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Students with disabilities at Â鶹ӳ»­Ó°Òô have the right to:

• Equal access to courses, programs, services and activities offered through the university.
• An equal opportunity to learn and to receive reasonable accommodations and academic adjustments in an effort to diminish the effect of the disability on academic functioning.
• Self-determine who will receive student released disability-related materials and information within and outside the university.
• All other rights and privileges available to other students at Â鶹ӳ»­Ó°Òô.

Students with disabilities at Â鶹ӳ»­Ó°Òô have the responsibility to:

• Meet qualifications and maintain essential institutional standards for courses, programs and activities.
• Self-identify as an individual with a disability when an accommodation is needed and to seek information, counsel and assistance as necessary in a timely fashion.
• Demonstrate and/or provide relevant documentation (from an appropriate professional) on how the disability presents functional limitations in regards to participation in courses, programs, services and activities.
• Follow university procedures for obtaining reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments and/or auxiliary aids and services.

Rights and Responsibilities of Â鶹ӳ»­Ó°Òô

Â鶹ӳ»­Ó°Òô has the right to:

• Identify and establish essential functions, abilities, skills, knowledge, requirements and standards for courses, programs, services and activities, and to evaluate students on this basis.
• Request and receive, through the Accessibility Resource Center, current documentation that supports requests for accommodations, academic adjustments and/or auxiliary aids and services.
• Deny a request for accommodations, academic adjustments and/or auxiliary aids and services if the documentation demonstrates that the request is not warranted, or if the individual fails to provide appropriate documentation.
• Select among equally effective accommodations, adjustments and/or auxiliary aids and services.
• Refuse an unreasonable accommodation, adjustment, and/or auxiliary aid or service that imposes a fundamental alteration of a program or activity of the University.

Â鶹ӳ»­Ó°Òô has the responsibility to:

• Provide to students with disabilities information in accessible formats upon request.
• Ensure that courses, programs, services and activities, when viewed in their entirety, are available in the most integrated and appropriate settings.
• Evaluate students on their abilities and not their disabilities.
• Provide or arrange for reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments and/or auxiliary aids and services for students with disabilities in courses, programs, services and activities.
• Maintain appropriate confidentiality of records and communication except where permitted or required by law or when the student requests that such information be shared.