North Idaho College Disability Support Services (NIC DSS) provides a variety of assistive technology options and training for qualified students across the NIC campuses, including the main campus, Parker, Sandpoint, and Post Falls campuses.
Once a student has applied for and been approved for accommodations, assistive technology may be provided if the student is deemed eligible based on the interactive process during the student's intake meeting. Once approved, the student will schedule an appointment with the DSS Assistive Tech Specialist to check out the equipment and participate in training on how to use the assistive technology.
Examples of assistive technology that might be approved based on disability-related barriers include:
- Accessible textbooks
- Captioning services
- Lecture recording tools such as digital tape recorders or Livescribe Pens
- Screen readers and digital text reading technology
- Screen magnification hardware and software
- Large-button or audible calculators
- Large-print keyboards
- High-quality microphones and headsets
- Specialized computer peripheral equipment
- Noise-canceling headphones
- Braille printing
- Assistive listening systems (FM systems)
- Adaptive classroom seating for physical accessibility needs
- Additional accessibility software tools
- Computer workstations with accessibility software (Molstead Library, outreach campuses, and Seiter Hall Room 100)
- Two private Student Study Rooms with assistive technology (Seiter Hall Room 100)
Please note that North Idaho College does not provide attendants, individually prescribed devices, readers for personal use or study, or other devices or services of a personal nature. For additional information, refer to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights September 1998 letterr "Auxiliary Aids for Services for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities."