Samantha Adair joined the University of Georgia’s Disability Resource Center (DRC) staff in July 2015 as a Disability Services Coordinator. RIT students are presently making use of about forty-five animals these are service “hearing” dogs as well as a variety of emotional support animals. Susan developed the current service and assistance animal policy with the collaboration and input of numerous campus partners including Housing Operations, Residence Life, Risk Management, and Legal Affairs. RIT has a diverse student population of approximately 17,000 students, including 1,100 Deaf and hard of hearing students within the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and about 650 self-identified students with other disabilities. She has been the Director of the Disability Services Office within RIT Student Affairs since 2005. She is a former special education teacher who has worked in higher education at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, New York since 2002.
Susan Ackerman possesses a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Education. In her current position Faridah is responsible for organizing and scheduling testing accommodations for over 5000 exams a year, serving as the point of contact for students, faculty and parents regarding testing, note taking, and housing accommodations, and implementing a more efficient workflow regarding student requests for accommodated testing. She received a Bachelor’s of Science in Communication from University of North Florida and is currently pursuing a Masters of Social Work at NYU. She has over four years of experience in disability services. Presenters Scheduled for PTI 2017 include:įaridah Abdullah is the Lead Accommodations Administrator at the Moses Center for Students with Disabilities at New York University.
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