Disability Services
Welcome to the Office of Disability Services' (ODS) web page. Our mission is to promote awareness of an underutilized human resource - people with disabilities. Our obligation is to improve academic development and independence of disabled students.
Our obligation to accommodate students with disabilities stems from moral responsibility and the University's commitment to high academic standards. In addition, legal mandates, including Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), require that reasonable academic adjustments be made for qualified students in postsecondary education.
The ADA specifically requires that reasonable academic adjustments include:
- Making existing facilities and programs readily accessible
- Acquiring or modifying equipment or devices
- Adjusting or modifying examinations or class schedules
- Providing qualified support staff
