Disability Support Services

Mission

Disability Support Services supports the mission of Towson University by providing services that afford students with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate in all aspects of the educational environment.  DSS promotes a broad definition of diversity that appreciates disability as an integral part of the human experience.  The office collaborates with students, faculty and staff to create a welcoming campus that meets the needs of students with disabilities, fosters student independence, and recognizes students on the basis of their abilities rather than their disabilities.

The role of Disability Support Services (DSS) at Towson University is to:

• promote the success, dignity and independence of students with disabilities by helping them to develop awareness of their disability-related needs, self-advocacy strategies, and academic skills
  
  
• work with students with disabilities and with instructors to determine the need for and facilitate the delivery of reasonable accommodations and support services
  
  
• assist the university community in understanding the needs of students with disabilities in order to optimize the learning environment for them