Please read the following carefully

Step 1 - Confirm your eligibility

In order to become a consortium member, you must satisfy all of the following criteria:

1. You must represent a nonprofit organization or a governmental agency that has a primary mission to provide specialized services relating to training, education, or adaptive reading or information access needs of blind or other persons with disabilities.
2. You must designate a disability service provider (DSP) for your institution.  A DSP is a primary staff member that is responsible for the qualification and provision of disability related services to students with disabilities at your institution
3. Your member institution must not already have a DSP identified.  If your institution is multi-system, a separate DSP may be identified for each physical system part as long as the above criteria are met.
4. You must agree to abide by rules set out in the TTE Consortium Member Agreement -AND- agree to follow any subsequent procedures deemed appropriate by the TTE.

Step 2 - Obtain an agreement

Unfortunately, we cannot accept agreements over the web, so a "hard" copy must be signed by you. 

Download an agreement.

The following file formats are available:

• MS Word document DOC (75 k )
  • last updated 11/19/05
• Portable Document Format PDF (16 k)
  • last updated 11/19/05

Note: You can obtain a free copy of Adobe's Acrobat Reader (reads PDF files) at http://www.adobe.com/supportservice/custsupport/download.html

Step 3 - Sign and Return your agreement

1. The TTE agreement must be signed by someone with the legal authority to bind the consortium member institution.  A DSP at the consortium institution must be named along with contact information.  Here's a list of who signs the Consortium Member Agreement.
2. If you downloaded the TTE agreement, please sign and return three (3) copies with original signatures.   We will sign them and return an original signed copy to you for your records.
3. You are strongly encouraged to review the TTE agreement with your general counsel.

Mail the signed agreements to:

Texas Text Exchange
c/o Tracey Forman
Adaptive Technology Services
Texas A&M University
Cain Hall, B118, MS 1224
College Station, Texas  77843-1224
USA

Phone:
phone: (979) 845-0390
fax: (979) 458-1214

Internet:
website:  http://tte.tamu.edu/
email: disability@tamu.edu

Step 4 - What Next?

A copy of the agreement signed by a TTE representative will be returned to you along with instructions on how to access the member's only section of the TTE website.  You should receive your completed agreement form (and website access) within 7 to 14 days of receipt.