Introduction
Students seeking services from Disability Resources and Services on the basis of a disability are required to submit documentation to verify eligibility under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Protection under these civil rights statutes is based upon documentation of a current disability that substantially limits a major life function.
When the documentation is received at DRS and reviewed, a staff member works with the idividual to determine reasonable and appropriate accomodations. DRS creates a Notification of Disability Memo to inform instructors of the recommended accomodations. It is the student's responsibility to deliver a Notification Memo to each instructor and to discuss the implications of these accommodations on the fulfillment of course requirements.
Criteria for the source, scope and content of the documentation differs by disability. Refer to the following Guidelines for Disabilities for the specifics on several types of disability.