Melissa Zgliczynski.
Coordinator for Students with Disabilities/Liason for Collegiate Village
Phone: (716) 961-1879
Email:
zgiczynskim@villa.edu
Office hours Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 am - 5 pm
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I am Melissa Zgliczynski and my position is Coordinator for Students with Disabilities. I can be reached at 716-961-1879. My office is in the lower level of the Library Building.
Villa Maria College of Buffalo is committed to serving students in compliance with the American Disabilities Act (ADA). Villa's services to students with disabilities promote access to higher education and support the academic success of students. Students who need accommodations must meet the criteria outlined under the ADA.
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Process for New and Continuing Students
- Students should voluntarily identify themselves as needing accommodations as they apply to Villa Maria College.
- Students must have documentation that clearly indicates the need for academic adjustments, modifications, auxiliary aids, or services. Documentation is submitted to the Coordinator for Students with Disabilities.
- Students are encouraged to sign a release form that allows the Coordinator for Students with Disabilities to inform instructors of the accommodations needed to promote learning.
- Students are recommended to inform instructors of the accommodations they require each semester.
Accommodations Offered at Villa Maria College
After discussion of accommodations with the Coordinator for Students with Disabilities and the Director of the Learning Strategies Center, typical accommodations for students may include the following:
- Extended time to complete tests.
- Proctored exams in a specific location.
- Test questions read by a proctor.
- Dictating answers to a scribe.
- Responding orally to essay questions.
- Taking an alternative type of exam.
- Having a proctor rephrase test questions.
- Having a proctor explain the meaning of auxiliary vocabulary.
- Using alternative answer sheets and sufficient scratch paper.
- Need for adaptive equipment should be discussed with the Coordinator for Students with Disabilities.
The American Disabilities Act Section 504
According to the American Disabilities Act (ADA), an individual with a disability is defined as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a history or record of such impairment, or a person who is perceived by others as having such impairment.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act states that no otherwise qualified person in the United States "shall solely by reason of disability, be denied the benefits of or be excluded from participation in or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity that receives federal financial assistance."
