Students have rights and responsibilities in the accommodation process.
Students have the RIGHT to:
- Confidentiality
- Receive reasonable and appropriate accommodations in a timely and respectful manner from faculty and ODS. Students should have the opportunity to meet privately with faculty to discuss their needs.
Students have the RESPONSIBILITY to:
- Provide the appropriate medical documentation to ODS. The Office of Disability Services is not responsible for contacting your physician to make the request.
- Communicate with faculty about their accommodations.
- Initiate request for specific accommodations in a timely manner, preferably at the beginning of the semester or as soon after registering with ODS as possible.
- Follow procedures with ODS and faculty in order to receive appropriate accommodations.
- Notify faculty/ODS immediately when an accommodation is not being provided completely or correctly.
- Provide for his/her own personal living needs or other personal disability-related needs. For example, coordinating services of personal care attendants or requiring homework assistance are a student’s responsibility and the not the responsibility of ODS.
- Act as his/her own advocate. Work with counselors on developing skills necessary to advocate their specific needs and accommodations to faculty. ODS will intervene only when attempts to communicate have failed.