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NEW! DRC Drop Ins, Online Resources and Trainings for Faculty and Staff

Interested in learning more about the DRC or supporting students with disabilities?  Can’t make the DRC’s Workshop on Opening Day or attend a DRC Office Hours (listed below) but want to learn more about how accommodations work?  We’ve put these workshops, trainings and other helpful information based on previous faculty and staff questions and feedback on Canvas!  Send the DRC an email letting us know you want to be added to the DRC Canvas site and we’ll get you added asap.   If you would like to see something added, please let us know because if you have that question, others probably do too so we’ll work to get your question answered and added!

General Drop Ins: DRC Interim Director AJ Duxbury and Interim Assistant Director Katelynn Creeley will be hosting office hours in both the Faculty Commons and the DRC to support faculty with any questions regarding supporting students with disabilities!  Faculty are welcome to come with questions on a specific student for which they have received a Letter of Accommodations (LoA), have general questions about supporting disabled students, questions about the DRC’s new Faculty Module in the MyDRC database, want assistance filling out the online MyDRC Proctoring Form for any students with testing accommodations, or have general questions about the office.

• Mon, Sept. 17th 12:30-1:30PM in the DRC, B132
• Tues, Sept. 18th 12-1PM in the Faculty Commons, D104
• Wed, Sept. 19th 3:30-4:30PM in the DRC, B132
• Thurs, Sept. 20th 1-2PM in the Faculty Commons, D104
• Fri, Sept. 21st 1:30-2:30PM in the DRC, B132
• Mon, Sept. 24th 1-2 in the Faculty Commons, D104
• Tues, Sept. 25th 11:30AM-12:30PM in the DRC, B132
• Wed, Sept. 26th 2:30-3:30PM in the DRC, B132

MyDRC Testing and/or Faculty Resource Module Drop Ins: Stop in at any time to learn more about the MyDRC Testing Module and/or the MyDRC Faculty Resource Module with DRC Proctor Jeremiah Swagger and Interim Assistant Director Katelynn Creeley.  Faculty are welcome with general MyDRC questions, or for assistance in filling out the form right there and then!

• Tues, Sept. 18th 10-11AM in the Faculty Commons, D104
• Mon, Sept. 24th 3:30-4:30PM in the DRC, B132
• Tues, Sept. 25th 9:30-10:30AM in the DRC, B132

Flexibility and Notecard Accommodations Drop Ins: Stop in at any time to chat with Interim Director AJ Duxbury and General Access Specialist Ana Palma-Gutierrez about our Flexibility and Notecard accommodations.  Faculty are welcome with general questions about these accommodations, or with questions or concerns about a specific student with these accommodations!

• Wed, Sept. 19th 10-11AM in the Faculty Commons, D104
• Tues, Sept. 25th 3:30-4:30PM in the DRC, B132
• Wed, Sept. 26th 12:30-1:30PM in the DRC, B132

Mission Statement

The Disability Resource Center (DRC) is dedicated to service excellence in the provision of comprehensive and flexible accommodation plans, working with students, instructors, staff, administration and community contacts to ensure the successful academic endeavors and goals of qualified Bellevue College students with disabilities.

The DRC works in innovative ways to provide teaching and learning opportunities to college staff, faculty members and community partners to remove barriers to access and help further the understanding, support and success of the students we serve. We contribute to the disability justice movement, centered in a social justice model of disability, and work to incorporate concepts of universal design into all aspects of the Bellevue College environment.

The DRC helps students develop the critical skills necessary to achieve success, promoting self-advocacy, and seeks to better integrate people with disabilities–through structural, curricular, and attitudinal changes — into the overall pluralistic fabric of the college and community.

The DRC

The Disability Resource Center (DRC) at Bellevue College is fostering transformational change to present disability as a valued part of life. Our students bring strong compensatory skills to the world and our job is to prepare them to compete in society with their peers.

We provide a wide variety of accommodation services for students with documented disabilities, and we work to educate the community and foster inclusiveness.

• If you are a new or prospective student, visit Getting Started for an overview of the steps you need to take to use DRC services.
• If you are a Bellevue College student who is diagnosed or identifies as autistic, the Autism Spectrum Navigators program has many support options for you, including advocacy.  Visit the ASN homepage for detailed program information, FAQs, resources, events, contact information, and more!
• If you are a returning student, visit MyDRC to request accommodations and request test appointments or DRC Forms to submit Alternative Media Requests, the Syllabi Review Form, or the Sign Language Interpreter Request Form.
• If you are a faculty member, visit Overview of Resources for Faculty to learn how we can help you facilitate access and success of accommodations for your students.