Student
with Disabilities Rights & Responsibilities
Student with Disabilities Rights
- Students have the right to be
evaluated based on their abilities, not their disability or
the effects of their disability.
- Students are entitled to an equal
opportunity to learn. If the
location, delivery system, or instructional method limit their
access, participation, or ability to benefit, they have the
right to reasonable
alterations in those aspects of the course or program to accommodate
their disability.
- Students are entitled to an equal opportunity
to participate in and benefit from the academic community.
This includes access to
services, extracurricular activities, housing and transportation
at a level comparable to that provided to any student.
- Students
have the right to appeal the institution's decisions concerning
accommodation, first internally by filing a petition with
the campus
ADA Coordinator and then externally, by filing a complaint
with the regional Office of Civil Rights through the Department
of Justice,
or through the Civil Court System.
- Students have the right to
non-academic accommodations for which the student is eligible
based upon up-to-date documentation, a current
Request for Services form on file in Disability Support Services and
an interview with the Coordinator of Disability Support Services. Examples
of such activities are participation in student organizations,
intramurals,
and college athletics.
Students with Disabilities Responsibilities
- Students
have the responsibility to identify themselves as needing accommodations
in a imely fashion. The student must provide documentation
from an appropriate professional to establish eligibility for
accommodation.
- Students have the responsibility, when requesting
accommodations
from Disability Support Services, to demonstrate or document how their
disability affects a particular delivery system, instructional
method, or evaluation
criteria.
- Students have the responsibility to actively participate
in the search for accommodations and auxiliary aids such as
books on CD
or tapes.
- Students have the responsibility to request accommodations
from the faculty in a timely manner through a letter of accommodation
developed by Disability Support Services and delivered by the student.
- Students have the same obligation as any student to meet and
maintain the institution’s academic and technical standards.
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