Disability Services: Alternate Format Materials
Fitchburg State College Disability Services
Policies & Procedures for Alternate
Format Materials
Fitchburg State College offers support in obtaining alternate format
materials for eligible students with disabilities.
Eligible students that elect to use this service must adhere to
a basic set of guidelines, which have been established by the college
to assure timely and equitable provision of alternate format materials.
To be eligible for alternate format materials,
students must:
- Be enrolled for the semester and the particular course(s) that
they are requesting materials for.
- Provide the director with appropriate documentation of the disability
that prevents use of standard instructional material.
- Purchase instructional materials at the same cost as other students.
- Not copy or reproduce alternatively formatted instructional
materials nor allow anyone else to do so pursuant to the requirements
of the copyright revision act of 1976 as amended (17 U.S.C. §
1 01 et seq.).
- Not share alternatively formatted materials with any other party.
- Understand that any violation of this agreement may be considered
a violation of Fitchburg State College's Student Code of Conduct
and may result in penalties including suspension and expulsion.
Violations may also constitute a violation of federal and/or state
laws and may result in civil or criminal prosecution, payment
of fines or other moneys to the copyright holder, and/or incarceration.
In turn, you can expect the following
from Disability Services:
- Disability Services will determine if you qualify as having
a print disability and are eligible for alternate formats of copyrighted
materials.
- Disability Services will provide access to the requested e-text
when it is available and will assist with converting materials
if they are unavailable electronically (e.g. through RFB&D,
Bookshare.org, or the publisher). Alternate format materials will
be produced in-house in accordance with college policies and procedures
and standard copyright law. For details, please review the disability
services handbook.
- Disability Services will confirm with you when a request for
alternate material conversion has been received and processed
and will contact the student when materials are ready to be picked
up.
Additional Notes:
Materials must be presented for conversion with a reasonable turn-around
time frame allowed. In determining what omprises a "reasonable time
frame", the college will include the following factors:
(1) Disability Priority Code (see below) (2) Date Materials
Submitted (in accordance with copyright legal requirements)
(3) Date Materials Needed
Disability Priority Codes and ate submitted will be used as the
primary factors in establishing equitable access to print materials.
Disability Priority Codes:
(1) Blindness, language based learning disability , significant
low vision
(2) Mild language-based learning disability, mild low vision, visual
processing disorder
(3) Attentional disorders, emotional disorders, other "mild" disability
categories
Alternate Format Materials Instructions Word
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Alternate Format Materials Contract Form Word
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Alternate Format Material Request Form Word
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