The Disability Resource Center is available to students with documented disabilities.  Michele Fountain, Director of the Disability Resource Center, is available to help make your college experience easier by accommodating your needs.  If you are unsure if you have a qualified disability please contact the DRC at 508.2493 or email: mfountain@peace.edu.    

What does the Disability Resource Center provide for students with disabilities?

Accomodation Plans

Disability Services assists students with documented disabilities in writing an accommodations plan every semester and using the accommodations to gain equal access in academics, campus activities, and residential life.

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Individual Consultations

Individual Consultations with Disability Services Staff provide students with guidance on self-advocacy skills, study skills, learning strategies, organizational methods, assistive technology, stress management/relaxation techniques.

Assistive Technology

• The Kurzweil Reader

The Kurzweil software allows students to scan written text into the computer and have it read back to them. The software has study skills capabilities. It can also read text in other languages, including Spanish and French. Students that are deemed eligible according to disability documentation and who want to use the reader must make an appointment with the Director of the Disability Resource Center to become oriented to the machine.

• Audio Books through Recordings for the Blind & Dyslexic

Students who wish to have their text books in audio form from RFB&D must have a documented print disability, such as a learning disability, visual impairment or other physical disability that would warrant the use of audio books as certified by a qualified professional. These audio books are played on specific hardware devices or a computer using specialized software. We will assist you in anyway possible to access this resource through our membership, but you must plan ahead. From application to actual possession of audio books can take up to 60 days and therefore needs to be begun prior to the beginning of a semester.
http://www.rfbd.org/

• E-texts from Bookshare.org

Bookshare.org is an online library of accessible digital texts which can be read using computer software with synthesized speech, converted and played on an MP3 player, or read through a Braille format. Students who wish to get texts through Bookshare must have a documented print disability, such as a learning disability, visual impairment or other physical disability that would warrant the use of alternate texts as certified by a qualified professional. Students may wish to get a free individual membership or order books through the DRC via our institutional membership. We will assist you in anyway possible to access this resource through our membership, but you must plan ahead. From application to actual possession of texts can take up to 60 days and therefore the process needs to begin prior to the beginning of a semester.
http://www.bookshare.org/

Lending Library

The lending library allows students to borrow self-help books on varying disabilities, college success, and life skills.

Referrals for on- and off- campus resources

Disability Services can recommend students to on-campus resources available to all Peace College students such as the Counseling Center and the Learning Center. Also available are resource lists for organizations, websites, and community service providers.

Workshops and Programs

Disability Services presents information in a variety of topics to help students succeed in college. Past programs have featured content about relaxation, stress management, test anxiety, and time management.

Testing Room

The testing room permits students eligible for the separate test setting accommodation to take tests in the center rather than arrange a site through their professor. Students must follow the procedures in scheduling tests with the DRC. In order to maintain the integrity of testing procedures and the Peace College Honor code, all testing sessions are monitored and recorded by CCTV cameras.

Peer Mentoring for Incoming Students

Peer Mentoring offers incoming students an opportunity to be paired with a returning student who is also registered with the DRC. The program aims to assist and support students in coping to college life through coaching and regular contact.