Disablity Services
Student Disability Services and AMAC
If a student has a disability, or suspects that he/she has a disability and would like to be considered for accommodations, there are several options. Each eCore Affiliate campus has an office of disability services, and the campus eCore Advisor can provide information regarding the office on each home campus. In all cases, students will be asked to qualify for special accommodations by providing documentation that they have gone through an evaluation process at an approved University System of Georgia evaluation site.
If the student is unsuccessful in contacting the disability services office at the home/affiliate campus, the student should contact the Regents Center for Learning Disorders (RCLD) at the University of Georgia at 706-542-4589 and/or send an email to the RCLD (rcld@uga.edu). Please note that email communication is not secure and confidentiality cannot be assured if the student elects to communicate via email.
It is the student's responsibility to make arrangements with the campus disability services office or the RCLD at the beginning of the semester and to let all eCore instructors and the student's local proctored test site know prior to the time the student will need accommodations. For additional assistance, please contact the eCore Student Success Manager at 678-839-5300.
AMAC (Alternative Media Access Center)
AMAC offers additional services for students with disabilities.
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How do students access AMAC services?
Students should contact the disability services provider at their registered institution. University System of Georgia eCore students should contact the disability service provider at the institution to which they pay their tuition.
Institution Contact Phone Fax Email Southern Polytechnic
State UniversityJeffrey Orr (interim) (678)915-7489 (678)915-7913 jorr@spsu.edu University of West Georgia Sharon Nunnally or
Ann Phillips(678)839-6428 (678)839-6429 snunnall@westga.edu
aphillip@westga.eduValdosta State University Kimberly Tanner (229)245-2498 (229)245-3788 katanner@valdosta.edu The service provider will walk the student through accessing AMAC services. The student will need to provide the service provider with textbook information (i.e. title, author, ISBN, and edition).
The disability service provider will need to have the student sign an accommodation form which will be kept on file at the institution and a copy faxed to AMAC (706-5830001). This form can be faxed or emailed to the student for his/her signature.
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How do students get access to their books in alternative media (e-text)?
Books in e-text will have an email notification sent to the student, disability service provider, or both with instructions on how to download the book.
Books from Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic in CD format are typically mailed to the service provider who will give the CD to the student. University System of Georgia eCore students may have the CD mailed directly to them.
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How do students get training on assistive technology (reading software and hardware) which will give them access to their books on the computer or with a CD portable player?
Students can be trained by the disability service provider or can call the AMAC Toll-Free Technical Support Help Line at 866.418.2750. Students might want to check the AMAC website for up-coming trainings in their area. There is also an AMAC Student Guide that can be accessed or downloaded through the AMAC website.
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What does the faculty member do when notified that a student has a disability?
Faculty should refer the student to the eCore Advisor at the institution where he/she registered. The eCore Advisor will provide direction to the student and communicate with the eCore Administration Center, eCore registrars, and the disability service office at the student's registered institution.