Rights and Responsibilities
Accessibility Services
Mon - Fri: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Grace Hill Jacobs Building, 2nd Floor, Room 208
Student Rights
Students with disabilities have the right to:
- An equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from courses, programs, services, and activities (including extracurricular activities) of the University.
- Participate in the planning and implementation of their accommodations.
- Reasonable and appropriate accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids and services to ensure they have the same opportunities as their peers.
- Confidentiality: Information pertaining to a student’s disability will only be disclosed to individuals who need to know in order to provide accommodations.
Student Responsibilities
Students with disabilities have the responsibility to:
- Self-Identify and request accommodations in a timely manner and following institutional procedures for doing so.
- Use their accommodations responsibly and in a way that supports their learning and academic success.
- Meet qualifications and maintain essential standards for courses and programs.
- adhere to the same academic and behavioral standards as their peers, even with accommodations.
- Follow Center for Counseling and Accessibility (CCA) and University policies and procedures regarding requests for reasonable accommodations.
- Inform CCA of accommodation needs by submitting an online request form each semester.
- Meet with CCA staff for initial intake and provide appropriate and current documentation.
- Communicate with CCA and professor regarding appropriate accommodations.
- Present accommodation letter to faculty member (if applicable).
- Collaborate with your professor to identify and discuss the parameters of your accommodations for the semester; especially testing accommodations (if applicable).
- Inform CCA of barriers to a successful education and equal access.