Students with Disabilities
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Get StartedIn recognition of the talents and needs of students with disabilities and chronic health issues, the Office of Educational Accessibility provides an array of accessibility services designed to enhance your educational experience.
TCC’s Office of Educational Accessibility arranges appropriate accommodations in accordance with Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amended Act of 1990. All documentation is confidential and is not considered a part of the academic transcript.
Accessibility services offered
Specific services provided to students with documentation of a disability or chronic medical condition may include:
- Testing accommodations
- Academic accommodations
- Assistive Technology
- Discounted HRT para-transit passes
- Interpreter services
- Electronic textbooks
- Workforce Recruitment Program
How to request accommodations
Counselors on every campus can provide services for students with medical, psychological & learning disabilities. It’s the student’s responsibility to make the college aware of a disability and need for accommodation.
How to request disability accommodations
Accommodations are not retroactive and cannot be used by instructors to adjust grades prior to receipt of the accommodation form. Accommodations cannot be provided by instructors without an Accommodation Form signed by the student and the educational accessibility counselor.
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Office Hours:
Monday and Tuesday: 8:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday – Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
College-Wide Coordinator Office of Educational Accessibility
Beth Callahan
Email: bcallahan@tcc.edu
757-822-7751
CHESAPEAKE
Elisabeth Jakubowski
George B. Pass Building, Room 141
1428 Cedar Road
Chesapeake, VA 23322
Email: ejakubowski@tcc.edu
757-822-5127
Fax: 757-822-5134
NORFOLK
Tiffanny Putman
Martin Building, Room 2518
300 Granby St.
Norfolk, VA 23510
Email: tputman@tcc.edu
757-822-1226
Fax: 757-822-1229
PORTSMOUTH
Gabrielle Pennington
Building A, Room 142
120 Campus Drive
Portsmouth, VA 23701
Email: gpennington@tcc.edu
757-822-2640
Fax: 757-822-2910
VIRGINIA BEACH
Vacant
Bayside Building, Room B207
1700 College Crescent
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
Email: oea@tcc.edu
757-822-7751
Fax: 757-822-7346