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- Disability Services are available at VIU's Nanaimo, Cowichan, and Powell River campuses?
- Disability Services is located on the second floor of Building 200?
- Thirteen units in the Student Residences at Nanaimo campus are accessible for students with disabilities?
- 637 students with a documented disability were registered with Disability Services at all VIU campuses last year?
- Mental Health is the largest category of disability for students currently registered with Disability Services?
- Many disabilities are invisible? …Like hard of hearing, mental health, visual impairment, neurological, learning disabilities, chronic health conditions, and autism.
- That Disability Services accommodated 1183 exams, assessments and quizzes from April 2009 to March 2010?
- In June 2010, 32 students with disabilities received degrees at Convocation, 13 received diploma's, 7 received certificates and 18 graduated from trades and 1 with a Masters degree?
- That Disability Services is the place to set up services like note taking and tutoring?
- Your documentation is kept completely confidential and is not attached to your student record or provided to your instructors?
- Assistive technology may be purchased or acquired through a loan bank to assist you in class?
