Located in the Joseph P. Vona Academic Annex, Room 8, Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) ensures equal access to all students with qualifying documented disabilities as defined by federal legislation.  SSD offers a range of services to assist students with documented learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, cognitive impairments, physical disabilities, psychological disabilities, hearing and visual disabilities, and other health impairments.  These include:

• screening and referral for new or updated disability documentation

• providing supplementary informal assessment 

• consulting with faculty and staff 

• assisting with requests for academic adjustments 

• offering individual support

• offering support groups

For more information on the services for students with disabilities at Rider, please contact our main office in the Vona Annex at (609) 895-5492 or by email at serv4dstu@rider.edu.

• Policy for Assisting Students with Disabilities at Rider University
• Guidelines for Documentation of a Specific Learning Disability at the Postsecondary Level
• Guidelines for Documentation of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adolescents and Adults
• Guidelines for Documenting Physical Disabilities 
• Guidelines for Documenting Psychiatric Disabilities
• New Student Checklist
• Confidential Self-Disclosure Form

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