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Disability Services

Students living with identified disabilities (including physical, sensory, learning, or mental health), may find it necessary to request some adaptation to reduce barriers in learning or living situations at college. The Student Development department includes Access Equity Services, designed to assist you as an effective self-advocate in the pursuit of equity and reasonable access and accommodation. Access Equity also assists the wider CBC community to develop appropriate responses towards issues of ability, disability and access on our campus. 

Here are some general, but important, details to keep in mind: 

  • Access Equity Services must be initiated by self-identification; without it, the College will not implement any accommodation plan. Students who believe their specific circumstances require accommodation will be required to supply appropriate documentation in a timely manner, and to participate fully in the access development process.  
  • Students are not required to use Access Equity support while at Columbia. Students who live with limitations imposed by disability, but who do not choose College-supported assistance, will be assumed by the College not to be in need of accommodations for equitable access. 
  • Appropriate (reasonable) accommodations in structures or procedures within Academic, Community Life (Residence or Commuter), Registration, Food Service or other departments will be recommended by AE Services as necessary. Students should be aware that accommodation solutions are developed on an individual basis, and will be designed in keeping with the best interests of the individual student, the College community, and Columbia’s academic standards.  
  • It is important to be aware of the differences between the terms “equity” and “equal” as applied at Columbia Bible College. Where the concept “equal” concerns the state of being identical in number, size, amount, position, status or treatment, the concept of “equity” pursues justice, fairness, and a reasonable equivalency of treatment or position across differing situations. CBC’s Access of Equity Services are designed to promote equitable, not equal, circumstances.  

If a student would like to explore Ability, Disability, and Access Equity Services, they should contact Student Development staff.