DIsabled Student Services at CSULB Provides Students with disabilities a helping hand.

Disabled Student Services at the University of California State Long Beach assists students with disabilities as they secure their university degrees. 

 The student program's mission "is to assist students with disabilities as they secure their university degrees at California State University, Long Beach."

 Currently DSS serves 1,300 students each semester which range from students who utilize wheelchairs to people who are blind in one eye. 

 The programs at DSS  provide support services for in classroom activities, career development resources, use of and training on adaptive computer equipment and access devices, disability related counseling, and academic advisement.

 In order to qualify to be a DSS student medical proof of the disability has to be submitted to the DSS office and reviewed. 

Once you are a part of the DSS you can have the honor of getting to know the staff: Dave Sanfilippo is the Director, Pam Muilenberg serves as the Office Manger, Valerie Iapello is the Front Office

Coordinator, Rachelle Ang is the Case Manager.

 Over 3,000 students with disabilities have graduated from California State University, Long Beach with support from the DSS program.

For more information on DSS visithttp://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students/dss/