The mission of American Musical and Dramatic Academy's (AMDA) Accessibility Services Office is to ensure that all students are afforded an equal opportunity to fully participate in and benefit from AMDA's unsurpassed performing arts education and diverse community of creative artists. AMDA believes that disability is an integral part of the diversity of experience that fuels creative excellence. Therefore, it is AMDA's goal to provide accommodations that remove access barriers and allow every student to reach their fullest potential.

COMMON ACCOMMODATIONS:

• Extra time on tests

• Alternate testing location

• Tests in an alternate format

• Use of assistive technology

• Peer note-taker

• Preferencial classroom seating

• Reduced class credit load

• Movement/vocal modification

• Performance modification

• Ground-floor apartment

• Visual alarm system

• Emotional support animal

• Modification of residence

• Residence closer to AMDA

• Mobility assistance

Other accommodations can be made in collaboration with the Office of Accessibility and the student. Their "Examples of Accommodations" section, towards the bottom of the page, is very useful in providing performance-based circumstances which could require accommodation, and what they will and won't provide for students. 

WHO DOES THIS PROGRAM AIM TO SERVE? Students with disabilities, students with medical conditions, students with injuries and students with other issues who feel that small accommodations would help them be more successful in their education.

HAS THIS PROGRAM BEEN SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID-19? No.