Summary of Rights and Responsibilities
Rights of Students with Disabilities
- Equal access to courses, programs, services, facilities, and activities offered through the University
- An equal opportunity to learn, and to receive reasonable and appropriate accommodations and academic adjustments with the goal of diminishing the effect of a disability on academic functioning
- Appropriate confidentiality of all information related to disability
- Be treated with respect and courtesy
Responsibilities of Students with Disabilities
- Meet the University’s qualifications and essential technical, academic and institutional standards
- Self-identify in a timely manner as an individual with a disability when an accommodation is needed
- Provide documentation from an appropriate professional source that confirms the presence of a disability, identifies functional limitations and provides support for the requested accommodations
- Follow the specific, published procedures for requesting and obtaining reasonable and appropriate accommodations
- Provide for one’s own personal independent living needs or other personal disability related needs
- Assume personal responsibility to meet with faculty, and to request assistance through other campus resources
- Abide by the University’s standards and guidelines for behavior and academic integrity
- Treat all University staff and faculty with respect and courtesy
Rights of Disability Services
- Request current, appropriate and comprehensive documentation, completed by an appropriate professional that supports a request for reasonable accommodations and / or academic adjustments.
- Discuss a student’s need for reasonable accommodations and / or academic adjustments with the professional who provides the documentation (with the student’s signed consent)adjustments with the goal of diminishing the effect of a disability on academic functioning
- Select the most appropriate or equally effective accommodations and / or academic adjustments through discussion with the student
- Deny a request for accommodations and / or academic adjustments if the documentation does not identify a specific disability, fails to verify the need for the requested service(s), or the documentation is not provided in a timely manner
- Refuse an accommodation or academic adjustment that imposes a fundamental alteration of a program or activity of the University, poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others, or poses an undue financial or administrative burden on the University.
Responsibilities of Office of Disability Services
- Ensure that all programs, courses and services through the University, when viewed in their entirety, are offered in the most integrated and appropriate setting
- Provide information regarding policies and procedures to students with disabilities and assure it’s availability in accessible formats upon request
- Provide or arrange for reasonable and appropriate accommodations and / or academic adjustments for students with disabilities on an individualized basis upon request, and with documentation verification
- Maintain appropriate confidentiality of records and communication concerning students with disabilities except where disclosure is permitted or required by law or authorized by the student
- Treat all students with respect and courtesy.
