Student Responsibilities

 

Students with disabilities may be eligible for reasonable and appropriate accommodation. Students have several responsibilities in the accommodation process.

• The student must disclose the disability to the Disability Support Services office.  Faculty and staff may assist in the referral to DSS, but the student is responsible for making this contact. 
• The student must provide current appropriate documentation of the disability and the need for accommodations.  The student should refer to the published guidelines regarding this documentation.
• The student must request specific accommodations and work with the DSS Director and Faculty to implement those accommodations.

The student may provide documentation upon acceptance or whenever the need for accommodation arises.  However, timely notice must be provided to DSS and Faculty for implementation of the needed accommodation.  The University has the right to request additional or updated documentation if the student’s disability condition changes or if new or unusual accommodations are requested.   The student will also be asked to complete a background/consent form.

The student wishing to request accommodations should complete an Accommodation Request Form before or at the beginning of each semester.  The student must then pick up the prepared Accommodation Letters from the DSS Office, and then deliver them to each professor to discuss the accommodations and any arrangements needed in that specific course. Either the student or the faculty member may contact DSS with questions or concerns about the accommodations.

Accommodations are not retroactive, nor should they alter essential elements of the course or curriculum.  Students should contact the DSS Director immediately they experience difficulty in the accommodation process.

 

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