Rights and Responsibilities
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| Adirondack Community College Rights and Responsibilities |
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Adirondack Community College has the right to:
~ Request professional documentation verifying the nature of a student’s disability, the academic or physical limitations the disability presents, and the need for specific accommodations;
~ Consult with college officials in attempt to determine the student’s qualifications for a degree program or course;
~Discuss a student documentation submitted on the student’s behalf with the professional source or additional experts (omitting identifying information) as needed to determine eligibility for Accessibility Services under the ADA or section 504;
~Deny a request for accommodation if a student’s documentation does not verify the need for the request;
~Deny a request for accommodation if it is deemed unreasonable as measured by whether or not it poses a direct threat to the health and safety of others, compromises the essential elements of the course or program or poses an undue financial or administrative burden on the College.
Adirondack Community College and the Director of Accessibility Services have the responsibility to:
~Ensure that, with or without accommodations, students with disabilities can obtain equal access to the College’s programs, activities, service and facilities;
~Inform students with disabilities about the availability and range of accommodations, and provide the policies and procedures necessary to obtain accommodations upon request and in accessible formats;
~Determine each student’s eligibility for accommodations under the ADA and/or section 504 by reviewing appropriate documentation;
~Provide individualized assessments and evaluate students based on their abilities;
~Protect and maintain the integrity of the academic standards of individual courses or programs;
~Coordinate the efforts of the Accessibility Services Office, the learning Specialist, and the Faculty to ensure that eligible students are provided with approved accommodations and support services in a fair and timely manner;
~Establish, through the appropriate faculty members, the abilities, skills and knowledge fundamental to the requesting student’s academic programs and courses and to evaluate each student’s performance on this basis; (These fundamental program and course standards/goals are not subject to accommodation.)
~Maintain confidentiality of documentation and communication concerning students with disabilities except when otherwise specified by law or consent to release disability related information is provided by the student. |
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| Student Rights and Responsibilities |
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Every student registered in the Accessibility Services Office has the right to:
~Equal access to ACC’s courses, programs, activities and facilities;
~Individual assessment of his/her disability and skills;
~Reasonable accommodations or auxiliary aids as appropriate;
~Confidentiality of all disability related information;
~Control the release of disability related information except as otherwise required by law;
~Appeal the College’s decisions concerning reasonable accommodations by following the grievance procedures outlined in the ACC Student Handbook.
Every student with a disability has the responsibility to:
~Meet the qualifications essential for participation in academic courses and programs;
~Identify himself or herself as a student with a disability and participate actively in the process of seeking and establishing accommodations;
~Provide professional documentation verifying the nature of a disability, the academic or physical limitations the disability presents, and the need for specific accommodations;
~Adhere to the college’s policies and procedures for obtaining reasonable accommodations;
~Contact the Accessibility Services office at the beginning of each semester so that accommodations can be established in a timely manner;
~Notify their instructors that they will be using accommodations by submitting an accommodation form and acquiring the instructor’s signature. |
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| Faculty Rights and Responsibilities |
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Every faculty member who has a student with a disability in one or more of his/her classes has the right to:
~Establish abilities, skills and knowledge that are fundamental to academic programs and courses and which are not subject to accommodation;
~Verify a student’s eligibility for accommodations with the Accessibility Services Office;
~Expect students to participate actively in the process of establishing and acquiring accommodations;
~Expect students to abide by all College policies and procedures related to obtaining reasonable accommodations.
Every faculty member who has a student with a disability in one or more of his/her classes has the responsibility to:
~Work in conjunction with the Accessibility Services Office and the Learning Specialist to ensure that eligible students are provided with approved accommodations in an efficient and timely manner;
~Consider equal access issues for students with disabilities when establishing academic courses, course requirements and teaching methods;
~Discuss any concerns related to the provision of accommodations with the Director of Accessibility Services or the Learning Specialist as necessary;
~Assure the confidentiality of all disability related information;
~Refer students who identify themselves as, or those suspected as, having a disability to the Accessibility Services office. |
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