• College and ADS policies
• Who's Eligible?
• Obtaining Documentation and Establishing Eligibility
• Process for Obtaining Accomodations
• Grievance Procedures
• Student and College Rights and Responsibilities

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 states that:

–No otherwise qualified person with a disability in the United States...shall solely by reason of ...disability, be denied the benefits of, be excluded from participation in, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.”

1. has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one of more major life activities (such as walking, standing, seeing, speaking, hearing, sitting, breathing, reading, learning, thinking, performing manual tasks, taking care of oneself);
2. has a record of such an impairment; or
3. is regarded as having such an impairment.

1. Students with disabilities who require accommodation must seek assistance from Access and Disability Services in a timely manner. It is recommended that requests be made prior to the commencement of classes or as soon as a need becomes known. Some auxiliary aides or accommodations require significant prior notice, i.e. materials in Braille, interpreting or real time captioning.
2. A student with a disability requiring accommodations will provide documentation of their disability and how it limits his/her participation in a service, program, course, activity, or facility at the College. Students with disabilities will file official documentation of the disability at the Center for Access and Disability Services.
3. Access and Disability Services will ensure that all documentation is kept confidential and shared with College personnel on a limited and need-to-know basis only
4. Access and Disability Services and the student with a disability will discuss and determine the reasonable accommodation. Consultation with faculty, staff, and outside professionals regarding the accommodation will occur whenever needed in situations that are new, complex, or sensitive.
5. Access and Disability Service will outline the process for receiving the reasonable accommodation and will present this verbally and in writing, to the student. In determining reasonable accommodations the following questions will be addressed: what accommodations will be provided; why will they provided; when will they be provided; who is responsible for providing them, and how will they be provided and for what duration.
6. Students with disabilities will be responsible for contacting Access and Disability Services if reasonable accommodations are not implemented in an effective or timely way. Access and Disability Services will work with College personnel and students with disabilities to resolve disagreements regarding recommended accommodations. Informal processes and mediation will be used, when appropriate, to resolve disagreements.

• equal access to services, programs, courses, activities, jobs and facilities at the college.
• equal opportunity to learn, and receive reasonable accommodations, academic modifications, and/or assistive technology and services.
• appropriate confidentiality of all disability documentation and to choose to whom, outside of the college, such information should be released. Information will be released only with written consent or whenever disclosure is required or permitted by law.
• information about services and programs available in accessible formats (print, large print, audio, Braille or on disk / e-text).

• meet qualification criteria and maintain essential institutional conduct for services, programs, courses, activities, and facilities.
• provide documentation from an appropriate professional that demonstrates how the disability is limiting in the participation of services, programs, courses, activities, and facilities.
• identify as a person with a disability when an accommodation is needed and seek information, academic/personal counseling, and assistance when needed.
• follow the appropriate procedures for obtaining reasonable accommodations, academic modifications, and assistive technology.

• identify and establish standards for courses, programs, services, activities and facilities and to evaluate students on this basis.
• request and receive, through the Center for Access and Disability Services, current documentation that supports the need for accommodation, academic modifications, and/or assistive technology.
• deny requests for accommodation, academic modifications, and/or assistive technology if the documentation provided does not demonstrate such a need or if documentation is not provided or is inappropriate.
• select among equally effective accommodations, adjustments and/or auxiliary aides or services.
• deny an unreasonable request for an accommodation, academic modification, and assistive technology that fundamentally alters a program or activity at the college.

• ensure that courses, programs, services, activities and facilities, when viewed in their entirety, are available and useable in the most integrated and appropriate settings.
• view all faculty, staff, students and guests based on their ability and not their disability.
• provide or arrange reasonable accommodations, academic modifications, and/or assistive technology for people with disabilities in services, programs, courses, activities, and facilities. Some accommodations require advance notice, such as materials in Braille or sign language interpreting.
• maintain confidentiality of documentation and other personal information except where permitted or required by law to make disclosure.
• provide information to people with disabilities in accessible formats when requested.