Rights & Responsibilities

Rights and Responsibilities of Students with Disabilities

Students:

• Are entitled to equal access to participation in, or the benefits of, any program or activity operated by the College.
• Must meet the College’s admission standards as outlined in the current catalog.
• Must, in a timely manner, self-identify as a student with a disability seeking reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids and, when requested, provide written documentation from a licensed professional.
• To ensure that the Disability Resource Center (DRC) is aware of enrollment status, and request accommodations each semester
• To rescind, in writing, at any time written permission given to the Disability Resource Center (DRC) to acquire or share confidential information.
• To discuss with instructors, as needed, approved accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids.
• To appeal, in writing, any request for accommodations, academic adjustments, and/ or auxiliary aids denied by the DRC.
• To notify the DRC should any problems with requested and approved accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids arise during the semester.
• To expect that no employee or representative of the College engages in retaliatory conduct against a student who exercises his/her rights under the ADA/ADAAA.
• To report any such retaliatory conduct to the DRC, or to the Dean of Student Affairs, who may then conduct an investigation.