Quick Links

• Disability Services Handbook Including Policies and Procedures (main handbook for Roane State students, faculty, and staff)
• Staff
• Accessibility and eTextbooks
• Screen Readers and Text-to-Speech Synthesizers
• Install Guide:  Balabolka Text-to-Speech Program
• Install Guide:  DSpeech Text-to-Speech Program
• Install Guide:   NVDA Screen Reader.  Persons with visual impairments may find NVDA helpful.

NOTE:  Install Guides created by Center for Teaching Arts & Technology (CTAT).  If you have questions or need further assistance with screen readers or text-to speech programs, please contact Nichole White, CTAT Computer/AV Technician, at (865) 354-3000 ext. 4717 or whitenm@roanestate.edu.

• Supplemental Faculty Guide
• Counseling Services
• Career Services

What We Do

Disability Services is responsible for coordinating reasonable accommodations for students in compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the American Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 (as amended in 2008). Any student who has a disability that would like to request reasonable accommodations must contact Counseling, Career, and Disability Services to self-identify and to provide appropriate documentation of the disability from a qualified professional. Participation in disability services is on a voluntary basis, and accommodations are coordinated on a case-by-case basis through the Counseling, Career, and Disability Services staff.

In general, a reasonable accommodation is a change or alteration in the educational environment or in the way things are customarily done that enables a qualified student with a disability to enjoy equal access.  However, accommodations do not guarantee success.  A reasonable accommodation must not fundamentally alter the program, service, activity, or academic requirements. Students receiving accommodations must meet all admissions, attendance, academic, clinical, and program requirements, and will be expected to show competency in the course material/skills. Please note that personal assistant services are not considered reasonable and are not provided by the college. Accommodations are not retroactive, and they do not roll from semester to semester. Students are required to schedule an appointment for accommodations with a Counselor each semeser before classes begin.

How To Contact Us

Roane State has two full-service Counseling, Career, and Disability Service offices. You may contact the Roane County staff in Dunbar-100 at (865) 882-4546. The Oak Ridge staff in B-102 may be contacted at (865) 481-2003. Services are provided by appointment at other campus locations.