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Empowering Students with Disabilities: Your Guide to Accessible Resources and Support

For Students

Faculty & Staff

Creating a Better Workplace: Guidance and Support for Faculty & Staff with Disabilities

For Staff & Faculty

How to Request an Accommodation

Step One: Self Identify

Go to the Disability Resource Center or Contact Dan Bruderer.

Office Information:
Building 5 Room 591
(208) 535-5492

Step Two: Meet with a DRS Coordinator

Be prepared to describe disability, provide documentation, provide a written request

Detailed Procedure

Step Three: DRS Coordinator Reviews Request

The DRS Coordinator will review the intake notes as well as third-party documentation to determine if the student has a disability and a barrier(s) to their academic experience.

Step Four: Coordinate Accommodation

The DRS Coordinator and the student will meet to discuss the request for reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids and the resulting decision of the DRS Coordinator.

Step Five: Appeal Decision

Should the student disagree with the DRS Coordinator's decision the student should, within five days, submit a written appeal to the Vice-President of Instruction and Student Affairs. See Student Appeal Procedures in the Student Handbook.

About

The mission of the Disability Resource Center is to promote and ensure equal access for all College of Eastern Idaho students, faculty, staff, and guests. The College is committed to providing educational opportunities to all qualified individuals and, in doing so, complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) as amended in the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which states that no qualified person shall, because of their disability, be denied access to, participation in, or the benefits of any program or activity operated by the College.

Individuals having questions about accessibility or requesting reasonable accommodations should contact the Disability Resource Center, by visiting Building 5, Room 591; by calling (208) 535-5462; or by emailing disability.resources@cei.edu.

Dan Bruderer, Senior Coordinator
Alexander D. Creek Building #5, Room 591
(208) 535-5462
dan.bruderer@cei.edu