Reasonable Accommodations
Post-secondary reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the academic and college environment to remove barriers and create equal access for students with a disability. Reasonable accommodations provide equitable access to programs or facilities and do not fundamentally alter the essential nature of a course or academic program. Accommodations can be requested using AIM.
Each student and disability are different; accommodations are determined and approved through an interactive process that includes documentation review and a student meeting with the SDS coordinator at their respective Hopkins school. Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:
Course Accommodations
- Peer note-taker
- Access to class PowerPoint slides, and handouts
- Closed-captioned videos
- Occasional exception to absentee/tardiness policy
- Extended time on assignments
- Interpreting Services
- Books in audio format, Braille, E-Text, change in font size
Testing Accommodations
- Extended Time
- Reduced Distractions Space
- Use of assistive technology, i.e., Kurzweil, JAWS, calculator
Assistive Technology
- Livescribe Smart Pen
- Glean
- digital recorder
- JAWS
- Kurzweil 1000, Kurzweil 3000
- Dragon Naturally Speaking
- ZoomText
- FM System
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
- Sign Language Interpreter
- FM system
- Closed Captions
- Transcription Services
- Materials in Alternative Format
- Priority registration
 Blind and Low Vision Services
- Braille
- Text to Speech Assistive Technology
- JAWS
Additional Accommodations and Services
- Priority registration
- Housing accommodations
- Dining accommodations
- Reduced course load
- Transportation/parking accommodations