St. Thomas University welcomes students with disabilities and commits itself to work with each student to develop a program which will allow individual learning needs to be met. Services for student accessibility include a variety of accommodations and services for students who have special needs.
Like many universities in Canada, St. Thomas University has admission criteria designed to ensure that every student who is admitted is academically prepared to be successful in his or her chosen direction of study. Student Affairs attempts to give students with special needs reasonable accommodations and services. At the same time, all admitted students are held to the same academic standards and expectations as their non-disabled peers.
After admission, St. Thomas University students are encouraged to register with Student Affairs and to provide documentation of their disability. ( All disclosed information is confidential.) Accommodations and services are determined on an individual basis for each student and will vary from one student to the next depending on laws, university policy, financial support availability, disability verification and professional judgment.
The following is a partial list of services offered to students, on an individualized basis, through Student Affairs and the UNB Learning Centre:
- special admission assistance priority registration
- campus/residence orientation tutoring
- note-takers/readers classroom testing accommodations
- financial support advising specialized adapted computer access
- disability management advising phonic ear/Braille
- individual counselling sessions writing support services
- equipment loan advocacy
- life–and–study–skills coaching referral to other campus departments and to
- off-campus community services
Students with special needs are strongly encouraged to register with Student Affairs as early as possible. Please contact (506) 452-0616 or stu_afrs@stu.ca.
St. Thomas University has limited resources and must work with existing staff, resources and budgets in attempting to meet each student’s unique challenges and learning needs.