Disability Support Services
Mission and Goals
Loyola Marymount University's Disability Support Services (DSS) Office provides specialized assistance and resources to enable students with physical, perceptual, learning, ADHD and/or psychological disabilities to achieve maximum independence while pursuing their educational goals. Services are offered to students who have established disabilities under federal and state law.
Staff specialist interact with all areas of the University to eliminate physical and attitudinal barriers.
Introduction
The Disability Support Services (DSS) Office was created to provide accommodations for students with disabilities.
This website was designed to be a resource for prospective and current students, as well as faculty, staff, and administrators who are teaching or otherwise working with students with disabilities at Loyola Marymount University.
General Information
According to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the term "individual with a disability" is defined with reference to impairments. The term applies to an individual who (1) has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the individual's major life activities, (2) has a record of such an impairment, or (3) is regarded as having such an impairment.
Registration with the DSS Office is on a voluntary, self-identifying basis. However, services are only available after a student has presented certified, current documentation of the disability from a medical or educational specialist, this documentation has been reviewed and accepted as complete and the student has become registered with our office. All information and documentation are confidential.
Contact Information:
Director: Priscilla F. Levine, M.S.W, L.C.S.W
Telephone: Voice (310) 338-4535, TTY (310) 338-1871
Email: plevine@lmu.edu
Coordinator: Elmira Melgoza
Telephone: (310) 338-1854
Email: emelgoza@lmu.edu
Address: Loyola Marymount University
Disability Support Services
Daum Hall
1 LMU Drive, MS 8208
Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659
Fax: (310) 338-5344
Location: Daum Hall, Room 224 (Second Floor)
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