A student may be eligible for reader services if the student has a substantial limitation in:

·         Visual acuity (less than 20/100)

·         Reading comprehension ability (more than 1 standard deviation below the mean in academic)

·         Visual processing or visual-perceptual ability that affect reading ability (more than 1 standard deviation below the mean)

• Other conditions where DSSO determines accommodation is reasonable and appropriate

·         Reader services are assigned as either large print/Braille, books-on-tape, MP3 audio file, a reader, adaptive technology and/or auxiliary aides

·         Type of accommodation is determined by barrier and/or limitation of student

·         Student can convert materials into Braille, tactile image or an audio file on their own by going to the Special Needs Room or the Library Technology Center on the 3^rd floor of the UTEP Library

A student may be eligible for this accommodation if they have a substantial limitation:

• Visual acuity (less than 20/100)

§         Visual perceptual ability

§         Reading comprehension (more than 1.5 standard deviations below the mean in academic area)

§         Other conditions that DSSO determines to be reasonable and appropriate

Are ordered from the Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFBD), and may take up to 2 weeks to arrive at DSSO

·         Students eligible for books-on-tape are encouraged to register for classes early before the start of the semester to ensure books-on-tape are available the first week of class

·         Books-on-tape not picked up within the first three weeks of the start of the semester (fall/spring) or the first week during summer sessions will be returned to RFBD and they will not be reordered within that semester again