Disability Services

Students with documented disabilities at NPC are welcome to apply for assistance at any time throughout the year. However, it is best to apply as early as possible prior to the beginning of classes. Remember, accommodations cannot be applied retroactively and some accommodations may not be feasible for immediate implementation. 

To begin the process, you will use your secured login information to obtain the application for services. This means that the you should have completed the application for admissions with NPC and received the SSO login information.  Once in the application, you will complete a questionnaire and enter demographical information. There is a section where you can upload the disability documentation. This could include limited information about your diagnosis, IEPs, 504 plans, and any other evaluations that provide information about your needs and functional limitations.  

If no paperwork or documentation exists, please check with the Disability Specialist for guidance as to your possible options.

When the application and documentation has been successfully completed, the disability specialist will contact you about the intake. Once approved for accommodations, you will have the ability to send the approved accommodations to your instructors each term in a faculty notification letter. This requires you to send the faculty notification letter from the AIM portal each semester.  Classroom accommodation is a two-step process requiring interaction between (1) a student and the Office of Disability Services, and (2) a student and the faculty member. The student requesting accommodations must speak to each individual instructor regarding their requests. To ensure the your privacy, this is best accomplished during an instructor’s established office hours. Accommodations are not truly activated until the you speaks to the instructor. The instructor then has the opportunity to validate that there is no fundamental alteration of what is being taught for their specific class. 

On rare occasions, a third step may be required if a faculty member determines that he or she cannot provide a reasonable accommodation because they have concerns that it would fundamentally or substantially modify course, program or degree standards. The provision of reasonable accommodations and services due to disability cannot fundamentally alter the nature of the course, program or event. In the rare event that this does occur, the instructor, student and disability counselor will meet to seek a possible resolution.

• Students who request class accommodation must be registered with Disability Services. Please do not ask an instructor to implement a class accommodation if you are not first registered with this office.
• It is ultimately the student’s responsibility to report disability related needs to instructors and Disability Services in a timely manner. It is not possible for staff at NPC to anticipate all of a student’s unique and special needs during their college experience. We cannot help unless there is an open line of communication. Please contact our office for assistance.  We are here to help.
• Students should contact this office prior to the beginning of each semester to discuss the need for continued accommodations. It is the student’s responsibility for contact to be made far enough in advance to reasonably ensure more specialize accommodation needs can be in place when new classes begin.

The student will login to their AIM portal using their SSO login.

The Disability Services office is located in Room 224 of the Student Commons Building. You are also welcome to call Mandee Harper at 501.760.6388 or e-mail Mandee.Harper@np.edu for more information.

It is the intent of NPC to work toward full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973/Section 504, and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments (ADAA) of 2008 to make their facilities accessible to students, staff, and visitors and to make the various instructional programs accessible to all people, or to provide reasonable accommodation according to the law. It is the policy of NPC that no individual shall be discriminated against on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, and advantages or accommodations at the College.  

If a student believes that they have been denied a valid accommodation or has any questions regarding accessibility compliance please first contact the Disability Services Office for possible guidance. If your concern cannot be resolved John Tucker, Dean of Students, has been designated to handle inquiries or concerns related to NPC’s Disability compliance. Mr Tucker’s office is located in Room 243 of the Student Commons Building.