Student Disability Support Services
Student Rights and Responsibilities
The Rehabilitation Act, the ADA, and Student Rights and Responsibilities
The Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandate
that no otherwise qualified student shall, solely by reason of disability, be
denied access to, participation in, or the benefits of, any program or activity
operated by Salisbury University. Students with disabilities have both rights
and responsibilities.
Student Rights
- Students with disabilities have the right to self-identify to the Office
of Student Disability Support Services (OSDSS) and seek classification as a
student with a disability by following the OSDSS’s procedures for
Registering For Services.
- Students with disabilities have the right to request reasonable
accommodations, auxiliary aids and services, and/or modifications to
University policies, by initiating such requests with the OSDSS by following
the OSDSS’s procedures for Requesting Accommodations, Modifications, Aids,
and Services.
- Students with disabilities have the right to be approved for and receive
reasonable accommodations, auxiliary aids and services, and/or modifications
to University policies, as related to the impact(s) of their disability(ies)
and which do not impose a fundamental alteration to the nature of a service,
program, or activity, and/or an undue financial and administrative burden to
the University. Commonly requested reasonable accommodations, aids and
services, and modifications may include, but are not limited to: extended
time for completing timed course assessments (tests, quizzes, etc.);
alternatively formatted course materials (enlarged handouts, texts in audio
format, texts in Braille, etc.); access to sign language interpreting
services; and approval for priority registration.
- Students with disabilities have the right to initiate, terminate, and
request changes to their accommodations, auxiliary aids and services, and/or
modifications plans, as approved by the OSDSS, at any time during their
enrollment at the University by contacting the OSDSS.
- Students with disabilities have the right to appeal any and all
decisions made by the OSDSS by initiating the
Student Grievance Procedures
for Decisions Made by the OSDSS.
- Students with disabilities have the right to confidentiality regarding
their disability(ies) and disclosure of information, except when required or
permitted by law.
Student Responsibilities
- Those students with disabilities who wish to request accommodations,
modifications, aids, and/or services, as related to their disability(ies),
are responsible for following the OSDSS’s procedures for
Requesting
Accommodations, Modifications, Aids, and Services, in a timely fashion.
- Students with disabilities are responsible for meeting with their
professors and relevant University staff, in a timely fashion, in order to
communicate the accommodations, modifications, aids, and/or services for
which they are eligible, as approved by the OSDSS, and to discuss plans for
implementing them in the classroom or other environment. During these
meetings, students with disabilities are responsible for providing their
current Memorandum of Accommodations, as issued by the OSDSS, to the
professor or University staff member. Additionally, students with
disabilities are responsible for engaging with their professors and
University staff in an ongoing basis, as needed, in order to maintain the
implementation of their accommodations. Testing accommodations are one type
of accommodation that often requires eligible students to engage with their
professors on an ongoing basis (as tests dates approach during the semester)
so that appropriate logistics related to the administration of each test can
be carried out by both the student and the professor in timely manner.
- Students with disabilities are responsible for meeting and maintaining
the University's fundamental academic and technical standards, either with
or without use of accommodations, modifications, aids, and/or services as
related to their disability(ies).
- Students with disabilities are responsible for notifying the OSDSS staff
of any questions, issues, or concerns that they may have, regarding their
accommodations, modifications, aids and/or services in a timely fashion.
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