Disability Services
Disability Services
Mission Statement
The Disability Services office promotes an accessible educational and campus-wide experience by coordinating services and accommodations for students with disabilities.
Welcome New and Prospective Students
This website will acquaint you with the policies and procedures necessary to receive services at Salem State University, as well as your legal rights and responsibilities. You are encouraged to contact disability services if you have any questions about the information contained on this website.
Salem State is committed to providing appropriate services and accommodations that allow self-identified students with disabilities to access all programs and activities at the university as stated in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Disability Services provides academic support to students with all types of disabilities, including, but not limited to:
o ADHD
o Autism Spectrum
o Blindness
o Deafness
o Hard of Hearing
o Learning Disabilities
o Medical Disabilities
o Mobility Impairments
o Psychiatric Disabilities
o Traumatic Brain Injuries
o Visual Impairments
In order for disability services to determine accommodation needs, the student must meet with a disability services counselor and request specific services and accommodations. During this meeting, we will discuss documentation, academic accommodations, and student responsibilities. Final decisions regarding academic accommodations will be made with you and your disability services counselor.
Students are responsible for submitting documentation that meets our guidelines. Students are also responsible for contacting disability services for an appointment and for discussing academic accommodations, such as extended test time, quiet setting, interpreters, note taking, etc., with the disability services staff.
To make an appointment to discuss any accommodations that you may require during orientation, student testing, living in the residence halls, or in the classroom please contact our office:
Telephone: 978.542.6217
TTY: 978.542.7146
Video Phone: 866.881.7097
Email: disability-services@salemstate.edu
Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5 pm in Meier Hall 102.
We look forward to meeting you and to providing services that will assist you in having a successful academic career at Salem State. Please do not hesitate to contact the disability services office if you have any further questions.
Thank you and welcome to Salem State!
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To request accommodations please contact the disability services office at 978.542.6217 or disability-services@salemstate.edu
