Support for students registered with Disability Services
- Introduction
- Accessing Disability Services
- Equipment available for short-term loan
- Accessible course material
- Support available for lecturers, laboratories, and/or contact courses
- Additional assistance in exams
- Further information
Introduction
Disability Services at Massey University provide a range of services and support for internal and distance students who have health and disability issues that are impacting on their study.
Disability Services strives to provide a flexible and responsive service that is focused on a student’s individual needs. This involves identifying how a health or disability issue is making study more difficult, and how Massey University can accommodate students so they can focus on their chosen course of study.
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Accessing Disability Services
Students can access support by registering with Disability Services. Students can do this when they enrol with Massey University, or at any time during their course of study.
The registration form can be found in the Enrolment pack. It can also be downloaded from the Additional questions page within Online Enrolment, the Personal details page within MyMassey or from the Supplementary forms web page.
Disability Services will initiate phone or email contact with any student who registers.
Disability Services have staff based on Albany, Manawatu and Wellington campuses of Massey University and welcome the opportunity to meet with all students. If you're studying at a distance and are able to come to a campus please come and visit. See the Campus contacts web page for contact information and locations.
Equipment available for short-term loan
Disability Services maintain a pool of equipment that is available for loan to students to help with disability related barriers. Equipment includes dictaphones, portable FM systems, pocketviewers and assistive software programmes for students with disability issues that are impacting on computer access.
Accessible course material
An alternative format service is available to students managing print disabilities who are unable to access the standard print versions of their study material. Please contact us as early as you can if you think you might need alternative formats.
Assistance in lecturers / laboratories / contact courses
This support can take a number of forms depending on a student’s particular needs. Examples of the support available include organising interpreters for a Deaf student or providing notetakers for a student with a specific learning disability
Additional assistance in exams
Support is available for students with disability who require alternative exam arrangements so they are not disadvantaged in their exams. Support can include things like a reader/writer, extra time or special equipment.
To obtain exam assistance students need to complete the Additional assistance with examinations form which is available within the Enrolment pack. It can also be downloaded from the Additional questions page within Online Enrolment, the Personal details page within MyMassey or from the Supplementary forms web page.
Further information
Please contact Disability Services (see the Campus contacts web page for contact information and locations) directly to discuss supports that might be useful and to your specific circumstances, or you could complete a registration form and we will contact you.
