Notetaking

                           Historical Context

The history of organized notetaking support began with NTID in the late 1960’s.  A basic structure developed, which involved hiring the services of a hearing student or professional to record and supplement the deaf student’s experience with written documentation of the verbal and projected information.  

 Over the past 40 years, this process has grown into an extensive enterprise, supporting mainstreamed deaf and hard of hearing students as well as a variety other alternative learning needs in schools beyond our campus and across the world.  It has become a recognized standard of support in K-12, college and even professional settings.  Last year, RIT 
alone provided more than 65,000 
hours ofnotetaking services for students.