SDS, Student, and Faculty Responsibilities

Responsibilities of Student Disability Services Office

• Provide qualified students the rights guaranteed under ADA
• Arrange, coordinate, and provide disability-related support services to students
• Advise faculty and staff on appropriate accommodations for students
• Assist in planning for accessible campus facilities
• Assess adaptive technological needs of students with disabilities and make possible recommendations
• Provide disability awareness training
• Advocate issues on behalf of students with disabilities with the institute
• Respect the confidentiality of the student
• Encourage students towards self-advocacy

Responsibilities of the Faculty and Staff

• Support the Office of Student Disability Services in carrying out appropriate accommodations and in learning about the individual student’s needs
• Refer students who could benefit from Student Disability Services

Responsibilities of the Student

• Voluntarily and confidentially disclose information regarding the nature and extent of a disability. The college does not assume responsibility for providing accommodations or services to students who have not identified themselves as having a qualifying disability.
• Register with the Office of Student Disability Services by providing documentation of the qualifying disability. Documentation can be medical, educational, psychological, or other appropriate evaluative information.
• Set up an appointment to complete accommodations sheets.
• Contact instructors for any accommodations necessary by supplying an accommodations sheet indicating individual needs. Accommodations are made only if documentation is on file in the Office of Student Disability Services.
• Modifications and/or accommodations required by students may differ depending upon the nature of the student’s disability.
• Meet weekly or bi-weekly with liaison to problem solve, as needed.
• Work continuously toward self-advocacy.
• Accept the responsibility of learning and becoming aware of the disability.
• Plan ahead.