Services for Students with Disabilities
Increasing numbers of students with documented disabilities are enrolling at Purdue University
Calumet, where all classroom buildings are accessible by wheelchair and equipped with
power doors. The Student Support Services Program at Purdue University Calumet has a variety of services
to meet special needs of students with disabilities.
Who Qualifies?
Students with a documented physical, learning or emotional disability are eligible
for appropriate accommodations once
they provide the Student Support Services office with acceptable disability documentation.
How Much Does it Cost?
All services are provided at no cost to the student. The Student Support
Services Program is funded in part by the United States Department of Education.
Services Available
After review of documentation and personal
interview:
- Individualized campus orientation
- Readers, notetakers, scribes
- Coordination of classroom accommodations
- Coordination of testing accommodations
- Alternative format of text
- Tutoring
- Counseling
- Referral to community organizations
How Do I Apply?
Visit or contact:
Student Support Services
Student Union & Library Building, Room 343
Purdue University Calumet
Hammond, IN 46323
Telephone...............219/989-2455
TDD.......................219/989-2454
Toll Free...............1-800 HI PURDUE x.2455
Adaptive Technology:
- Voice-input computers
- Voice-output computers
- Auditory Trainer
used to amplify instructor's voice
TDDs at different locations on campus
- Reading machine in the Library
- Talking Spanish Dictionary
- Braille labeled keyboards
- CCTV: Closed Circuit Television
- Dragon Naturally Speaking: speech recognition, voice input
- Four-track tape players
- Franklin Speaking Dictionary
- Height adjustable tables
- JAWS: screen reader
- Kurzweil 1000: text reader
- Kurzweil 3000: multisensory reader-visual and auditory feedback
- Enlarged 21" screen monitors
- Magic: screen enhancer
- Sharp voice synthesized calculator
- Tactile Image Enhancer
- Windows 98 and above accessibility options
- Zoom Text: screen enhancer
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