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Requesting Accommodations

The Office of Accessibility Services is located on the first floor in the AJ Palumbo Academic Building, Student Success Center (SSC) and will be glad to process your request for accommodations, such as extended test time.

  1. At the start of each semester, please request accommodation letters provided by the Office of Accessibility Services, to give to your professors to let them know that you are requesting reasonable academic accommodations.
  2. Each exam a student takes at the Office of Accessibility Services will require a test accommodation form completed by both the student and professor and returned to the Office of Accessibility Services.  Your professors will provide the Office of Accessibility Services with a copy of your exam.
  3. The Office of Accessibility Services requires exams scheduled 1 week prior to the student taking the exam. This will give the Office of Accessibility Services staff advanced notice and helps to assure students of a private distraction reduced room and extended time for exams.

Reasonable Accommodations

Reasonable accommodations do not negate requirements for successful completion of a course or program.

In determining the University's definition of reasonable accommodations to an otherwise qualified student with a disability, issues to be determined may include:

  • the academic and technical standards required for admission or participation in an educational program or service
  • the purpose and nature of the course or program
  • the documented limitations of the student and how those limitations could be overcome with reasonable accommodations
  • other Federal, State and Local regulatory requirements.

The University is not required to provide accommodations if:

  • the nature of the program or course would be fundamentally altered
  • the student is not otherwise qualified (with or without accommodations) to meet the academic and technical standards required for admission or participation in a program, or course
  • the effects of the disability cannot be overcome even with reasonable accommodations
  • the individual would not be able to complete the program, or course, even with reasonable accommodations.

Accommodation Differences Between High School and Postsecondary

High School Postsecondary

School districts are responsible for identifying, evaluating and planning interventions

Students are responsible for self-disclosure, providing current documentation and for obtaining disability services

Legal mandate: Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) and Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)

Section 504 and American with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Services include individually designed instruction modifications based on IEP and provided by school personnel

Reasonable accommodations may be provided based on documentation to offer equal access

Progress towards IEP goals is monitored and communicated to the parent(s) and/or student

Students are required to monitor their own progress and communicate their needs to instructors/specialists

Provide a school directed schedule

Students must manage their own time and schedules

Guidance is provided for students to keep them aware of graduation requirements

Graduation requirements are complex and based on field of study. Student is responsible for monitoring progress and seeking advice

Modifications that change course outcomes may be offered based on the IEP

Modifications that change course outcomes will not be offered

Students may be reminded of incomplete assignments

Students are responsible to check with instructors and complete course requirements

Teachers may know students' needs and approach to offer assistance

Instructors may be open and helpful but expect students to initiate contact when assistance is needed

Study time outside of class may vary averaging 1-3 hours per week

Study time outside of class generally averages to at least 2-3 hours for each hour in class.