Making It Happen: Contacting Various Colleges

Colleges and universities offer a variety of help foe disabled students.  They might offer residence programs, financial aid, educational counseling, adaptive equipment, preferential schedules, and/or community support.
You must contact individual institutions for specific information.  The most effective way to obtain information is an internet search of: “__________ (institution name) Disabled Student”.  However, listed below are phone numbers of Disabled Student Services at:

Community Colleges

Gavilan College, Gilroy: 
Disabled Student Director: (408) 848-4851
San Jose City College, San Jose:

DeAnza Community College, Cupertino
(Large Adaptive PE Program)

State University System

San Jose State University:  Disability Resource Center: (408) 924-6000

San Francisco State:  Disability Resource Center: (415) 388-2472

University of California System

UC Berkeley:  Disabled Student Services: (510) 642-0518

Disabled Student Residence Program:
(510) 642-0518

UC Santa Cruz:  Disabled Student Services: (831) 458-2089

Private Universities

Stanford University: 
Student Disability Resource Center:
(650) 723-1066

Santa Clara University:  Drahmann Center Mission: (408) 554-4318

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