Annual Reports

Dashboard Indicators (services provided May 15, 2022, through May 14, 2023) 

1. In total, 3,762 enrolled students were accommodated for permanent disabilities (up 8% over last year) 
2. 2,221 new students self-identified with disability-related conditions, 1,092 of these were found to represent permanent disabilities while 148 were found to represent temporary conditions needing accommodation.  
3. 49 enrolled students reported an open case with Michigan Rehabilitation Services while 12 reported working with the Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons. 

Student disability counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities enrolled only – Note: disability counts will exceed the number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 60 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 52 
• Mobility – 143 
• Brain Injury – 43 
• Learning Disability – 1,739 
• Psychiatric – 1,815 
• Chronic Health – 691 
• Autism Spectrum – 149 
• Other – 39 
• Multiple – 860 

4. Direct service and consultation to students with over 100,453 student contacts representing more than 18,300 student service hours. 
5. 491 employees with active permanent disabilities (up 8.9% over last year) were current with the RCPD; 112 were newly registered this year with a net population increase of 40 given retirements and other transitions. 

Employee disability counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will exceed the number of employees above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 48 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 26 
• Mobility – 137 
• Brain Injury – 21 
• Learning Disability – 124 
• Psychiatric – 227 
• Chronic Health – 188 
• Autism Spectrum – 8 
• Other – 20 
• Multiple – 154 

6. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 3,824 contacts surpassing 911 hours. 

7. Provision of auxiliary aids and services: 

• Over 6,228 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students which represented a nearly 160% increase over last year as campus returned to traditional in-person operations following pandemic.  
• 72 Tower Guard members and 5 student employees joined RCPD staff to deliver 170 books/course packs/course materials in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities. This included 39 documents produced locally through e-texting, including 3 large books which were divided into between 6 and 14 tasks each. 120 requests were delivered from existing electronic format facilitated by RCPD but delivered via publishers. A total of 11 tactile graphics were created for a blind student’s human genetic course. RCPD also provided extensive consultation regarding accessible materials best practices to MSU Faculty and Staff and collaborated with the Department of English’s annual Buzz Zine magazine to create embossed braille copies. Lastly, RCPD consulted with other colleges and universities throughout the Midwest regarding production of accessible materials for students who are blind and have low vision. 
• 195 alternative tests for a total of 66 students were facilitated by way of readers, scribes and quiet rooms at the RCPD, at the MSU Testing Center, and in classrooms around campus.  

1. In total, 3,478 enrolled students were accommodated for permanent disabilities (up 25% over last year) 
2. 2,227 new students self-identified with disability-related conditions (up 56.8% from last year), 1,089 (up 54.9%) of these were found to represent permanent disabilities while 142 (up 84%) were found to represent temporary conditions needing accommodation.  
3. 55 students reported an open case with Michigan Rehabilitation Services while 11 reported working with the Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons. 

Student disability counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities enrolled only – Note: disability counts will exceed the number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 66 (down 7%) 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 75 (up 39%) 
• Mobility – 183 (up 22%) 
• Brain Injury – 84 (up 23.5%) 
• Learning Disability – 1,770 (up 30.5%) 
• Psychiatric – 1,776 (up 33.8%) 
• Chronic Health – 679 (up 16.2%) 
• Autism Spectrum – 147 (up 51.5%) 
• Other – 67 (up 34%) 
• Multiple – 1,144 (up 37.8%) 

4. Direct service and consultation to students with over 146,968 student contacts representing more than 14,255 student service hours. 
5. 451 employees (up 30.3% over last year) with active permanent disabilities were current with the RCPD; 115 were newly registered this year with a net population increase of 105 given retirements and other transitions. 

Employee disability counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will exceed the number of employees above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 48 (up 20%) 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 24 (up 14.2%) 
• Mobility – 146 (up 20.7%) 
• Brain Injury – 25 (up 56.2%) 
• Learning Disability – 88 (up 91.3%) 
• Psychiatric – 161 (up 51.9%) 
• Chronic Health – 176 (up 57.1%) 
• Autism Spectrum – 3 (unchanged) 
• Other – 18 (up 20%) 
• Multiple – 111 (up 65.7%) 

6. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 8,145 contacts surpassing 1,719.8 hours. 

7. Provision of auxiliary aids and services: 

• Over 2,397 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students which was lower than usual due to pandemic remote classes, increased use of auto captioning and central IT efforts to caption videos 
• 71 Tower Guard members and 4 student employees joined RCPD staff to deliver 152 projects (books/course packs/course materials) in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities. This included 50 documents produced locally through e-texting, including 8 large books which were divided into between 13 and 22 tasks each. The remaining 102 requests were delivered from existing electronic format facilitated by RCPD but delivered via publishers. Tactile graphics were created for graphs in a blind student’s economics exams throughout both terms. RCPD also provided extensive consultation regarding accessible materials best practices to MSU Faculty and Staff as well as individuals from other universities, notably EMU. 
• 188 alternative tests for a total of 65 students were facilitated by way of readers, scribes and quiet rooms at the RCPD and classrooms around campus.

1. 2,778 students (up 3.6% over last year) with permanent disabilities received services from the RCPD with 77 (down 39% from last year) additional receiving services for temporary conditions. 48 students reported an open case with Michigan Rehabilitation Services while 7 reported working with the Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons. 

2. Staff welcomed, assessed, and registered 703 (down 9%) new students with permanent disabilities via the New Student Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities. 

Student disability counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities enrolled only – Note: disability counts will exceed the number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 71 (down 9% from last year) 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 54 (down 6.9% from last year) 
• Mobility – 150 (down 4.5%) 
• Brain Injury – 68 (down 4.2%) 
• Learning Disability – 1,356 (up 11%) 
• Psychiatric – 1,327 (up 4.7%) 
• Chronic Health – 584 (up 6.6%) 
• Autism Spectrum – 97 (up 10.2%) 
• Other – 50 (down 10.7%) 
• Multiple – 830 (up 14.3%) 

3. Direct service and consultation to students with over 138,777 student contacts representing more than 14,721 student service hours. 
4. 346 employees (up 3.3% over last year) with active permanent disabilities were current with the RCPD; 45 were newly registered this year with a net population increase of 11 given retirements and other transitions. 

Employee disability counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will exceed the number of employees above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 40 (unchanged from last year) 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 21 (down 19.2%) 
• Mobility – 121 (up 3.4%) 
• Brain Injury – 16 (down 36%) 
• Learning Disability – 46 (up 53.3%) 
• Psychiatric – 106 (up 7.1%) 
• Chronic Health – 112 (down 4.3%) 
• Autism Spectrum – 3 (up 50%) 
• Other – 15 (down 21.1%) 
• Multiple – 67 (down 4.3%) 

Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 2,872 contacts surpassing 617.4 hours. 

5. Provision of auxiliary aids and services: 

• Over 2,111 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students which was lower than usual due to pandemic-mandated remote classes, increased use of auto captioning and central IT efforts to caption videos 
• 74 Tower Guard members and 3 student employees joined RCPD staff to deliver 310 projects (books/course packs/course materials) in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities. This included 113 documents produced locally through e-texting, including 4 graphic novels with the remaining 197 requests provided from existing electronic format facilitated by RCPD but delivered via publishers. Braille/tactile graphic production included a substantial math book involving braille, tactile graphics, and text descriptions and a linguistics tactile graphics project. RCPD produced Braille versions of a campus magazine as a revenue-generation effort in alignment with Gilbert Family gift objectives. 
• Pandemic-driven remote studies and online testing resulted in 0 alternative tests facilitated at the RCPD this year.  

1. 2,681 students (up 9.8% over last year) with permanent disabilities received services from the RCPD with 126 (down 2.3% from last year) additional receiving services for temporary conditions. 42 students reported an open case with Michigan Rehabilitation Services while 7 reported working with the Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons. 
2. Staff welcomed, assessed and registered 773 (up 12%) new students with permanent disabilities via the New Student Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities. 

Student disability counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities enrolled only – Note: disability counts will exceed the number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 78 (up 32.2% from last year) 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 58 (up 7.4% from last year) 
• Mobility – 157 (down 9.8%) 
• Brain Injury – 71 (down 7.8%) 
• Learning Disability – 1,221 (up 8.8%) 
• Psychiatric – 1,267 (up 12.8%) 
• Chronic Health – 548 (up 12.3%) 
• Autism Spectrum – 88 (up 15.8%) 
• Other – 56 (up 3.7%) 
• Multiple – 726 (up 9.5%) 

3. Direct service and consultation to students with over 134,684 student contacts representing more than 18,623 student service hours. 
4. 335 employees (up 18.3% over last year) with active permanent disabilities were current with the RCPD; 66 were newly registered this year with a net population increase of 52 given retirements and other transitions. 

Employee disability counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will exceed the number of employees above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 40 (up 11% from last year) 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 26 (unchanged) 
• Mobility – 117 (up 21.8%) 
• Brain Injury – 25 (up 8.6%) 
• Learning Disability – 30 (up 30.4%) 
• Psychiatric – 99 (up 32%) 
• Chronic Health – 117 (up 19.4%) 
• Autism Spectrum – 2 (up 100%) 
• Other – 19 (unchanged) 
• Multiple – 70 (up 22.8%) 

Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 3,387 contacts surpassing 746 hours. 

5. Provision of auxiliary aids and services: 

• Over 4,226.6 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students 
• 66 Tower Guard members and 3 student employees joined RCPD staff to deliver 157 projects (books/course packs/course materials) in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities (133 in electronic format and delivered via publishers, 3 large print, and 21 in Braille with tactile graphics). 5 of these books were shared with Bookshare.org as a part of a copyright-law-complaint University collaborative helping other college and universities meet their accessibility responsibilities. We maintained a partnership with Capital Area Transit Authority producing braille and tactile projects, which generated additional revenue to support of media production for students. 
• 654 alternative tests for a total of 176 students were facilitated by way of readers, scribes and quiet rooms at the RCPD and classrooms around campus. 

1. 2,441 students (up 12.2% over last year) with permanent disabilities received services from the RCPD with 129 (down 21.8% from last year) additional receiving services for temporary conditions. 58 students reported an open case with Michigan Rehabilitation Services while 7 reported working with the Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons. 
2. Staff welcomed, assessed and registered 690 (up 12.7%) new students with permanent disabilities via the New Student Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities. 

Student disability counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities enrolled only – Note: disability counts will exceed the number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 59 (down 6.3% from last year) 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 54 (unchanged from last year) 
• Mobility – 174 (up 2.4%) 
• Brain Injury – 77 (up 10%) 
• Learning Disability – 1,122 (up 11.8%) 
• Psychiatric – 1,123 (up 16%) 
• Chronic Health – 488 (up 8.9%) 
• Autism Spectrum – 76 (up 7%) 
• Other – 54 (unchanged) 
• Multiple – 663 (up 9.4%) 

3. Direct service and consultation to students with over 121,497 student contacts representing more than 17,200 student service hours. 
4. 283 employees (up 11% over last year) with active permanent disabilities were current with the RCPD; 50 were newly registered this year with a net population increase of 28 given retirements and other transitions. 

Employee disability counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will exceed the number of employees above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 36 (unchanged from last year) 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 26 (up 13%) 
• Mobility – 96 (down 5.9%) 
• Brain Injury – 23 (up 9.5%) 
• Learning Disability – 23 (up 35.3%) 
• Psychiatric – 75 (up 33.9%) 
• Chronic Health – 98 (up 22.5%) 
• Autism Spectrum – 1 (up 100%) 
• Other – 19 (up 18.8%) 
• Multiple – 57 (up 18.8%) 

5. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 4,067 contacts surpassing 1,043 hours . 

6. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 3,700 hours 
7. Provision of auxiliary aids and services: 

• Over 3,200 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students 

64 Tower Guard members and 3 student employees joined RCPD staff to deliver 256 projects (books/course packs/course materials) in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities (121 in electronic format, 79 requested and delivered via publishers, and 15 in Braille with tactile graphics). 13 of these books were shared with Bookshare.org as part of a copyright-law-compliant University collaborative helping other colleges and universities meet their accessibility responsibilities. We maintained a partnership with the Capital Area Transit Authority producing 8 Braille and tactile projects, which generated additional revenue in support of media production for students. 

• 855 alternative tests for a total of 181 students were facilitated by way of readers, scribes and quiet rooms at the RCPD and classrooms around campus. 

1. 2,176 students (up 5.8% over last year) with permanent disabilities received services from the RCPD with 165 (unchanged from last year) additional receiving services for temporary conditions. 66 students reported an open case with Michigan Rehabilitation Services while 8 reported working with the Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons. 
2. Staff welcomed, assessed and registered 612 new students with permanent disabilities via the Academic Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities enrolled only – Note: disability counts will exceed the number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 63 (down 3% from last year) 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 54 (unchanged from last year) 
• Mobility – 170 (up 1.7%) 
• Brain Injury – 70 (down 14.6%) 
• Learning Disability – 1,004 (up 6.2%) 
• Psychiatric – 968 (up 8.9%) 
• Chronic Health – 448 (up 11.4%) 
• Autism Spectrum – 71 (up 1.4%) 
• Other – 54 (down 5.3%) 
• Multiple – 606 (up 8%) 

3. Direct service and consultation to students with over 140,400 student contacts representing more than 20,191 student service hours. 
4. 255 employees (up 6.3% over last year) with active permanent disabilities were current with the RCPD; 40 were newly registered this year with a net population increase of 15 given retirements and other transitions. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will exceed the number of employees above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 36 (up 16.1% over last year) 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 23 (up 27.7%) 
• Mobility – 102 (up 10.8%) 
• Brain Injury – 21 (up 10.5%) 
• Learning Disability – 17 (up 6.3%) 
• Psychiatric – 56 (up 7.7%) 
• Chronic Health – 80 (down 3.6%) 
• Autism Spectrum – 0 (down 100%) 
• Other – 16 (down 11.1%) 
• Multiple – 48 (up 6.7%) 

5. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 4,168 contacts surpassing 1,089 hours . 

6. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 3,500 hours 
7. Provision of auxiliary aids and services: 

• Over 3,200 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students 

63 Tower Guard members and 3 student employees joined RCPD staff to deliver 319 projects (books/course packs/course materials) in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities (174 in electronic format, 104 requested and delivered via publishers, and 2 in Nemeth Braille with tactile graphics). 22 of these books were shared with Bookshare.org as part of a copyright-law-compliant University collaborative helping other colleges and universities meet their accessibility responsibilities. We built a partnership with the Capital Area Transit Authority producing 17 Braille and tactile projects, which generated additional revenue in support of media production for students. 

• 855 alternative tests for a total of 182 students were facilitated by way of readers, scribes and quiet rooms at the RCPD and classrooms around campus. 

1. 2,056 students (up 15% over last year) with permanent disabilities received services from the RCPD with 165 (up 47% from last year) additional receiving services for temporary conditions. 60 students reported an open case with Michigan Rehabilitation Services while 5 reported working with the Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons. 
2. Staff welcomed, assessed and registered 657 (up 28% from last year) new students with permanent disabilities via the Academic Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities enrolled only – Note: disability counts will exceed the number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 65 (up 8.3% from last year) 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 54 (up 3.8% from last year) 
• Mobility – 167 (up 7.7%) 
• Brain Injury – 82 (up 13.9%) 
• Learning Disability – 945 (up 7.5%) 
• Psychiatric – 889 (up 29.8%) 
• Chronic Health – 402 (up 5.2%) 
• Autism Spectrum – 70 (up 11.1%) 
• Other – 57 (up 7.5%) 
• Multiple – 561 (up 13.1%) 

3. Direct service and consultation to students with over 128,204 student contacts representing more than 18,965 student service hours. 
4. 240 employees (up 25.7% over last year) with active permanent disabilities were current with the RCPD; 60 were newly registered this year with a net population increase of 49 given retirements and other transitions. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will exceed the number of employees above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 31 (up 14.8% over last year) 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 18 (up 5.9%) 
• Mobility – 92 (up 7%) 
• Brain Injury – 19 (up 46.2%) 
• Learning Disability – 16 (up 33.3%) 
• Psychiatric – 52 (up 48.6%) 
• Chronic Health – 83 (up 33.9%) 
• Autism Spectrum – 1 (no change) 
• Other – 18 (no change) 
• Multiple – 45 (up 12.5%) 

5. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 3,847 contacts surpassing 1,096 hours. 

6. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 3,000 hours 
7. Provision of auxiliary aids and services: 

• Over 3,588 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students 

64 Tower Guard members, 3 student employees, and 2 part-time staff joined RCPD staff to deliver 373 projects (books/course packs/course materials) in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities (214 in electronic format, 157 requested and delivered via publishers, and 2 in Nemeth Braille). 27 of these books were shared with Bookshare.org as part of a copyright-law-compliant University collaborative helping other colleges and universities meet their accessibility responsibilities. 

• 1,055 (up 2.93%) alternative tests for a total of 220 (up 4.27%) students were facilitated by way of readers, scribes and quiet rooms at the RCPD and classrooms around campus. 

1. 1,785 students (up 12% over last year) with permanent disabilities received services from the RCPD with 112 additional receiving services for temporary conditions. 57 students reported an open case with Michigan Rehabilitation Services while 4 reported working with the Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons. 
2. Staff welcomed, assessed and registered 512 new students with permanent disabilities via the Academic Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 60 (up 5% from last year) 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 52 (up 16% from last year) 
• Mobility – 155 (up 9%) 
• Brain Injury – 72 (up 3%) 
• Learning Disability – 879 (up 12%) 
• Psychiatric – 685 (up 20%) 
• Chronic Health – 382 (up 9%) 
• Autism Spectrum – 63 (up 11%) 
• Other – 53 (up 20%) 
• Multiple – 496 (up 16%) 

3. Direct service and consultation to students with over 140,191 student contacts representing more than 23,329 student service hours. 
4. 191 employees (up 17% over last year) with active permanent disabilities were current with the RCPD; 42 were newly registered this year with a net population increase of 28 given retirements and other transitions. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of employees above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 27 (up 17% over last year) 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 17 (up 6%) 
• Mobility – 86 (up 28%) 
• Brain Injury – 13 (down 7%) 
• Learning Disability – 12 (up 9%) 
• Psychiatric – 35 (up 46%) 
• Chronic Health – 62 (up 11%) 
• Autism Spectrum – 1 (no change) 
• Other – 18 (up 38%) 
• Multiple – 40 (up 29%) 

5. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 2,582 contacts surpassing 724 hours. 

6. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 2,500 hours 
7. Provision of auxiliary aids and services: 

• Over 5,356 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students 

63 Tower Guard members, 3 student employees, and 2 part-time staff joined RCPD staff to deliver 302 projects (books/course packs/course materials) in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities (185 in electronic format, 105 requested and delivered via publishers, 1 in literary Braille, 2 in large print, 3 in MP3 audio, 1 in Nemeth Braille, and 5 tactile Braille projects). 42 of these books were shared with Bookshare.org as part of a copyright-law-compliant University collaborative helping other colleges and universities meet their accessibility responsibilities. 

• 1,025 alternative tests for a total of 211 students were facilitated by way of readers, scribes and quiet rooms at the RCPD and classrooms around campus 

1. 1,592 students (up 4% over last year) with permanent disabilities received services from the RCPD with 111 additional receiving services for temporary conditions. 50 students reported an open case with Michigan Rehabilitation Services while 5 reported working with the Bureau of Services for Blind Persons. 
2. Staff welcomed, assessed and registered 411 new students with permanent disabilities via the Academic Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 57 (up 14% from last year) 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 45 (down 2% from last year) 
• Mobility – 142 (up 14%) 
• Brain Injury – 70 (up 4%) 
• Learning Disability – 783 (up 2%) 
• Psychiatric – 570 (up 16%) 
• Chronic Health – 349 (up 7%) 
• Autism Spectrum – 57 (up 14%) 
• Other – 44 (up 25%) 
• Multiple – 426 (up 12%) 

3. Direct service and consultation to students with over 132,690 student contacts representing more than 23,830 student service hours. 
4. 163 employees (up 19% over last year) with active permanent disabilities were current with the RCPD; 40 were newly registered this year with a net population increase of 26 given retirements and other transitions. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of employees above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 23 (up 44% over last year) 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 16 (down 6%) 
• Mobility – 67 (up 14%) 
• Brain Injury – 14 (up 56%) 
• Learning Disability – 11 (no change) 
• Psychiatric – 24 (up 20%) 
• Chronic Health – 56 (up 22%) 
• Autism Spectrum – 1 (no change) 
• Other – 13 (up 100%) 
• Multiple – 31 (up 29%) 

5. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 3,434 contacts surpassing 749 hours. 

6. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 2,500 hours 
7. Provision of auxiliary aids and services: 

• Over 6,455 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students 

56 Tower Guard members, 5 student employees, and 2 part-time staff joined RCPD staff to deliver 253 projects (books/course packs/course materials) in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities (152 in electronic format, 83 requested and delivered via publishers, 4 in literary Braille, 3 in large print, 1 in MP3 audio, 2 in Nemeth Braille, and 8 tactile Braille projects). 32 of these books were shared with Bookshare.org as part of a copyright-law-compliant University collaborative helping other colleges and universities meet their accessibility responsibilities. 

• 1,734 alternative tests for a total of 282 students were facilitated by way of readers, scribes and quiet rooms at the RCPD and classrooms around campus 

1. 1,532 students with permanent disabilities received services from the RCPD with 94 additional receiving services for temporary conditions. 33 students reported an open case with Michigan Rehabilitation Services while 10 reported working with the Bureau of Services for Blind Persons. 
2. Staff welcomed, assessed and registered 491 new students with permanent disabilities via the Academic Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 50 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 46 
• Mobility – 124 
• Brain Injury – 73 
• Learning Disability – 764 
• Psychiatric – 492 
• Chronic Health - 326 
• Autism Spectrum - 50 
• Other – 55 
• Multiple - 381 

3. Direct service and consultation to students with over 127,070 student contacts representing more than 22,918 student service hours. 
4. 137 employees with active permanent disabilities were current with the RCPD; 27 were newly registered this year – Note that this number reflects cases in the electronic Employee Data System and is artificially low given ongoing migration from paper to electronic including review of each record before migrating. Once fully implemented, this number is anticipated to reach 200 as reported historically via paper. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of employees above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 16 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 17 
• Mobility – 59 
• Brain Injury – 9 
• Learning Disability – 11 
• Psychiatric – 20 
• Chronic Health - 46 
• Autism Spectrum – 1 
• Other – 6 
• Multiple - 24 

5. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 1,892 contacts surpassing 706 hours. 

6. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 5,000 hours 
7. Provision of auxiliary aids and services: 

• Over 4,153 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students 
• Over 259 interpreter/real-time writer contact hours for extra-curricular activities (graduations, field trips, and meetings with professors) and University faculty/staff 

60 Tower Guard members,  8 student employees, and 2 part-time staff joined RCPD staff to deliver 217 projects (books/course packs/course materials) in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities (127 in electronic format, 74 requested and delivered via publishers, 7 in literary Braille, 1 in MP3 audio, 1 in Nemeth Braille, and 7 tactile Braille projects). 51 of these books were shared with Bookshare.org as part of a copyright-law-compliant university collaborative helping other colleges and universities meet their accessibility responsibilities. 

• 2,451 alternative tests for a total of 341 students were facilitated by way of readers, scribes and quiet rooms at the RCPD, Smith Academic Center, and classrooms around campus 

1. 1,393 students with permanent disabilities received services from the RCPD with 80 additional receiving services for temporary conditions. 35 students reported an open case with Michigan Rehabilitation Services while 15 reported working with the Bureau of Services for Blind Persons. 
2. Staff welcomed, assessed and registered 355 new students with permanent disabilities via the Academic Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 33 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 54 
• Mobility – 118 
• Brain Injury – 67 
• Learning Disability – 711 
• Psychiatric – 411 
• Chronic Health - 289 
• Autism Spectrum - 41 
• Other – 44 
• Multiple - 319 

3. Direct service and consultation to students with over 112,623 student contacts representing more than 24,279 student service hours. 
4. 106 employees with active permanent disabilities were current with RCPD; 35 were newly registered this year – Note that this number reflects cases in the electronic Employee Data System and is artificially low given ongoing migration from paper to electronic including review of each record before migrating. Once fully implemented, this number is anticipated to reach 200 as reported historically via paper. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of employees above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 10 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 15 
• Mobility – 45 
• Brain Injury – 8 
• Learning Disability – 10 
• Psychiatric – 16 
• Chronic Health - 35 
• Autism Spectrum – 0 
• Other – 5 
• Multiple - 19 

5. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 2,610 contacts surpassing 885 hours. 

6. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 5,000 hours 
7. Provision of auxiliary aids and services: 

• Over 2,600 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students 
• Over 256 interpreter/real-time writer contact hours for extra-curricular activities (graduations, field trips, and meetings with professors) and University faculty/staff 
• Over 85 volunteers including 82 Tower Guard members, 6 student employees, and 2 part-time staff teamed with RCPD staff to deliver 444 projects (books/course packs/course materials) in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities (173 in electronic format, 159 requested and delivered via publishers, 4 in large print, 20 in literary Braille, 2 in MP3 audio, 8 in Nemeth Braille, and 7 tactile Braille projects). 68 of these books were shared with Bookshare.org as part of a copyright-law-compliant university collaborative helping other colleges and universities meet their accessibility responsibilities. The accessible media efforts also provided 2 transcripts for University departments aiding web accessibility initiatives for online video content access by deaf and hard of hearing users. 
• 2,527 alternative tests for a total of 348 students were facilitated by way of readers, scribes and quiet rooms at the RCPD, Smith Academic Center, and classrooms around campus 

1. 1,277 students with permanent disabilities received services from the RCPD with 60 additional receiving services for temporary conditions. 
2. Staff welcomed, assessed and registered 286 new students with permanent disabilities via the Academic Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 34 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 47 
• Mobility – 118 
• Brain Injury – 53 
• Learning Disability – 658 
• Psychiatric – 383 
• Chronic Health - 240 
• Autism Spectrum - 40 
• Other – 33 
• Multiple - 282 

3. Direct service and consultation to students with over 105,700 student contacts representing more than 23,660 student service hours. 
4. 66 employees with active permanent dis abilities were current with RCPD; 18 were newly registered this year – Note that this number reflects cases in the electronic Employee Data System and is artificially low given ongoing migration from paper to electronic including review of each record before migrating. Once fully implemented, this number is anticipated to reach 200 as reported historically via paper. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of employees above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 3 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 9 
• Mobility – 26 
• Brain Injury – 5 
• Learning Disability – 4 
• Psychiatric – 10 
• Chronic Health - 19 
• Autism Spectrum – 0 
• Other – 4 
• Multiple - 7 

5. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 1,587 contacts surpassing 535 hours. 

6. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 6,000 hours 
7. Provision of auxiliary aids and services: 

• Over 3,523 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students 
• Over 364 interpreter/real-time writer contact hours for extra-curricular activities (graduations, field trips, and meetings with professors) and University faculty/staff 
• Over 65 volunteers including 62 Tower Guard members and 7 student employees, teamed with RCPD staff to deliver 347 projects (books/course packs/course materials) in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities (175 in electronic format, 128 requested and delivered via publishers, 12 in large print, 19 in literary Braille, 2 in Spanish Braille, 2 in Nemeth Braille, and 9 tactile Braille projects). 27 of these books were shared with Bookshare.org as part of a copyright-law-compliant university collaborative helping other colleges and universities meet their accessibility responsibilities. The accessible media efforts also provided 12 transcripts for University departments aiding web accessibility initiatives for online video content access by deaf and hard of hearing users. 
• 2,544 alternative tests for a total of 348 students were facilitated by way of readers, scribes and quiet rooms at the RCPD, Smith Academic Center, and classrooms around campus 

1. 1,203 students with permanent disabilities received services from the RCPD with an additional 67 receiving services for temporary conditions. 
2. Staff welcomed, assessed and registered 271 new students with permanent disabilities via the Academic Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 34 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 35 
• Mobility – 121 
• Brain Injury – 44 
• Learning Disability – 630 
• Psychiatric – 374 
• Chronic Health - 221 
• Other – 22 
• Multiple - 242 

3. Direct service and consultation to students with over 75,664 student contacts representing more than 18,685 student service hours. 
4. 57 employees with active permanent disabilities were current with RCPD; 10 were newly registered this year – Note that this number reflects cases in the new Employee Data System and is artificially low given migration from paper to electronic including review of each record before migrating. Once fully implemented, this number is anticipated to reach 200 as reported historically via paper. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of employees above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 3 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 8 
• Mobility – 25 
• Brain Injury – 6 
• Learning Disability – 2 
• Psychiatric – 10 
• Chronic Health - 12 
• Other – 3 
• Multiple - 6 

5. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 1,219 contacts surpassing 587 hours. 

6. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 6,000 hours 
7. Provision of auxiliary aids and services: 

• Over 1,792 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students 
• Over 228 interpreter/real-time writer contact hours for extra-curricular activities (graduations, field trips, and meetings with professors) and University faculty/staff 
• Over 80 volunteers (including 70 Tower Guard members) and 5 student employees, teamed with RCPD staff to deliver 371 projects (books/course packs/course materials) in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities (162 in electronic format, 165 requested and delivered via publishers, 23 in large print, 10 in literary Braille, 7 in Spanish Braille, 2 in Nemeth Braille, and 2 tactile Braille projects). 23 of these books were shared with Bookshare.org as part of a copyright-law-compliant university collaborative helping other colleges and universities meet their accessibility responsibilities. The accessible media efforts also provided 11 transcripts for University departments aiding web accessibility initiatives that ensure online video content is accessible to deaf and hard of hearing users. 
• 2,405 alternative tests for a total of 302 students were facilitated by way of readers, scribes and quiet rooms at the RCPD, Smith Academic Center, and classrooms around campus 
• RCPD staff processed inquiries regarding learning assessments for 66 MSU students. The RCPD graduate assistant in the Psychology Clinic facilitated testing for 18 of these students for learning disabilities with 17 receiving diagnoses: LD/ADHD and Psychiatric (7), Psychiatric (5), LD (2), ADHD (1), or other (2) 

1. 1,147 students with permanent disabilities received services from the RCPD with an additional 55 receiving services for temporary conditions. 
2. Staff welcomed, assessed and registered 307 new students with permanent disabilities via the Academic Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 30 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 28 
• Mobility – 91 
• Brain Injury – 35 
• Learning Disability – 591 
• Psychiatric – 294 
• Chronic Health - 190 
• Other – 21 
• Multiple - 120 

3. Direct service and consultation to students with over 74,000 student contacts representing more than 23,195 student service hours. 
4. 57 employees with active permanent disabilities were registered with RCPD during 2009-2010 – Note that this number reflects cases in the new Employee Data System and is artificially low given migration from paper to electronic including review of each record before migrating. Once fully implemented, this number is anticipated to reach 200 as reported historically via paper. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of employees above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 4 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 12 
• Mobility – 19 
• Brain Injury – 5 
• Learning Disability – 3 
• Psychiatric – 10 
• Chronic Health - 13 
• Other – 3 
• Multiple - 6 

5. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 922 contacts surpassing 814 hours. 

6. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 8,000 hours 
7. Provision of auxiliary aids and services: 

• Over 3,556 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students 
• Over 220 interpreter/real-time writer contact hours for extra-curricular activities (graduations, field trips, and meetings with professors) and University faculty/staff 
• Over 90 volunteers (including 80 Tower Guard members) and 4 student employees, teamed with RCPD staff  to deliver 441 projects (books/course packs/course materials) in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities (174 in electronic format, 153 requested and delivered via publishers, 22 in large print, 7 in Braille, 2 in MP3 format, and 4 in DAISY format). 62 of these books were shared with Bookshare.org as part of a copyright-law-compliant university collaborative helping other colleges and universities meet their accessibility responsibilities. The accessible media efforts also provided 17 transcripts for University departments aiding web accessibility initiatives that ensure online video content is accessible to deaf and hard of hearing users. 
• 2,555 alternative tests for a total of 285 students were facilitated by way of readers, scribes and quiet rooms at the RCPD, Smith Academic Center, and classrooms around campus 
• RCPD staff processed inquiries regarding learning assessments for 64 MSU students. The RCPD graduate assistant in the Psychology Clinic facilitated testing of 18 of these students for learning disabilities with 17 receiving diagnoses of LD (4), ADHD (4), LD & ADHD (3), psychiatric (2), LD & ADHD & psychiatric (2), or Asperger’s (2) 

1. 1,042 students with permanent disabilities received services from the RCPD during 2008-2009 with an additional 185 receiving services for temporary conditions. 
2. Staff welcomed, assessed and registered 262 new students with permanent disabilities via the Academic Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities. 

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities): 

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 20 
• Blindness/Visual Impairment – 27 
• Mobility – 78 
• Brain Injury – 47 
• Learning Disability – 547 
• Psychiatric – 218 
• Chronic Health - 199 
• Other – 18 
• Multiple - 100 

3. Direct service and consultation to students with over 54,141 student contacts representing more than 19,760 student service hours. 

4. 44 current employees with active permanent disabilities were registered with RCPD during 2008-2009 – Note that this number reflects cases in the new Employee Data System and is artificially low given departmental migration from paper records to the new system and subsequent careful review of each record before migrating from paper to the new system. Once fully implemented, this number is anticipated to reach 200 as reported historically via paper processing. 

5. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 743 contacts surpassing 771 hours. 

6. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 8,000 hours 

7. Provision of auxiliary aids and services: 

• Over 3,510 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students 
• Over 200 interpreter/real-time writer contact hours for extra-curricular activities (graduations, field trips, and meetings with professors) and University faculty/staff 
• Over 114 volunteers (including 73 Tower Guard members) and 5 student employees, teamed with RCPD staff  to deliver 303 projects (books/course packs/course materials) in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities (180 in electronic format, 105 requested and delivered via publishers, 16 in large print, and 2 in Braille). Note that 5 of these projects were highly resource and expertise intensive including production of 3 Spanish books and 2 Nemeth Braille math textbooks). 
• 1,923 alternative tests were facilitated by RCPD 
• RCPD staff processed inquiries regarding learning assessments for 51 MSU students. The RCPD graduate assistant in the Psychology Clinic facilitated testing of 18 of these students for learning disabilities with 14 receiving diagnoses of either LD or psychiatric issues. 

1,071 students with permanent disabilities received services from the RCPD during 2007-2008 with an additional 69 receiving services for temporary conditions.

B. Staff welcomed, assessed and registered 268 new students with permanent disabilities via the Academic Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities.

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities):

· Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 26

· Blindness/Visual Impairment – 31

· Mobility – 92

· Brain Injury – 49

· Learning Disability – 554

· Psychiatric – 190

· Chronic Health - 210

· Other – 13

· Multiple - 85

C. Direct service and consultation to students with over 38,977 student contacts representing more than 19,927 student service hours.

D. 24 current employees with active permanent disabilities were registered with RCPD during 2007-2008 – Note that this number reflects cases in the new Employee Data System and is artificially low given departmental migration from paper records to the new system and subsequent careful review of each record before migrating from paper to the new system. Once fully implemented, this number is anticipated to reach 200 as reported historically via paper processing.

E. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 357 contacts surpassing 505 hours (Note: actual time was much greater than indicated here and will be reported more comprehensively in future years with full deployment of the new Employee Data System).

F. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 7,700 hours

G. Provision of auxiliary aids and services:

· Over 4,400 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students

· Over 376 interpreter/real-time writer contact hours for extra-curricular activities (graduations, field trips, and meetings with professors) and University faculty/staff

· Over 88 volunteers (including 61 Tower Guard members) and 4 student employees, teamed with RCPD staff to produce 248 projects (books/course packs/course materials) in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities (187 in electronic format, 59 requested and delivered via publishers, and 2 in Braille)

· 1,886 alternative tests were facilitated by RCPD

· RCPD staff processed inquiries regarding learning assessments for 59 MSU students. The RCPD graduate assistant in the Psychology Clinic facilitated testing of 18 of these students for learning disabilities with 18 receiving diagnoses of either LD or psychiatric issues.

990 students with permanent disabilities received services from the RCPD during 2006-2007 with an additional 157 receiving services for temporary conditions.

B. Staff welcomed, assessed and registered 259 new students with permanent disabilities via the Academic Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities.

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities):

· Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 23

· Blindness/Visual Impairment – 29

· Mobility – 88

· Brain Injury – 48

· Learning Disability – 511

· Psychiatric – 156

· Chronic Health - 212

· Other – 11

· Multiple - 78

C. Direct service and consultation to students with over 38,717 student contacts representing more than 20,355 student service hours

D. 286 employees were registered with RCPD during 2006-2007

E. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 1,490 contacts surpassing 508 hours

F. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 8,000 hours

G. Provision of auxiliary aids and services:

· Over 3,986 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students

· Over 399 interpreter/real-time writer contact hours for extra-curricular activities (graduations, field trips, and meetings with professors) and University faculty/staff

· Over 138 volunteers (including 66 Tower Guard members) and 4 student employees, teamed with RCPD staff to produce 206 projects (books/course packs/course materials) in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities (197 in electronic format, 5 in Braille and 4 in Nemeth Braille with tactile graphics)

· 1,985 alternative tests were facilitated by RCPD

· RCPD staff processed inquiries regarding learning assessments for 52 MSU students. The RCPD graduate assistant in the Psychology Clinic facilitated testing of 17 of these students for learning disabilities with 10 receiving positive diagnoses for either LD or Psychiatric issues

961 students with permanent disabilities received services from the RCPD during 2005-2006 with an additional 136 receiving services for temporary conditions.

B. Staff welcomed, assessed and registered 250 new students with permanent disabilities via the Academic Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities.

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities):

· Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 30

· Blindness/Visual Impairment – 35

· Mobility – 84

· Brain Injury – 60

· Learning Disability – 533

· Psychiatric – 136

· Chronic Health - 219

· Other – 10

· Multiple - 73

C. Direct service and consultation to students with over 34,000 student contacts representing more than 15,500 student service hours

D. 273 employees were registered with RCPD during 2005-2006

E. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 1,830 contacts surpassing 585 hours

F. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 10,000 hours

G. Provision of auxiliary aids and services:

· Over 3,089 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students

· Over 305 interpreter/real-time writer contact hours for extra-curricular activities (graduations, field trips, and meetings with professors) and University faculty/staff

· Over 89 volunteers (including 57 Tower Guard members) and 4 student employees, teamed with RCPD staff to produce 132 projects (books/course packs/course materials) in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities (117 in electronic format, 12 in audio, and 3 in Braille)

· 1,861 alternative tests were facilitated by RCPD (1,381 at RCPD and 480 externally)

· RCPD staff processed inquiries regarding learning assessments for 56 MSU students. The RCPD graduate assistant in the Psychology Clinic facilitated testing of 18 of these students for learning disabilities with 13 receiving positive diagnoses for either LD or Psychiatric issues.

954 students with permanent disabilities were registered with RCPD during 2004-2005 with an additional 92 registered with temporary disabilities. Staff welcomed, assessed and registered 302 new students with disabilities via the Academic Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities.

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities):

· Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 28

· Blindness/Visual Impairment – 37

· Mobility – 89

· Brain Injury – 44

· Learning Disability – 521

· Psychiatric – 140

· Chronic Health - 192

· Other – 17

· Multiple - 57

B. Direct service and consultation to students with over 33,000 student contacts representing more than 16,000 student service hours

C. 280 employees were registered with RCPD during 2004-2005

D. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 1,650 contacts surpassing 429 hours

E. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 10,000 hours:

F. Provision of auxiliary aids and services:

· Over 3,000 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students

· Over 400 interpreter/real-time writer contact hours for extra-curricular activities (graduations, field trips, and meetings with professors) and University faculty/staff

· Over 110 volunteers and 3 student employees, teamed with RCPD staff to produce 275 books/course packs/materials in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities (169 in electronic format, 87 in audio, 8 in Braille and 11 in large print)

· 1,492 alternative tests were facilitated by RCPD (1028 at RCPD and 464 externally)

· RCPD staff processed inquiries regarding learning assessments for 48 MSU students. The RCPD graduate assistant in the Psychology Clinic facilitated testing of 18 of these students for learning disabilities with 9 receiving positive diagnoses for either LD or Psychiatric issues. Two of the 18 assessments are pending.

Each of the above indicators reflects our commitment to the Guiding Principles particularly Making People Matter, Advance Diversity within Community, Achieve More Active Learning, and Improve Access to Quality Education and Expert Knowledge.

862 students with permanent disabilities were registered with RCPD during 2003-2004 with an additional 50 registered with temporary disabilities. Staff welcomed, assessed and registered 266 new students with disabilities via the Academic Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities.

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities):

· Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 27

· Blindness/Visual Impairment – 34

· Mobility – 80

· Brain Injury – 31

· Learning Disability – 461

· Psychiatric – 128

· Chronic Health - 169

· Other – 24

· Multiple - 46

B. Direct service and consultation to students with over 23,430 student contacts representing more than 12,870 student service hours

C. 255 employees were registered with RCPD during 2003-2004

D. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 1,800 contacts surpassing 490 hours

E. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 6,000 hours:

F. Provision of auxiliary aids and services:

· Over 4,800 hours of course-related interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students

· Over 400 interpreter/real-time writer contact hours for extra-curricular activities (graduations, field trips, and meetings with professors) and University faculty/staff

· Over 94 volunteers and 4 student employees, teamed with RCPD staff to produce 301 books/course packs/materials in alternative formats for students with print-related disabilities (170 in electronic format, 90 in audio, 26 in Braille and 15 in large print)

· 1,082 alternative tests were facilitated by RCPD (889 at RCPD and 193 externally)

· RCPD staff processed inquiries regarding learning assessments from 43 MSU students and made appropriate referrals. The RCPD graduate assistant in the Psychology Clinic facilitated testing of 20of these students for learning disabilities. Results included: 4 LD, 6 psychiatric, 2 met criteria for both LD and psychiatric diagnoses, 2 did not meet diagnostic criteria and results are still pending for 6 students.

Each of the above indicators reflects our commitment to the Guiding Principles particularly Making People Matter, Advance Diversity within Community, Achieve More Active Learning, and Improve Access to Quality Education and Expert Knowledge.

843 students with permanent disabilities were registered with the RCPD during 2002-2003 with an additional 21 registered with temporary disabilities. Staff welcomed, assessed and registered 220 new students with disabilities via the Academic Orientation Program and ongoing self-identification activities.

Disability Counts by major characteristic (permanent disabilities only – Note: disability counts will not equal number of students above due to the presence of multiple disabilities):

· Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 32

· Blindness/Visual Impairment – 40

· Mobility – 91

· Brain Injury – 30

· Learning Disability – 448

· Psychiatric – 110

· Chronic Health - 140

· Other – 27

· Multiple - 38

B. Direct service and consultation to students with over 15,800 student advising contacts representing more than 2,100 contact hours

C. 242 employees were registered with the RCPD during 2002-2003

D. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 1,710 contacts surpassing 400 hours

D. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 6,000 hours:

E. Provision of auxiliary aids and services:

· Over 3,900 hours of credit course interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students

· Over 540 interpreter/real-time writer contact hours for extra-curricular activities (graduations, field trips, and meetings with professors) and University faculty/staff

· Over 110 volunteers and 3 paid readers produced audio versions of 117 books and 474 course packs/articles for students with print-related disabilities

· Volunteers and student workers produced more than 204 electronic books/course packs/materials for students with print-related disabilities

· Student workers produced over 26 Braille books/course packs/materials for students with visual disabilities

· Staff produced over 21 large print books/course packs/materials for students with visual disabilities

· 1,157 alternative tests were facilitated by RCPD (1,041 at RCPD and 116 externally)

· The RCPD graduate assistant in the Psychology Clinic facilitated testing of 18 students for learning disabilities. Results included: 4 LD, 5 psychiatric, 8 did not meet diagnostic criteria and results are still pending for 1 student.

All of the above performance indicators reflect our commitment to the Guiding Principles particularly Making People Matter, Advance Diversity within Community, Achieve More Active Learning, and Improve Access to Quality Education and Expert Knowledge.

845 students were registered with the RCPD during 2000-2001 with 195 new students assessed and welcomed via AOP activities

· Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 42

· Blindness/Visual Impairment – 39

· Mobility – 77

· Brain Injury – 26

· Learning Disability – 469

· Psychiatric – 80

· Chronic Health - 87

· Other - 25

B. Disability Specialist direct service and consultation to students with over 5,900 student advising contacts representing more than 2,900 contact hours

C. 218 employees were registered with the RCPD during 2001-2002

D. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 1,597 contacts surpassing 205 hours

D. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 5,000 hours:

E. Provision of auxiliary aids and services:

· Over 3,070 hours of credit course interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students

· Over 407 interpreter/real-time writer contact hours for extra-curricular activities (graduations, field trips, and meetings with professors) and University faculty/staff

· Over 107 volunteers and 5 paid readers produced audio versions of 182 books and 283 course packs/articles for students with print-related disabilities

· Staff produced over 54 large print books/course packs/materials for students with visual disabilities

· Student workers produced over 26 Braille books/course packs/materials for students with visual disabilities

· Volunteers and student workers produced more than 146 electronic books/course packs/materials for students with print-related disabilities

· 980 alternative tests were facilitated by RCPD (876 at RCPD and 104 externally)

· The RCPD graduate assistant in the Psychology Clinic facilitated testing of 20 students for learning disabilities. Results included: 9 LD, 1 psychiatric, 4 did not meet diagnostic criteria and results are still pending for 6 students.

All of the above performance indicators reflect our commitment to the Guiding Principles particularly Making People Matter, Advance Diversity within Community, Achieve More Active Learning, and Improve Access to Quality Education and Expert Knowledge.

894 students (+20.3%) were registered with the RCPD during 2000-2001 with 199 new students (+39%) assessed and welcomed via AOP activities

· Deaf/Hard of Hearing – 47

· Blindness/Visual Impairment – 52

· Mobility – 80

· Brain Injury – 32

· Learning Disability – 464

· Psychiatric – 93

· Chronic Health - 91

· Other - 35

B. Disability Specialist direct service and consultation to students with over 6,300 student advising contacts representing more than 3,400 contact hours

C. 260 employees were registered with the RCPD during 2000-2001

D. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 1,550 contacts surpassing 275 hours

D. Campus/community consultation, outreach and service totaling over 4,500 hours:

E. Provision of auxiliary aids and services:

· Over 3,590 (+23.7%) hours of credit course interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students

· Over 325 (-46%) interpreter/real-time writer contact hours for student extra-curricular activities (graduations, field trips, and meetings with professors) and University faculty/staff

· Over 81 (+35%) volunteers and 8 paid readers produced audio versions of 129 (+19%) books and 121 (-10%) course packs/articles for students with print-related disabilities

· Staff produced over 60 (+300%) large print books/course packs/materials for students with visual disabilities

· Student workers produced over 40 Braille books/course packs/materials for students with visual disabilities

· Volunteers and student workers produced more than 59 electronic books/course packs/materials for students with print-related disabilities

· 962 (+4.7%) alternative tests were facilitated by RCPD (835 (+6%) at RCPD and 127 (-3%) externally)

· The RCPD graduate assistant in the Psychology Clinic facilitated testing of 23 students for learning disabilities. Results included: 4 LD, 6 psychiatric, 2 dual LD/psychiatric, 10 did not meet diagnostic criteria and 1 student did not complete testing.

All of the above performance indicators reflect our commitment to the Guiding Principles particularly Making People Matter, Advance Diversity within Community, Achieve More Active Learning, and Improve Access to Quality Education and Expert Knowledge.

743 students and 300 employees were registered with the RCPD at the mid term of Spring 2000 (excluding those with temporary disabilities)

B. Direct service and consultation to students with over 7,700 contacts surpassing 6,100 hours:

· Over 6,100 student advising contacts representing more than 3,200 contact hours

· Over 2,900 hours of credit course interpreting/real-time writing for deaf students

· 143 new students were assessed and welcomed via AOP activities

C. Direct service and consultation to faculty and staff with disabilities totaling over 1400 contacts surpassing 230 hours

D. Campus/community consultation and outreach totaling over 2,900 hours:

· Over 2,000 hours of direct service to the university community

· Over 300 hours of outreach with the community at large

· Over 600 interpreter/real-time writer contact hours for student extra-curricular activities (graduations, field trips, and meetings with professors) and University faculty/staff

E. Provision of auxiliary aids and services:

· Over 60 volunteers and 8 paid readers produced audio versions of 108 books and 135 course packs/articles for students with print-related disabilities

· Staff produced over 20 large print and Braille books/course packs/materials for students with visual disabilities

· 919 alternative tests were facilitated by RCPD (788 at RCPD and 131 externally)

· The RCPD graduate assistant in the Psychology Clinic facilitated testing of 22 students for learning disabilities. Results included: 5 LD, 5 psychiatric, 1 dual LD/psychiatric, 9 non-conclusive and 2 results have yet to be received.

All of the above performance indicators reflect our commitment to the Guiding Principles particularly Making People Matter, Advance Diversity within Community, Achieve More Active Learning, and Improve Access to Quality Education and Expert Knowledge.