Disabled Persons Assistance
Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities
The Office of Disability Services provides accessible programs, services, activities, and reasonable accommodations for students with a disability as defined by section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and 2008. Services are available to ensure that individuals with disabilities have an equal opportunity to pursue education, employment, or other campus programs, activities, or services.
The Office of Disability Services offers self-identified students with permanent or temporary disabilities assistance with registration, accessibility, transportation, parking, housing, counseling, note taking, recorded textbooks, advocacy, test proctoring, referral services, and other needs. Disability Services promotes disability awareness programs for departmental faculty and staff, as well as the Georgia Tech community.
Students and prospective students who wish to learn more about accommodations for students with disabilities should contact:
Office of Disability Services
Suite 221 Smithgall
Student Services Building
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0285
call 404.894.2563 (voice) or 404.894.1664 (TTY)
visit http://disabilityservices.gatech.edu
email dsinfo@gatech.edu
Faculty, staff, and visitors should contact:
Disability Services in the Office of Human Resources
404.894.3344 (voice) or 404.894.9411 (TDD)
Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
Reasonable accommodations are provided to self-identified students with disabilities who meet the academic and technical standards requisite to admission or participation in the program of study.
Consideration may be given to the substitution or modification of certain course requirements as long as such changes do not detract from the quality of the educational experience and the changes remain within the accreditation criteria for the degree program. Such substitutions or modifications must be approved by the school chair, department head, or college dean, and the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee and/or the Graduate Committee.