information, or if
interested in volunteering or
obtaining a receiver.
Information
& Referral
In
addition to providing
information about on-campus
services for students with
disabilities, the D.S.O. has a
Resource Room, which provides
information on many helpful
services, and resources
available off campus.
For
more information, or if you
have any questions or comments
about these programs and
services offered by the
Disability Services Office,
please call us at (508)
626-4627 (V/TTY). Drop-in hours are Monday through Friday, 1:30 p.m. to 4:00
p.m., or make an appointment
to visit us in the D. Justin
McCarthy College Center, Room
510C.
D.S.O.
Staff
Dennis
Polselli
Director Disability Services
Office & MetroWest Radio
Reading Service (M.R.R.S.)
Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) Coordinator
Christine
A. Goodreau
Hard of Hearing Specialist
& Reader Assistant
Cheryl
Freier
Assistant Coordinator,
Disability Services
Assistant Director, M.R.R.S.
Phyllis
Shelburne
Administrative Assistant &
Reader Assistant
Office
Hours
Monday-Thursday
9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Friday
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Student
Hours
Monday-Thursday
1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
How
and where to reach the
Disability Services Office
Framingham
State College
D. Justin McCarthy
College Center, Room 510C
Tel.:
(508) 626-4627 (V/TTY)
Fax:
(508) 626-4638
E-mail:
dennisp@frc.mass.edu
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