We support students with a variety of conditions:  Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Blind or Visually impaired Learning, Mobility, or Physical Disability Chronic Health, Neurological, or Mental Health Condition Injured students who are returning to school for retraining  The SSD staff works with each student individually to determine reasonable accommodations.

Services for Students With Disabilities offered at Edmonds College Main Campus

The SSD staff works with each student individually to determine reasonable accommodations.  Video Phone (Deaf and HoH Only) contact 425-354-3113.

Programs that provide textbook reading services for students who are blind or who have visual impairments.

Reader Services

Programs that provide note taking services for students with disabilities who are unable to make their own record of lecture material.

Note Taking Services

Programs that provide individualized or small group instruction for people who need assistance in learning one or more components of a prescribed curriculum. Tutoring usually supplements a regular school program and may be provided at school, in the person's home or at a community agency site.

Subject Tutoring

Programs that offer the services of people who are proficient in sign language, one of a variety of communication systems in which hand and body movements represent words, ideas, objects, actions and other concepts, to help people who are deaf or have hearing impairments and hearing individuals communicate with one another. Included are programs for individuals who are proficient in American Sign Language (ASL), Quebec Sign Language (LSQ) as well as those who use systems like Signed Exact English (SEE), Conceptually Accurate Signed English (CASE) which involve manually coded English, signed French which involve manually coded French, cued speech in which words spoken by lips are supplemented by cues which aid speech reading, and oral transliteration in which words spoken by an individual are silently mouthed to the deaf person accompanied by appropriate facial expressions and gestures to facilitate conveyance of the information. Sign language interpreters interpret in two ways: voice-to-sign and sign-to-voice. Voice-to-sign means the interpreter is signing to the deaf person what the speaker is saying. Sign-to-voice means the interpreter is voicing to the hearing person what the deaf person is signing. Some individuals want an interpreter who can perform both roles. Others prefer to speak for themselves and limit the interpreter's role to signing to them.

Sign Language Interpretation

Programs that assist students in selecting a course of studies that is suited to their abilities, interests, future plans and general circumstances.

Academic Counseling

Programs that provide reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities who require help in reading or writing responses to test items, access to taped examinations, an accessible location or a quiet, distraction-free environment for taking their examinations, extra time to complete their examinations or other modifications in the testing situation.

Testing Accommodations

Programs that provide information and guidance for people who need to evaluate their aptitude, abilities and interests in order to choose a vocation or career and select the type of training that will enable them to obtain and progress in positions in the public or private sector that are productive and fulfilling.