Getting Reasonable Accommodations

Disability Services coordinates and provides reasonable accommodations to qualified students with disabilities. Accommodations are individualized to address specific functional limitations resulting from a disability. There must be a logical link between the functional limitation and the accommodation. The University charges no fee to students with disabilities for reasonable accommodations.

Students with disabilities or suspected disabilities meet with their Disability Services coordinator confidentially as a first step in arranging accommodations. The coordinator verifies the disability and determines how functional limitations affect academic work. This is accomplished through discussion with the student and review of documentation. Students with insufficient documentation may be referred to physicians, psychologists or other qualified diagnosticians for complete assessment before accommodations are granted.

After the disability and its functional limitations are verified, the coordinator provides information about the various reasonable accommodations which address the student's functional limitations. The student then chooses the reasonable accommodations that best apply in a given course or semester. Frequently, students arrange follow-up meetings with their coordinator. Coordinators are available to assist students with on-going problem solving.