Many Michigan colleges adequately accomodate students with disabilities.
Colleges in Michigan are required by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to provide services for students who have disabilities so as not to discriminate against students with needs. Many state colleges in Michigan provide additional services to make sure students with disabilities are adequately accommodated.
University of Michigan
Located in Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The university has a disability services program that assists students with physical, mental and learning disabilities. The school offers various funding programs for students with disabilities, including the Adam Miller fund to help students with disabilities participate in extracurricular programs, such as personal development programs and community outreach. Some students with disabilities will be able to take fewer classes than the minimum required by the school for full-time status and still retain their financial aid. Students eligible for this will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Michigan State University
Located in East Lansing, Michigan State University is accelerated by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Disability services for students at Michigan State University include closed-caption decoders for students with hearing disabilities, accessible entrances for students with disabilities on all buildings on campus and Accessible Textbooks available from disability services. In addition, the public transportation system has buses with ramps that frequent areas where students commonly live. Students with disabilities can arrange for curbside pickup from these buses to and from campus as long as they arrange their ride a day in advance.
Central Michigan University
Located in Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The disabilities services program at Central Michigan University conducts screenings for students who suspect they have learning disabilities. All buildings on campus have accessible entrances for people with physical disabilities. The library at Central Michigan University has workstations for students with disabilities including closed-caption decoders for hearing disabled students and several wheelchair-accessible elevators.
Western Michigan University
Located in Kalamazoo, Western Michigan University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Disability services at Western Michigan University include wheelchair accessible transportation to and from campus by public buses, a webpage of all wheelchair accessible buildings and the locations of each wheelchair accessible entrance, and electronic versions of textbooks for students who have visual disabilities. Disability services will convert any textbook to digital format, but students will need to arrange this two weeks in advance to give the program time to convert the book to PDF format.
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