Services for Students with Disabilities
HCC is committed to providing an accessible education and supportive learning environment for all students. A student with disabilities who is enrolled in credit classes should schedule an appointment with a counselor in the disability support services (DSS) office. The student must provide appropriate documentation of the disability to this office. The counselor will create an accommodations contract and the student and the counselor will agree upon appropriate academic accommodations and both will sign this form. As a result of this, accommodation memos will be produced for each of the student's instructors. The student will pick up these memos on the first day of class and will deliver these to the instructors. No accommodations will be granted unless the student delivers these memos to the instructors. All information provided will be kept confidential and will be used to determine appropriate and reasonable academic accommodations. Due to the difficulty of scheduling qualified sign language interpreters, it is highly recommended that students in both credit and non-credit classes needing interpreters work closely with the interpreter coordinator and complete early registration to give the college greater time to find an appropriate sign language interpreter. To request sign language interpreting services, please send an e-mail to hccinterpretingservices@howardcc.edu, call 443-539-8186 on the videophone or call (voice only) 443-518-3348. Interpreters are also available for college activities.
Services provided to students with documented disabilities include: advocacy, interpreters, notetaking assistance, test-taking accommodations, counseling, academic advising, and assistive technology. For further information regarding scheduling services, assistive technology, course substitutions, personal care attendants, service animals, the grievance process, or other concerns related to students with disabilities, please contact the DSS office at 443-518-1300 disabilitysupport@howardcc.edu, or in person in room RCF-302.
A non credit student with disabilities who requires accommodations must e-mail the division of continuing education and workforce development at
continuingeducation@howardcc.edu in a timely fashion, preferably at least two weeks before the first class begins, so that suitable assistance may be provided in a timely fashion. All information is kept confidential.