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Services for Students with Disabilities
Books on Tape and CD
Books on CD are available for students who are blind, physically disabled or learning disabled. COCC currently has an institutional membership for Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D) located in Princeton, New Jersey, www.rfbd.org, but you must qualify for these services by first meeting with the Services for Students with Disabilities Coordinator. Students with disabilities wishing to use these services are required by the books on tape providers to furnish written verification of their disability to establish their eligibility.
Many textbook publishing companies also provide electronic versions of textbooks (Etext) with proper documentation of disability. As this is copywrited material, it may be necessary for the student to sign a letter of agreement acknowledging certain restrictions imposed by the publishing company prior to receiving the electronic material. In most cases, the Etext is provided at no charge, with the requirement that a printed copy of the book be purchased in advance.
Although COCC has a responsibility for making available such aids as taped texts, our institutional responsibility for producing taped materials is not primary unless all existing sources have been exhausted. When students are unable to locate a book through the primary resources, COCC will make a reasonable effort to respond to requests when the request is made in a timely manner.
It is important for students who need materials taped, regardless of the source, to be fully involved and responsible for obtaining the necessary services on their own whenever possible, and it is necessary to request tape recordings of textbooks at least two months in advance since it often takes this long to establish eligibility with the Books on Tape providers.
Reader services are ordinarily provided by COCC only when other sources have been exhausted and then for texts and in-class material only. Obtaining readers for out-of-class material, such as for library research, is normally the student’s responsibility. Clients of the Oregon Commission for the Blind will usually be able to get them to provide out-of-class reader services.
In cases where COCC does provide taping services, the student is responsible for providing the SSD office with a copy of the book to be read. The student also needs to provide the SSD office with a course reading list or syllabus so that we may prioritize the order in which we meet taping requests.
If COCC tapes a book, COCC keeps the master tape and will provide the student with one copy free. Second copy replacements will cost the student $8 per tape replaced.
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