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Lincoln University
820 Chestnut St
Jefferson City, MO 65101
http://www.lincolnu.edu/pages/1.asp

Updated April 2006

Name of Disability Support Service Office: Office of Disability Services
Contact: Cynthia L. Washington  washingt@lincolnu.edu
Telephone: 573.681.5162   TTY 573.681.5167   Fax: 573.681.5165

Number of people in Disability Support Service Office:  
2 Full-time and 1 Part-time 

Number of Specialists:
1LD    1 Deaf and HOH    1 Counselor    1Assistive Technology

Type of Institution:
Open admissions, 4-year, public, day, evening, commuter,  residential,

Enrollment During Fall 2003 Semester:
3,400 total student population
175 number of students with disabilities

Other Accessibility Considerations:
Accessible Residence Halls
Accessible Community Housing
Accessible Public Transportation
Barrier Free Campus Terrain

Approximate Number of Students With Disabilities

  • 30 ADD/ADHD

  •   3 Blind

  •   3 Brain Injury

  •   3 Deaf Blind

  • 10 Developmental Disabilities

  •   4 Hard of Hearing

  •  25 Health Impairments

  •  75 Learning Disabilities

  •    2 Low Vision

  •  10 Orthopedic Impairments

  •  10 Psychiatric

  •    5 Speech/Language Disabilities

Accommodations Commonly Provided:

  • Instructor notification

  • Allow for taping of lectures

  • Audio books: institutional membership

  • Course substitutions

  • Interpreters

  • Large print

  • Notetakers: volunteer

  • Readers: for in-class
                  for out-of-class

  • Testing accommodations

Assistive Technology Currently Available:

  • Assistive listening devices

  • Braille capabilities

  • Closed captioning

  • Enlarged screen

  • 4 track tape players

  • Grammar check

  • Scanning capabilities

  • Screen reader

  • Speech recognition

  • Spell check

  • TTY

  • Word prediction software

Other Services:

  • Mentor program

  • Support groups

  • Orientation

  • Career counseling

  • Special academic advising

  • Learning resource labs

  • Tutoring

  • Personal counseling

  • Advocacy training

  • Job placement assistance

  • Employment resources

  • Adaptive technology training

Documentation requirements for disability program:

     Currency of documentation:   3 years  

 

     Other requirements:  

statement of diagnosis

signature of qualified professional

history of disability 

description of current functioning

      Tests accepted for LD documentation:

             WAIS, WJ -Cognitive, WJ- Achievement