Disability Services
Disability Rights and Responsibilities
High schools and colleges are governed by different laws pertaining to
education and individuals with disabilities. High school students with disabilities
have a right to an education. As such, the support and services a student
receives in high school are generally more intensive and designed specifically
for the needs of the student. College students with disabilities have the
right to access education opportunities offered at a college and a right
to confidentiality in regard to their disability.
- Self-identify their disability status in a timely manner
- Provide documentation of disability
that is appropriate, relevant and complete
- Submit a signed Release of Confidential Information Form (.PDF)
- Maintain the academic, technical and institutional standards and
qualifications of the College
- Contact the Coordinator of Disability Services regarding requests
for academic services, auxiliary aids, testing accommodations, etc.
- Deliver the Academic Accommodation Verification form to their faculty
in a timely manner
- Contact the Director of Residential Life regarding requests for housing
accommodations
- Comply with the College’s Code of Conduct as outlined in the
Student Handbook
(.PDF)
- Inform students of their rights and responsibilities as a student
with a disability
- Provide reasonable accommodations to services and programs that
are offered to all students
- Accept appropriate documentation of a disability from a qualified
professional
- Provide reasonable accommodations as recommended by appropriate
documentation
- Determine the curricula for their courses
- Assess student progress and assign grades
- Be informed if students in their classes need academic accommodations
- Provide input regarding the accommodations employed in their classrooms
- Notify students that accommodations are available by including a
statement on the syllabi for the course
- Provide an atmosphere in which students have an equal opportunity
to learn course material
- Order textbooks as early as possible so that an alternate format
text can be secured prior to the start of each semester
- Keep students with disabilities in mind when making class arrangements,
such as field trips
- Privately discuss accommodation requests with the student and report
concerns or changes to the Coordinator of Disability Services
- Provide accommodations in a fair and timely manner.
- Providing assessments to determine disability or eligibility for
accommodations
- Providing access or admissions to programs or activities to students
who are not otherwise qualified, with or without accommodations
- Reducing or altering essential requirements of a course or program
- Providing personal aids
- Accepting an IEP or providing accommodations based solely on an
IEP
- Student academic success
- Providing retroactive accommodations or accommodations to students
who have not disclosed their disability and provided appropriate documentation
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