Student Support Services - ACCESS

This program provides supportive services to special need students enrolled in career and technical programs at Wayne County Community College District.

Resources are available according to individual needs and coodinators assessment and include services such as tutoring, visual aids, sign language interpreters, language interpreters and note takers, as well as special equipment often required to support academic success in college.

Instructors and advisors may refer students who need assistance.   However, students are welcome to come and discuss individual concerns without referrals.

About This Program

Disability Support Services at Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD) strives to provide students with the necessary tools to help them accomplish their educational and career goals. It is the goal of Disability Support Services to:

(1) Provide appropriate and reasonable accommodations and support services,
(2) Provide referrals, information, resources to students to improve their academic and employability success,
(3) Encourage and assist students with disabilities to become more independent,
(4) Increase faculty understanding of the need of students with disabilities and
(5) Work as an advocate for students.

To obtain services/accommodations:

Students should

• Be admitted to WCCCD through the regular admissions process,
• After being admitted visit the Disability Services/ACCESS department,
• Complete the intake and services/accommodation request forms,
• Submit sufficient evidence/documentation of a physical, emotional and or prior learning disability,
• Request reasonable accommodations during your meeting with the Disability Services Coordinator and
• Meet with an ACCESS advisor to plan services and or an educational plan of work.

Downriver Campus
(734) 374-3206 Voice/TDD
(734) 946-3500

Downtown Campus
(313) 496-2708 Voice/TDD
(313) 496-2758

Eastern Campus
(313) 579-6923 Voice/TDD
(313) 922-3311

Northwest Campus
(313) 943-4073 Voice/TDD
(313) 943-4000

Western Campus
(734) 374-3206 Voice/TDD
(734) 699-7008

Participants in the ACCESS Program are offered special assistance with:

In addition to the support services that are available to other students, students in the ACCESS Program have the following services available:

Workshops
Note takers
Interpreters
Adaptive equipment

Program participants are also assisted with referrals to both internal and external support services.

External Referral Services

Support Groups
Community Mental Health
Diagnostic
Social Services Agencies
Michigan Rehabilitation Services
Michigan Commission for the Blind