Our staff is committed to providing members of the University community with the finest educational opportunities and the most appropriate accommodations available for people with disabilities.
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Josh Pearson, Assistive Technology Lab
The Disability Services team is such a welcoming and diverse group of people. I am extremely fortunate to have utilized their department's accommodations as soon as I entered into UMass as an undergraduate student. The staff are compassionate, caring and it is obvious they love their work. I am truly grateful to have been welcomed as an employee in various positions over the years and feel that my voice and perspective as a disabled student and employee on campus are not only heard, but valued.
This department definitely knows their stuff, and do everything they can to provide a supportive environment for both new students/employees and long-time consumers.
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Are you a good note taker? We need your help!
Disability Services is in need of student note takers in many courses. If you are an excellent note taker, please consider serving as the note taker for your class. You may earn 1 P/F practicum credit or 45 hours of community service for your efforts. You must be selected, but please send us your name, student ID#, and the course info (ex: HIST 100, Section 8) via your UMass email to notes@admin.umass.edu to let us know you are interested. If we have already filled that position we will consider your other academic courses in which we may have a need. Once you are confirmed as the note taker for the class, you will be instructed on how to upload notes to our Clockwork system for eligible students to download. Depending upon the needs of the student in the class, there may be specifications listed, such as typed notes only. Notes are to be uploaded to Clockwork as soon as possible following the class and within 24 hours of the class session.
