Winter 2025
Students requesting accommodations for the first time in Accommodate: Please submit an LSS Student Registration Request and documentation for review. An LSS staff member will contact you for next steps.
Students with approved accommodations in Accommodate: The open date for Winter 2025 Semester Requests, submitted through your student portal, begins December 16, 2024. Notification will be sent via email.
Learning Support Services (LSS) is the office at WCC to contact to obtain accommodations and services for students with a documented disability. This includes students who have had accommodations in high school (504 plan or Individual Education Plan (IEP) who have a disability diagnosed by a qualified, licensed professional. Please click on the links below for more information.
Academic Guidance is arranged by appointment in Learning Support Services.
Accommodations are requested through Learning Support Services at WCC rather than directly to faculty members.
Documentation Guidelines verify eligibility for services. You will be asked to submit documentation of your disability.
Student and Staff Responsibilities - students must submit a Semester Request for each semester accommodations are needed. Please submit timely to avoid delays - recommended to submit after schedule is finalized and at least two weeks before a new semester. During peak periods (the first week of a new semester) requests may take up to 10 days for processing.
Services - see a listing of available services.
LSS Scholarships - see listing of available scholarships and applications.
Whenever possible equal access for individuals with disabilities will be achieved by implementing principles of Universal Design. When barriers still exist you may request reasonable accommodations as a means of securing equal access.
For general questions, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
Accommodate
Accommodate is a core electronic system to assist students, faculty and staff in requesting, approving and implementing disability related accommodations.
Accommodate allows:
- Maintaining 24 hour access to approved accommodations
- A new student not yet registered with LSS in Accommodate, to create a student account by completing the LSS Student Registration Request -required one time only
- Submitting documentation of the disability to LSS either by:
- Uploading with the Registration Request
- Submitting to LSS via email: [email protected] or
- Dropping off in the office, LA 115
- Receiving notification, after review, to set up a meeting with LSS to finalize accommodations
- Receiving a Student Confirmation Letter in the student portal to review, electronically
sign and return/submit to LSS
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- First semester in Accommodate: also submit a Semester Request for the current semester from the student portal
- For continuing students, a Semester Request only is required each semester to be submitted from the student portal
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- Submitting changes or requesting additional accommodations, via the LSS central email:
Semester Requests
A semester request is an important task all students registered with LSS must complete each semester after registering with LSS. The request confirms to LSS that the student would like to continue their accommodations and apply approved accommodations to their current semester’s courses.
It is the student’s responsibility to complete a Semester Request each semester enrolled at WCC. LSS is not responsible for student’s who do not complete a Semester Request in a timely manner.
Additional Resources
Hours:
M: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
T: 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
W: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Th: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
F: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Proctored testing appointments will be held as scheduled.