Disability Services
CCC&TI Disability Services provides equal access and comprehensive, quality services to all students with disabilities who experience barriers to academic, personal, and social success. The DS offices on both campuses coordinate accommodations and support services to all qualified students with disabilities so they can be self-sufficient and develop their maximum academic potential.
How to Obtain Services
- Contact Disability Services personnel on the campus where you will be attending classes or where you registered for online classes.
- Provide DS with current documentation of your disability.
- Request services in a reasonable time to allow personnel adequate time to arrange services.
- Visit DS regularly at the beginning of every semester and again during each semester, keeping them informed of your progress or problems.
- Additional procedures and policies are accessible via http://www.cccti.edu/StuServices/DS/index.html.
Contact Information
| Nancy Leonard, Director |
Tuesday Sigmon, Counselor and Coordinator |
| Disability Services |
Disability Services |
| Watauga Campus, Student Services |
Caldwell Campus, F Building, |
| Room 102 |
Room 123 |
| 828-297-3811 Ext. 5239 |
828-726-2716 |
| nleonard@cccti.edu |
tsigmon@cccti.edu |
Student Rights
- Equal access to courses, programs, services, jobs, and activities offered by the college
- Equal opportunity to work, learn, and receive accommodations, academic adjustments and/or auxiliary aids and services
- Confidentiality of information regarding their disability as applicable laws require
- Information available in accessible formats
Student Responsibilities
- Meet qualifications and maintain essential institutional standards for the programs, courses, services, and activities.
- Self-identify disability status in a reasonable and timely manner.
- Provide disability documentation from a qualified professional that reflects the student’s current disability status, and how their disability limits participation in courses, programs, services, and activities.
- Follow published procedures of your college for obtaining academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids and services.
Suggestions for Students
- Some accommodations require extra time to set up, so it is imperative to self-identify and request accommodations as soon as possible.
- Attend classes and follow instructions provided in the class syllabus concerning absences, emergency needs, or other information specific to class.
- Discuss with instructor ahead of time the possibility of any absences.
- Contact other outside agencies for possible eligibility in additional services.
- Arrange for personal attendants if needed, whether paid for by an agency or family (colleges are not required under ADA to provide personal attendants, tutors, or personal items such as hearing aids, prostheses, individually designed and fitted special extensions or wands for computer or other resource operation).
- Students with disabilities should process their own college business transactions such as registration, drop/add, refunds, etc.
- Keep in touch with Disability Services on your campus at the beginning of every semester and anytime during the semester. We want to know how students are doing and how we can help.
- Adhere to the college’s Code of Conduct.
Source: North Carolina Community College System Office Handbook
Confidentiality
Faculty and staff of CCC&TI, including personnel in Disability Services, adhere to all the requirements of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
Applicable Laws
Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of 1972 Education Amendments, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991, Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act of 2009.