Lamar State College-Orange offers a variety of support services to enable students with disabilities and/or special needs to participate in the full range of college experiences. Students requesting academic adjustments and/or accommodations must document their requests for services in the Disability Support Services Office in the Advising and Counseling Center.

Services are arranged to fit students' individual needs and may include individualized test administration; registration assistance; resource referral; sign language interpreters; note takers; tutors; mobility assistance; readers/audio tapes; and the loan of specialized equipment such as wheelchairs, tape recorders, closed captioned decoders, large print materials and access to a TDD.

When necessary, the counselor for students with disabilities acts as a liaison among students and faculty, administrators, and outside agencies.

The Disability Support Services Office works closely with the Texas Rehabilitation Commission and the Texas Commission for the Blind. Visually impaired students are eligible for assistance, including mobility training, professional counseling, placement service, tuition assistance, and reader services from the commission. The commission also maintains special equipment for its clients. For more information call or write: Commission for the Blind, 3315 Fannin, Suite 105, Beaumont, Texas 77701, at (409) 838-5201.

The Texas Rehabilitation Commission provides a variety of services that enable disabled persons opportunities to enter into or return to gainful employment. Assistance with tuition and fees--in addition to diagnostic evaluation, vocational counseling, and physical restoration--may be provided. For more information, call or write: Texas Rehabilitation Commission, 5550 Eastex Freeway, Suite D, Beaumont, Texas 77708-5300, at (409) 898-3988.