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EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
ORIGINATOR: Gladys Loewen

TITLE: Accessibility to College Programs, Courses and Services
for Students with Special Needs.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this policy statement is to ensure equal access
to Douglas College courses, programs and services for students
with specific disabilities. The intent is not to change
or lower course and program standards, but to enable students
with specific disabilities to meet these standards in
alternate ways when that is possible.

POLICY: Douglas College courses, programs and services are
accessible by students with special needs (physically and
sensory impaired; emotionally and mentally handicapped;
learning disabled) within reasonable limits, provided that:

(a) College resources permit.

(b) Admission requirements (including thresholds)
have been met.

(c) Specific course prerequisites have been met,
and

(d) Admission to a course or program does not
present a safety hazard to the student and
others.

IMPLICATIONS:

(a) All areas of the College need to be made physically accessible for
students with physical and sensory impairments, e.g. ramps, parking,
low pressure doors.

(b) Methods of measuring admission requirements, including ways to
measure thresholds, need to be adapted for students with specific
handicapping conditions. Such adaptations will be discussed with
and agreed to by the appropriate department(s), e.g. oral threshold
exam, extended time, interpreter for interview, typed writing
assessment.

(c) Instructional delivery systems may need to be adapted for students

with specific handicapping conditions. Such adaptations will be
discussed with and agreed to by the appropriate departments(s),
e.g. use of outline, blackboard or overhead projector, interpreter,
note-taker, tape recording of lectures. In rare cases, the
Coilege grading system may need to be modified for students with
specific handicapping conditions. Such modifications will be
discussed with and agreed to by the appropriate department(s).

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