都会社区学院 complies with the Americans with Disabilities 法》(ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which prohibit discrimination in admission 或者基于残疾的项目.
Each 十大娱乐彩票平台 校园 has a 残疾支援服务 (DSS) office that works with students 为残疾人士安排住宿. 申请住宿的学生 应该联系校园DSS协调员吗. 发展支助事务协调员将考虑所有这些问题 您提供的信息包括但不限于以下内容:
- 你对自己需求的描述
- Records of past accommodations and services from another college; state or national 标准化考试(e).g., ACT); and/or high school (e.g.(IEP或504计划) 心理或医学评估报告
- 正式的心理或医学评估报告
We need enough information to confirm that you have a disability that substantially limits a significant life activity and understand how your disability will affect 十大娱乐彩票平台的你. 所需文件的范围视具体情况而定 并且可能会根据残疾和要求的住宿而有所不同. 这是你的。 有责任确定你所要求的住宿条件. 你可能想要 consider and tell the DSS 协调员 how your disability affects the following:
- 沟通
- 课堂、实验室和在线学习
- 阅读和写作
- 技术的运用
- 物理环境
- 小组项目，正式和非正式的社会互动等.
关于过去住宿的有用信息可能会有所帮助. 同样，如果 impact of your disability changes over time or has known triggers, please let us know.
While disability documentation does not typically need to be submitted each semester, there may be occasions when the DSS 协调员 asks for more or updated documentation. For example, more documentation may be needed if you request additional accommodations 当前文档不支持或您的条件发生了变化.
These general guidelines were developed to assist you with thinking about your needs and preparing information to evaluate your requests and make recommendations about 您要求的住宿条件. 如果您有任何疑问，请与我们联系.
政策及程序
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- 学生选择在校园决策支持办公室进行自我确认.
- 学生与校园DSS办公室预约.
- Student should read and review the documentation guidelines provided on this site.
- During the DSS appointment, a discussion and interview will determine eligibility.
- During the appointment, the discussion includes documentation and a record of a disability.
- 学生将在那时决定是否符合资格.
- 住宿将根据具体情况而定.
额外的信息
- Students can identify themselves to DSS as a student with a disability and request 在他们的教育期间随时安排住宿. 请注意，住宿是 不具有追溯力.
- Students should make accommodation requests 到DSS办公室 rather than directly 给给他们上课的教员. 教职员工将提交此类请求 到DSS办公室.
- Early notification and self-identification to DSS can allow more time to make arrangements 对于住宿. DSS希望确保及时提供住宿.
- 在十大娱乐彩票平台注册的任何人都可以获得免费辅导. 请访问您的校园学习 中心了解更多详情. DSS办公室不提供辅导.
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你的责任
- You must meet eligibility criteria as defined under the American with Disabilities 法》(ADA). 有关更多信息，请参阅我们的残疾文档指南.
- You must self-identify to the 残疾支援服务 (DSS) coordinator on your 校园. If you take only online classes, you may contact any DSS office for assistance. 住宿要求可以在任何时候传达给发展支助办公室. 然而, some accommodations, such as alternate formats and in-class readers and scribes, can 花几个星期的时间来安排. 提前通知对住宿有帮助 及时提供. 如果你有资格住宿，但没有 自我认定，你无权享受服务.
- You must provide documentation of the disability from a qualified professional.
- 你和残疾支持服务协调员将计划住宿. 所有 accommodations agreed upon must be supported by the disability information you provide 并且必须满足你的残疾相关需求. 一旦住宿已经 determined, the DSS coordinator will provide you with an accommodation 信 for 你的每个指导员都列出了你将得到的住宿. 这是你的。 responsibility to deliver your accommodation 信s and discuss your needs with your 教练.
- You have the responsibility to provide each instructor with the accommodation 信. You and your instructor should meet to discuss how the accommodations will be addressed. 辅导员收到住宿信后开始住宿. 住宿 不具追溯力. 例子:如果你要求在期中考试时安排考试，你 不能重考期中考试之前的考试.
- You are responsible for communicating any concerns about accommodations to the DSS 协调员. 您可以在任何时候要求增加、调整或取消住宿 eliminated based upon your personal experiences in academic coursework or changes 在记录在案的需求中. 如果发生变化，将发出新的住宿信。 and those accommodations will begin when the instructor receives the new accommodation 信. 请预留一些时间处理新信件. 你通常可以 预计在5-7个工作日内收到新信件. 如果有其他文件 是否需要由于需求的变化，这个过程可能需要更长的时间.
十大娱乐彩票平台的职责
- Our responsibility is to assure you have provided enough information to confirm that you have a disability that substantially limits a major life activity and understand 你的残疾对你在世纪挑战的工作有何影响. 如果没有，您可能需要获得额外的 支持住宿要求的文件. 学院不是必需的 to pay for a new evaluation or the cost of obtaining medical records to document your 残疾和学业调整的需要. 这可能意味着你需要付费 an appropriate professional for an evaluation or pay the cost of obtaining records 从医学专业人士那里. DSS将把您的文档保存在单独的文件中 遵守FERPA.
- 我们将与您和教职员工一起实施适当的住宿安排. We 他们会免费为你提供这些住宿吗. 当我们 will always consider your accommodation preferences, not all accommodation requests 将被授予. 学院不需要从根本上改变它的课程或 提供住宿，妥协基本课程标准. 如果你要求的话 an accommodation and the request is denied, an alternative accommodation may be suggested 和实施.
- 我们将支持你发展辩护技巧. 你成为我们的目标 你自己的辩护律师. 我们认识到这是一种需要教授的技能. 我们是 可提供支持、澄清和一般咨询.
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There are some instances in which provisional accommodations may be provided for students for a maximum of one semester, pending the official and complete documentation of 学生的残疾.
This type of assistance is determined on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of 残疾支持服务协调员.
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The 残疾支援服务 office can sometimes provide time-limited assistance for students in need of temporary services (such as complications due to pregnancy 或者骨折影响了书写能力).
This type of assistance is determined on a case-by-case basis and may depend on documentation. The student should contact the DSS office as soon as possible to make the request.
The DSS 协调员 has the right to request documentation of the need for temporary 在提供服务之前，由学生的医生提供协助. 更新的文档 还可以要求确定服务期限吗.
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If you have a disability that may impact your ability to access a 校园 event, please 联系校园残疾支持服务协调员.
Early notification is helpful as some accommodations may take some time to implement.
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Students are encouraged to discuss disability-related concerns with DSS staff.
The DSS office will attempt to resolve 问题 by assisting the student in discussing matters with the faculty member, department or program; participating in such discussions; or calling the faculty member and/or head of the department to clarify and resolve 问题. 通过这个过程，大多数情况都得到了积极的解决.
You have the right to file a grievance if you believe there has been discrimination 基于残疾. 你可以在公司内部提出申诉 世纪挑战公司的民权办公室 或者在外部 U.S. 教育部民权办公室.