College Students With Disabilities - Massachusetts Maritime Academy

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Introduction This guide is designed to serve as a quick reference for information, accommodations and legal requirements in providing equal access for students with disabilities. The mandate to provide reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities comes from federal law and from the mission of the college to provide an educational opportunity to all its students. Massachusetts Maritime Academy is committed to providing campus and academic accessibility for all qualified students. Appropriate academic adjustments must be determined based on a student’s disability and individual needs. However, the college is not required to provide any academic adjustments that would lower academic standards, fundamentally alter the nature of the program, or impose an undue burden on the college. Note: The Disability Compliance Officer (DCO) does not determine what accommodations the student is entitled to under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Rather, the DCO reviews documentation submitted by the student. This documentation, provided by an outside evaluator, includes the credentials of the evaluator, a diagnostic statement identifying the disability, a description of the diagnostic methodology used, a description of the current functional limitations, a description of the expected progression or stability of the disability, a description of current and past accommodations, services and/or medications, and finally, recommendations for accommodations. It is by reviewing this documentation that the DCO determines the accommodations to which the student is entitled. When a professor sees a student struggling academically and suspects a disability, the natural instinct may be to provide an accommodation without consulting the DCO. This could put the institution at legal risk and put other students at a disadvantage. Please read through this guide and direct questions about disability compliance to the DCO so that accommodation needs are met in a fair and consistent manner. Throughout this document, Disability Compliance Office (DCO) and Disability Resource Office (DRO) are used interchangeably. 5
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