The Disability Services Program is conducted by the Disability Services team with the cooperation of the whole GUST family.

The Disability Services Program has been developed to provide accommodations to students with documented medical reports. The goal of providing accommodation to students is to encourage their continued growth, progress, and academic performance at GUST.

Accommodations for students with disabilities include, but are not limited to: note-taking assistance, tutoring, extra time for exams, as well as the possibility to receive proctoring services at the One Stop Student Services Center.

Students are responsible for requesting the needed accommodations through the OSC during the admissions process.

Disability Accomodations Guidelines

GUST empowers students with disabilities to realize their academic and personal potential through offering equal access to university programs. Services include coordinating reasonable accommodations and other support services for eligible students.

Reasonable accommodations are adjusted for students with disabilities which will provide equal access to GUST programs. Accommodation plans and services are customized to match the disability-related needs of each student and are determined according to documentation and the student’s program requirements.

Registration for these accommodations includes submission of the Disability Accommodation Request Form, which should be given after meeting the Disability Services team as well as submitting appropriate disability documentation.

Disability Documentation

• Students requesting reasonable accommodations must submit documentation no older than 5 years
• Documentation must be issued by a medical or other qualified, licensed professional.
• Documents must be printed on official letterhead, dated, and signed by the licensed professional. GUST reserves the right to require that a certified copy of the report be transmitted directly from the licensed professional to the university.
• Comprehensive documentations include a psycho-educational evaluation, diagnostic interview, and clinical summary

Document Should Also Include:

• The student’s history of receiving reasonable accommodations and academic adjustments, if such history exists.
• Specific recommendations for accommodations as well as an explanation as to why each is recommended as necessary
• Use of the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho educational Battery III-Tests of Cognitive Ability (Standard Battery-subtests 1-10) or subtests from the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale III (WAIS-III) are preferred.

Accomodations

Proctoring Exams: This is usually arranged by faculty and done at the One Stop Student Services Center. The exam/quiz is proctored at the OSC in the presence of one of the Disability Service team.

Extended time during exams and/or Quizzes: This is usually arranged by faculty and done at the One Stop Student Services Center. An alternative is to have the student take the exam/quiz in the faculty member’s office.

Orally Administered Exams: The student has the option of hearing the questions spoken and to orally provide his responses or to record their answers via a tape recorder. If the student would like to use a tape recorder, this specific accommodation needs to be confirmed, and the student must provide the tape recorder to use during the test.

Note-Taking Services: If this is requested by the student, a note taker will be hired to assist student in class.

Use of a tape recorder during class:The student should confirm this specific accommodation, and provide a tape recorder for class use.