Accessibility Services

College Center, Room 234
Phone: (440) 366-4058
Fax Number: (440) 366-4652
Email: accessibility@lorainccc.edu
Ohio Text Relay Services (TTY) 800-750-0750

Monday – Friday,  8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In-person, phone, and virtual appointments available

Mary Murphy
Manager
(440) 366-7674

Jody Haserodt
Learning Specialist
(440) 366-7283

Kelly McLaughlin
Learning Specialist
(440) 366-4061

Rachel Wagner
Learning Specialist
(440) 366-4120

Jill Schaefer
Staff Assistant
(440) 366-4133

Heather Bagin
Staff Assistant
(440) 366-4104

Colleen Donato
OOD College 2 Career Specialist
(440)366-4162

Accessibility Services partners with the campus community in creating equitable access to eligible students while promoting disability as one aspect of diversity.  Employee accommodation requests should be directed to the Benefits Coordinator in Human Resources. 

Accessibility Services supports students with disabilities that include physical mobility, chronic health, psychiatric conditions, sensory limitations, and learning disabilities within the guidelines of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

Lorain County Community College is committed to creating equitable access to eligible students by providing reasonable accommodations. A reasonable accommodation includes actions to eliminate or reduce physical or instructional barriers to learning. Accommodations are individualized to a student’s needs, which can include physical accessibility and participation in course activities. Accommodations are reasonable unless they:

  • Alter or remove essential requirements.
  • Fundamentally alter the nature of the program.
  • Impose undue financial or administrative burden.
  • Pose a threat to others.

The determination that an accommodation is unreasonable is an institutional decision that must meet legal and educational requirements. Though the academic judgments involved in such decisions are typically the prerogative of the academic division involved, those judgments must be made within legal parameters. Therefore, such determinations require collaboration between faculty, the academic division and Accessibility Services. Faculty members may not unilaterally determine that an accommodation is unreasonable.

Ohio College2Careers Counselor at LCCC

Ohio College2Careers (Ohio C2C), a program offered by Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD), is available at 15 Ohio colleges and universities, including Lorain County Community College. This program works in collaboration with services already available through the Disability Services and Career Services offices, ensuring students with disabilities have the support they need to complete their degree and/or credential, earn higher wages, and meet the demands of tomorrow’s labor market.

Learn more about Ohio College2Careers

Nondiscrimination Statement

Lorain County Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, disability, age, religion or veteran/military status in its programs and activities.

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