Services for Persons with Disabilities

SFSWD Program - 1303 James Hall, 951-5363

The program offers assistance to students whose disabilities prevent their full access to any program and/or service provided by Brooklyn College. To receive accommodations, students must register with the SFSWD Program.

Services for students with physical or learning disabilities include: preadmission interviews; priority registration; individual counseling; auxiliary aids (readers, writers, laboratory assistants); individual testing accommodations and arrangements; advocacy; on-campus parking; direct liaison with offices providing financial aid counseling, academic counseling, and vocational and rehabilitative counseling.

The Mamie and Frank Goldstein Resource Center provides services for students with disabilities who require adaptive equipment for studying, taking tests, tutoring, and other academic activities. For a description of the center’s facilities, see the chapter "Academic Services" in this Bulletin.

S.O.F.E.D.U.P. (Student Organization For Every Disability, United for Progress) is the campus organization through which motivated students channel their abilities into progressive action.