Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS)

Disabled Student Programs & Services (DSPS) assists the college in providing equal access to educational opportunities for students with disabilities. DSPS provides reasonable accommodations to students with documented physical, mental health, and learning disabilities who are enrolled in classes through Bakersfield College. 

Bakersfield College will make reasonable accommodations and/or academic adjustments to ensure that students with disabilities have an equal opportunity to participate in the college's courses, programs, and activities, including extracurricular activities.

The mission of DSPS is to support student success, learning, and development through the provision of individual services and the facilitation of accommodations for students with disabilities; through collaboration with internal and external partners to identify and remove barriers to foster an all-inclusive campus; and through the provision of institution-wide advisement, consultation, and training on disability-related topics. We recognize disability as an aspect of diversity that is integral to society and to the campus as supported by our College’s Mission and Strategic Goals, Strategic Initiatives and Core Values.

DSPS provides a range of academic accommodations and services to students with verified disabilities, determined on an individual, case-by-case basis.

Services and accommodations may include but are not limited to:

• Test-taking accommodations
• Special equipment
• Mobility assistance
• Note-taking assistance
• Assistive computer technology
• Sign language interpreters
• Written materials in an alternate format
• Liaison with the California State Department of Rehabilitation and other community resources