In the fall of 2006, ODS launched the E-Mentors Program in which incoming students with disabilities are matched with current students with disabilities for informal/online networking and support. Disability categories for E-Mentors include: ADD/ADHD, chronic medical conditions, hearing impairments, learning disabilities (LD), mobility impairments, psychiatric disabilities and visual impairments.

All students who have self-identified a disability (either in the admissions process and/or via the ODS Needs Assessment Form included in the Barnard online matriculation packet) will receive a *Welcome to Barnard* letter during the summer prior to their matriculation—and they will be given the name and email address of an E-Mentor with a similar disability. Incoming students may then choose to contact their E-Mentor re: any questions they may have prior to their arrival on campus. In order to respect the confidentiality of our new students, ODS *does not* provide our E-Mentors with the names of any of our new self-identified students with disabilities.

If you would like to participate in the E-Mentors Program—either as a mentor or a mentee (recipient of an E-Mentor), please fill out this form.  If you have any problems with the form, send an email to Susan Quinby, Director of Disabilty Services @ squinby@barnard.edu. We welcome your interest, involvement and participation.