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Rebecca Anderson Fly
Coordinator of Disability Services
900 Chicon Street
Austin, TX 78702
512.505.3149
rafly@htu.edu
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
A multitude of students at HT are inspirations to all who know them. They have overcome many obstacles to be successful students and will continue to be successful after they graduate. Their stories will inspire the entire HT community to be the best we can be despite the difficulties we face. The Office of Disability Services will be spotlighting one student with their story and picture on a regular basis. This month the spotlight is on Ms. Joan McCowin. You will not want to miss her amazing story. Her presence on our campus is truly a blessing.
My name is Joan McCowin and I am a Junior majoring in the Teacher Education program here at Huston-Tillotson University. I was born in Omaha, Nebraska in1952. I become deaf at age of three due to a high fever. My education started off as I attended the Variety Children's Hearing School from fall of 1956 to June 1957 and continued at The Omaha Hearing School for Children. This school had been started in a small apartment that was above a garage back in 1952. Eight pioneer Educators for the Deaf were responsible for developing an alternative in education in an area that would drive deaf and hard of hearing children in learning through oral communication skills (reading lips vs signing). In the fall of 1957, I enrolled in the Nebraska School for the Deaf (NSD) in Omaha, Nebraska. It was there that I learned sign language at the young age of five years old and I attended NSD until I graduated in 1972.
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Office of Disability Services
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The Office of Disability Services, a division of Student Affairs and Campus Support Programs, is committed to providing an equal educational opportunity for all qualified students with disabilities. The Office of Disability Services is responsible for initiating and coordinating services for students with disabilities at Huston-Tillotson University.
In order to establish eligibility for services, the Office of Disability Services may require documentation that both verifies the existence of disability and provides a rationale for reasonable accommodations. Individuals seeking accommodations from ODS are required to provide diagnostic documentation from a licensed clinical professional familiar with the history and functional limitations of the student’s impairments.
All documentation must adequately verify the nature and extent of the disability in accordance with current professional standards, techniques and practices. Also, the documentation must be submitted on the official letterhead of the professional. The report should be typed, dated, signed and include the professional credentials of the evaluator including information regarding licensure or certification.
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