DISABILITY SERVICES
Year End Report: 2014-2015
Number of unique Emerson students identifying to the DSO as having disabilities in year (summer, fall
and spring)
2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

Undergraduate

199

296

429

% increase over 3
years
116%

Graduate

15

15

10

-33%

311

439

105%

TOTAL STUDENTS 214

Predominant disability diagnosis
Note:
• Students often have more than one disability, a change of diagnosis, and/or the predominant
disability/symptoms requiring accommodation can change.
• Students may request different accommodations related to various aspects of their diagnoses.
• The data represent the number of accommodation requests (housing and/or academic) due to
the predominant disability.
Number of accommodation requests due
to predominant diagnosis:
Psychological
Physical and medical
ADD/ADHD
Learning
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Hearing
Visual
TOTAL requests

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

88
79
57
76
32
0
3
335

140
99
97
97
37
8
1
479

164
101
98
103
45
10
9
530

% change over 3
years
86%
28%
72%
36%
41%
900%
200%
58%

 Accommoda2on Requests by  Predominant Disability  
180 
160 
140 

164 
140 

120 
100 
80 
60 
40 

88 

97 102 
76 

99 101 

97  98 

79 
57 
32  37 

2012-2013 

45 

20 
0 

2013-2014 
0 

8  10 

3  1 

9 

2014-2015 

DSO Awareness, Trainings, and College-Wide Activities:
20122013

20132014
0

201415

CITL Advisory Board
Career Services
RAs
WARC tutors
RDs
Course Design Spa for faculty (2)
Residence Hall Programing
Online Course for Faculty
Admissions-Group Session
Assessment and Care Team
Disability Policy Consortium Collaboration with EC alum
College-Wide programs

2
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
0
0

0
1
1
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
0

1
0
1
1
0
2
0
1
1
1
1

Cirque de De-Stress
Lunch & Learn: Unseen Emersonians-Disability and Ability, Our
Assumptions and Responses
Reelabilities Film Festival-opening night and film
Light it up Blue for Autism Awareness
TOTAL

0

0

2
1

0
0
8

1
1
11

1
1
13

Information Sessions: accessibility and supporting students with
disabilities