Students' Rights and Responsibilities

The Rehabilitation Act and the ADA require that no qualified person shall, solely by reason of disability, be denied access to, participation in, or the benefits of, any program or activity operated by the University. Each qualified person shall receive the reasonable accommodations needed to ensure equal access to employment, educational opportunities programs, and activities in the most integrated setting.

Students with disabilities have the right to:

1. An equal opportunity to learn. If the location, delivery system, or instructional methodology limits your access, participation, or ability to benefit, you have a right to reasonable alterations in those aspects of the course (or program) to accommodate your disability, as long as it does not fundamentally alter the nature of the program or activity, lower academic standards, present an undue financial or administrative burden on the university, or pose a threat to personal or public safety.
2. You have a right to an equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from the academic community. This includes access to services, extra-curricular activities, housing, and transportation at a comparable level as that provided to any student.

Students with disabilities shall be responsible for:

1. Submitting appropriate documentation of a disability from an appropriate professional prior to receiving requested accommodations.
2. Providing documentation that demonstrates how the disability affects a particular delivery system, instructional method, or evaluation criteria when requesting accommodations.
3. Meeting and maintaining the University's fundamental academic and technical standards.
4. Collaborating with DAS to assist with obtaining accommodations. Identifying themselves as needing accommodations in a timely fashion to the Disability Access Services department (DAS). In addition to registering with the DAS office, students with disabilities must register the CRN numbers of their classes online, early enough for the DAS office to arrange accommodations. The guideline below states the minimum amount of notice our office needs to arrange accommodations.
5. Meeting with their professors and other service providers to discuss accommodations. Information about the disability is confidential. Anonymity is not guaranteed.
6. Notifying DAS of any issues, concerns or delays in receiving requested accommodations.

Academic Support Services

In determining appropriate accommodations, the student and DAS's Director will meet to discuss which academic support services the student is eligible to receive. Academic support services include but are not limited to the following:

• Reduced Course Load
• Academic Coaching
• Notetaking
• Alternative format (enlargements, HTML file, taped text, Braille, E-text, etc.)
• Alternative testing (time-and-a-half, quiet location, adaptive technology, etc.)
• Sign Language Interpreting/Real-Time Captioning/Real-Time Transcribing/FM System
• Laboratory assistance
• Library assistance
• Priority registration
• Classroom relocation