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Adapted for Massachusetts Maritime Academy By Dr. F. M. Tishkevich Selected Resources Consulted in Preparation of this Guide Americans with Disabilities Act Title II Section 504 Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act Bridgewater State College Disability and Higher Education: Guidance for Section 504 and ADA Compliance Disability Compliance for Higher Education, 2007 Handbook Disability Compliance for Higher Education, 2008 Handbook FERPA Mass College of Liberal Arts Testing Accommodations in Higher Education: Complying with the ADA and Section 504 The Disability Services Office Manual: Model Forms, Policies and Procedures UMass Dartmouth United States Department of Justice United States Department of Education Students with Disabilities: Preparing for Post-Secondary Education 2
Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Americans with Disabilities Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Section 504 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Disability Compliance Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Policies and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Documentation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Information Release Authorization Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Grievance Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Faculty Accommodation Denial – Legal Counsel Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Formal Complaint Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Rights and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Accommodation Differences: K-12 vs. College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Recent Legal Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 FERPA Release Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Recent Legal Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 3
Page 1: College Students With Disabilities
Page 5 and 6: Introduction This guide is designed
Page 7 and 8: The ADAAA renews Congress’ commit
Page 9 and 10: Intake Meeting After a student has
Page 11 and 12: Documentation Requirements Disabili
Page 13 and 14: Information Release Authorization I
Page 15 and 16: Faculty Accommodation Denial - Lega
Page 17 and 18: Rights and Responsibilities Faculty
Page 19 and 20: By law, the DCO may not disclose th
Page 21 and 22: Recent Legal Decision Letter to: We
Page 23 and 24: For additional information call 1-8
Page 25 and 26: Testing Testing Both the Americans
Page 27 and 28: Other Disabilities Section 504 of t

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