Requesting Accommodations

  • Please submit a DAS application and disability documentation. See our Getting Started with DAS page for more information.
  • Once documentation has been received and accepted, you will receive an eligibility letter instructing you to schedule an orientation. OSU-Cascades students, please email CascadesDAS@osucascades.edu to schedule your orientation.
  • Once the orientation has been completed, you will have access to DAS Online Services so that you can make requests for accommodations online each term.
  • Log-in to DAS Online Services to make your accommodation requests.

Please review the following specific steps necessary in obtaining accommodations for OSU-Cascades students.

Alternative Testing

Please contact OSU-Cascades Test Proctoring Services to set up exam proctoring.

Notetaking

Notetakers are assigned through DAS Online Services. Please contact Notetaking.Services@oregonstate.edu with any questions or concerns.

Alternative Formats

For questions or concerns, please contact us at 541-737-4098 (voice) or Alt.Format@oregonstate.edu (email).

Interpreting

For Interpreting Services at OSU-Cascades, please email CascadesDAS@osucascades.edu

Please contact the DAS Program Manager of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Access Services at 541-737-4098 (voice) or DHOH.Services@oregonstate.edu (email) if you have questions or concerns.

Captioned Media

Videos/DVDs/internet clips are captioned when students who are Deaf/hard of hearing are enrolled in the class and have requested the accommodation. If you would like auditory information provided in Ecampus courses captioned, select “Accessible Audio/Video” when making requests for accommodations on the DAS database. Please contact the DAS Program Manager of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Access Services at (541) 737-4098 (voice) or DHOH.Services@oregonstate.edu (email) for assistance if any courses are inaccessible to you.

If uncaptioned videos/DVDs are shown in class, please contact Captioning.Services@oregonstate.edu and provide the class CRN. DAS will contact the professor and make arrangements to add open captions to the media.

Real-Time Transcribing

Real-time transcribing services at OSU-Cascades are managed by the office of human resources. Please email CascadesDAS@osucascades.edu to request real-time transcribing services. If you have questions or concerns, contact the Program Manager of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Access Services at 541-737-4098 (voice) or DHOH.Services@oregonstate.edu.

Real-Time Captioning (CART) Services

For Real-Time Transcribing Services at OSU-Cascades, please email CascadesDAS@osucascades.edu. If you have questions or concerns, contact the Program Manager of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Access Services at 541-737-4098 (voice) or DHOH.Services@oregonstate.edu.

Assistive Listening Devices

Please email CascadesDAS@osucascades.edu to request an assistive listening device. If you have questions or concerns, contact the Program Manager of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Access Services at 541-737-4098 or DHOH.Services@oregonstate.edu.

Disability Access Services at OSU Corvallis Campus and OSU-Cascades Work in Collaboration with COCC

  • The determination of eligibility for services for students with disabilities will be made by the institution offering the course. The designated institution will have the responsibility for Section 504 and ADA compliance, as well as any associated costs. OSU-CASCADES will incorporate comparable provisions in the OSU-CASCADES partner agreements.
  • COCC will assist OSU-CASCADES and OSU-CASCADES partners to identify means for delivery of service, including but not limited to identification of local individuals to serve as readers, interpreters, and transcribers.
  • When alternative testing is called for as an accommodation for a student enrolled in a course offered by OSU-CASCADES or an OSU-CASCADES partner, COCC shall provide proctoring and administration of the test, and OSU-CASCADES shall reimburse COCC for direct costs.
  • Requests for on-campus ADA specialized transport services will be made by OSU to COCC Campus Services. OSU will require OSU-CASCADES partners to make requests for on-campus ADA specialized transport to OSU. COCC transport drivers will maintain a time sheet to log transport times for OSU-CASCADES students who require ADA specialized transport services. Specialized transport services will be billed to OSU at the rate of $35.00 per hour.
  • OSU will be responsible for ADA accommodation for the public events it sponsors whether they are held on or off the COCC campus and centers. COCC will be responsible for ADA accommodation for the public events it sponsors whether they are held on or off the COCC campus and centers.

Please visit the OSU-Cascades Student Resources and Support webpage for more information.