Student Handbook 2023-2024

Accessibility Services

Georgia Northwestern Technical College provides a number of services for students with disabilities to assist in equal access in the academic and technical components of their program of study. A disability is described as a condition that impairs or restricts one or more major life activities. Accommodations are extended to students who have:

  • Vision or Hearing Impairments
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Physical Disabilities
  • Medical Impairments
  • Psychological Impairments
  • Supporting Documents

These services include but may not be limited to extra time, note takers, alternate formatted textbooks and files, reading software, screen magnifiers, digital recorders, interpreters, adaptive keyboards, assisted listening devices, and closed-caption televisions.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College is in compliance with the rules and regulations for the administration of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, (ADA) and the 2008 American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act, (ADAAA). An Accessibility Services Coordinator is available to assist students with disabilities who need accommodations, specialized equipment, or referral services. For accommodation services contact:

 

Brittany Elrod
Director Accessibility Services
Section 504 and ADA Coordinator, Title IX and Equity Coordinator
Walker County Campus, Room Adm-231
265 Bicentennial Trail
Rock Spring, GA 30739
belrod@gntc.edu
706-764-3832

or

Nicole Hutchison
Accessibility Services Coordinator
Floyd County Campus, Room A-120B
One Maurice Culberson Drive
Rome, GA 30161
nhutchison@gntc.edu
706-295-6517