Accommodative Testing and Adaptive Technology Center (ATATC)
The ATATC was established by the Office of Disability Services (ODS) to perform two vital functions for students with disabilities and the faculty of UNO. The first is to provide a centralized facility for the provision of academic accommodations by the ODS staff. The second is to provide a centralized location for adaptive technology for use by students.
ATATC General Policies
• The Center is to be used exclusively by students registered with ODS specifically for quiet, school-related activities such as testing, studying, or writing papers.
• A quiet environment is to be maintained at all times. To ensure the most distraction-reduced environment possible, the staff asks for your cooperation is keeping your discussions with us brief and goal-directed.
• Students are not allowed to bring food or drink in the Center.
• All cellular phones and pagers must be turned off or set to vibrate and stored in a book bag or purse.
ATATC Location & Hours
Accommodative Testing & Adaptive Technology Center (ATATC)
Sciences Building, Room 1046 (Campus Map #34)
504-280-7284
504-280-3998 fax
atatc@uno.edu
ATATC Hours
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
During final exams, the ATATC may open additional hours.
Students wishing to receive testing accommodations outside of the ATATC operation hours may pursue the option of negotiating alternative accommodations with their faculty members.
The following types of activities occur in the ATATC
- Testing with accommodations that are not facilitated by the individual instructors.
- Testing with accommodations requiring the use of adaptive technology.
- Training in the use of adaptive technology, by appointment.
- The production of course-related materials in alternative formats (audio, large print, Braille).
- Coordination of volunteer note-taking services.
- Coordination of reader services program.
- Quiet study, by appointment..
- Use of adaptive technology, by appointment.
- Loan of equipment, directly related to approved accommodations.
- Voter registration.
The following equipment can be found in the ATATC
- Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)—allows viewing of regular print materials enlarged on a television-type screen.
- Computers with voice output software (JAWS).
- Screen enlargement software (ZoomText).
- Voice input software (Dragon Naturally Speaking).
- Keyboards with large print keys.
- Braille translation software (Duxbury) and Braille printers.
- Optical Scanner Systems/Scan and Read Equipment (OpenBook Unbound software).
- 4 track tape players.
- Standard tape recorders/players.
- CD players.
- Audio response calculators.
- Assistive listening devices.
- Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TTY/TDD).
For additional information about the ATATC and additional accessible computer stations on campus, please visit the ATATC page on this site.
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While they serve the entire UNO community, there are a number of departments at UNO that routinely provide especially valuable services to students with disabilities. We have described some of these below, listing their phone numbers and locations. The campus operator can reach those departments that do not have a TDD in-house through TDD relay. All University phones have a 504 area code.
The Learning Resource Center
Liberal Arts building, Room 334 (Campus Map #22), 280-7054 (voice only).
The LRC offers a Writing Center, a Math Tutor Center (MAT 107) and tutoring in other subject areas, as well as a computer lab and a Media Library, from which videotapes and CD ROM's to supplement UNO courses in Mathematics, Sciences, and Liberal Arts are available for use.
Facility Services
280-6363 (voice only)
Responsible for maintaining the physical condition and accessibility of the UNO campus. Any problems with ramps, elevators, or accessible restrooms or doorways should be addressed to either Facility Services or ODS, as should any other problems with the physical accessibility of the campus.
Training, Resources and Assistive-Technology Center (TRAC)
280-5700(Voice/TTY)
TRAC is not actually a department of UNO, but a related facility with administrative autonomy. TRAC provides quality services, training, and programming to persons with disabilities, rehabilitation professionals, educators and employers.
Counseling and Career Center
Human Performance Center, Room 112 (Campus Map #18) 280-6683 (voice only)
The primary goal of the UNO Counseling and Career Center is to assist UNO students with their personal and professional development. This is accomplished through the provision of mental health counseling and consultation, career counseling, career exploration and employment search assistance. Problems with interpersonal relationships, depression, anxiety, feelings of inadequacy, loneliness, sexual worries, poor grades and career concerns, and even mental illness are all difficulties that college students may encounter. Counseling services are available to all currently enrolled UNO students for a time-limited but full range of counseling services.
Student Health Services
Human Performance Center, Room 109 (Campus Map #18) 280-6387 (voice only)
All students enrolled at UNO have access to Student Health Services, regardless of whether or not they have insurance of any kind. However, we only provide primary care. In order to provide access to specialist care and emergency room services, Student Health Services offers an optional low-cost sickness and accident insurance policy. SHS also includes the campus pharmacy
Student Housing
Offers adapted housing facilities for students with disabilities.
Privateer Place
282-5670 (voice only)
Apartment style housing.
UNO Police Department
Campus Police Building (Campus Map #7) 280-6371 or emergency at 280-6666
The UNO Police Department (UNOPD) provides the required parking decals for UNO students, including verification of state-issued handicapped parking privileges. Additionally, students who have mobility impairments or other health issues may be able obtain special parking permits allowing them to park in spaces close to their classrooms that would normally be closed to students. These special permits require registration with ODS, documentation of an impairment to substantiate the request, and a memo from ODS to UNOPD supporting the request. UNOPD is also responsible for managing all emergency action on campus, and will, therefore, be involved in any medical emergency taking place on UNO grounds.
UNO Information/Campus Operator
280-6000
The operator can provide general information about the University and will transfer calls directly to any department or individual staff member on campus. Operators also serve as the on-campus TDD relay line.
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There are a number of organizations, public and private, non-profit and otherwise, that serve persons with disabilities in a variety of ways. It would be beneficial to any individual with a disability to find out about those organizations that can offer services. We have listed a few here, which can serve as starting-points in the personal search for appropriate contacts. Some serve persons with all types of disabilities; others serve particular populations. You should be aware that there are much, much greater pools to draw on, on the local, state, and national levels.
Association for Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD)
P.O. Box 540666
Waltham, MA 02454
(718) 788–0003 – voice/TDD
Client Assistance Program (CAP) of the State of Louisiana
*
for LRS service recipients only
Advocacy Center
225 Baronne Street Suite 2112
New Orleans, LA 70112-1724
(504) 522–2337 – local
(800) 960–7705 – voice/TDD
HEATH Resource Center
*National clearinghouse on post-secondary education for individuals with disabilities
The George Washington University HEALTH Resource Center
2121 K Street NW Suite 220
Washington, DC 20037
(800) 544-3284
(202) 873–0904 – voice/TDY
Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights
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Chronic Health Impairment
AIDS Action Council & Foundation
1875 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 700
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 986–1300
National Chronic Pain Outreach Association (NCPOA)
7979 Old Georgetown Road Suite 100
Bethesda, MD 20814–2429
(301) 652–4948
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
6931 Arlington Rd.
Bethesda, MD 20814
(800) 344–4823
Epilepsy Foundation of America
4351 Garden City Drive
Landover, MD 20785–7223
(800) 332-1000
United Cerebral Palsy Association
1660 L Street NW Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
(800) 872–5827
(202) 973–7197 – voice/TTY
Hearing Impairments
American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association (ADARA)
P.O. Box 480
Myersville, MD 72225
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
3417 Volta Place NW
Washington, DC 20007
(866) 337–5220
(202) 337-5221 – TDD
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
10801 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
(800) 638–8255 Toll-free & voice/TTY
Deaf Action Center of New Orleans
1000 Howard Avenue Suite 1000
New Orleans, LA 70113–1642
(504) 523-3755 extension 2213 – Voice
(504) 525-3323 – TDD
National Captioning Institute
1900 Gallows Road Suite 3000
Vienna, VA 22182
(703) 917–7600 – Voice/TTY
(800) 950–0958 – TTY
Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc.
7910 Woodmont Avenue Suite 1200
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 657-2248 – Voice
(301) 657-2249 – TDY
Learning Disabilities
Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability
University of Connecticut
362 Fairfield Road Unit 2064
Storrs, CT 06269-2064
(860) 486–3321
Council for Learning Disabilities
P.O. Box 4014
Leesburg, VA 20177
(571) 258–1010
Learning Disability Association of America
4156 Library Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15234–1349
(412) 341-1515
National Center for Learning Disabilities
381 Park Avenue South Suite 1401
New York, NY 10016
(888) 575–7373
(212) 545–7510
Mobility Impairments
American Resource Foundation of America
2324 Wildwood Trail Suite F104
Minnetonka, MN 55305
Post-Polio Health International
4207 Lindell Avenue #10
St. Louis, MO 63108–2915
(314) 534–0475
RTA: The LIFT Handicapped Service
2817 Canal St.
New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 242–2600
(504) 827–7433 – Paratransit Service
Brain Injury Association of America
8201 Greensboro Drive Suite 611
McLean, VA 22102
(703) 761–0750
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
6701 Democracy Boulevard Suite 300-9
Bethesda, MA 20817
(800) 962-9629
The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation/American Paralysis Association
500 Morris Avenue
Springfield, NJ 07081
Psychological Impairments
The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Boston University
940 Commonwealth Avenue West
Boston, MA 02215
(617) 353–3549
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
Colonial Place Three
2107 Wilson Boulevard Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201–3042
Local contact: Bea Piker, (504) 896–2345
(800) 950–6264
(703) 516–7227 – TDD
National Mental Health Association
2001 North Beauregard Street 12th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
(800) 969–6642
(703) 684–7722
(800) 433–5959 – TTY
National Mental Health Consumer’s Self-Help Clearinghouse
1211 Chestnut Street Suite 1207
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(800) 553–4539
(215) 751–1810
Visual Impairment
American Council for the Blind
1155 15th Street NW Suite 1004
Washington, DC 20005
(800) 424–8666
(202) 467–5081
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(800) 232–5463
(212) 502–7600
American Printing House for the Blind
1839 Frankfort Avenue
P.O. Box 6085
Louisville, KY 40206–0085
(502) 895–2405
Council of Citizens with Low Vision International
5707 Brockton Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46220–5481
(800) 733–2258
National Alliance of Blind Students
1155 15th Street NW Suite 720
Washington, DC 20005
(800) 424–8666
(202) 332-3242
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The Office of Emergency Preparedness of the City of New Orleans has created a special page on its website with information for persons with disabilities in emergency situations. Please select the link below to access the page.
Emergency Guide for Persons with Disabilities
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