Reasonable Disability Accommodation Policy for People with Disabilities

Highlights:

Priority in room allocation without entering the dormitory “room reservation” process
Scholarship which could cover the cost of room and board
Equipped facilities with assistive devices and buddy

Thammasat University is committed to full inclusion of people with disabilities to maximise their ability and opportunity for full participation at the university. According to the notification on “Disability and Reasonable Accommodation” policy, Thammasat University Notification on Disability and Reasonable Accommodation Policy, every student with disabilities in the university who wants to stay in the university dormitory will be arranged into the dormitory without any exception. The students were also able to request a helping buddy or volunteer staff to stay with them in the dormitory.

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No reservation required

The Property and Sports Management, who is the agency that manages the university dormitories, will allocate rooms to all students with disabilities. The University gives students with disabilities the freedom to choose their roommate to serve as a buddy or assistance volunteer within the dormitory and a privilege to occupy the room without entering the dormitory “room reservation” process with other students.
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For dormitory applications at the Rangsit Campus, students can apply online and fill out your details through online registration. Disabled students can fill out the dormitory reservation form with the necessary information so that the appropriate dormitories could be allocated for them.

Students can specify their gender (Gender) according to their preference, and this will not affect the selection process. However, the office will assign dormitories based on the student’s biological gender.

Scholarship to cover the cost of room and board

The admission program also provides scholarships to students in need. Each year the service center gives around 25 scholarships with 55,000 baht ( approx. US$ 1,600) per year which could cover the cost of room and board, depending on the type of scholarship and the terms & conditions.

Equipped facilities with assistive devices

Every student with disabilities who wants to stay in the campus will be arranged into the dormitory without any exception. Buddy or volunteer staff (by request) as well as assistive devices matching with their disabilities will be allocated to them.

Disability Support Services (DSS) Center together with Property and Sports Management had made the additional Improvements in the dormitory such as holding rails in bathroom, kitchen sink and closet. Various parts of the Asian Games Dormitory Building – C8 have renovated the bathrooms, kitchen sink, closet accordingly and rebuild the two ramps.

The rooms are allocated in the full equipped facilities building for the disabilities. Every student with disabilities in Thammasat has the rights to every assistive device they need. Everyone will receive a laptop computer and a voice recorder. Each student also receives the devices according to their needs. For a blind student, they will receive the white cane. For students with visual impairments, they receive an image enlarging devices. For students with mobility impairment, they can borrow both normal and electric wheelchairs to use for the whole time they study in the university and then return when they graduated. For the students with hearing disability, there are hearing and speaking aids and they also can request a class coordinator from the service center to help communicate with the faculty staff and the teachers. The center also takes care of the maintenance cost of all the devices.