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Faculty Rights and Responsibilities
As a faculty member at the Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµAPP, you play an important role in providing equal access for qualified students with disabilities. This page outlines your rights, limitations, and responsibilities related to approved disability accommodations through Student Disability Services.
This page is specific to the disability accommodation process. Contact Student Disability Services with questions about approved accommodations, implementation concerns, or accommodation procedures.
Your Rights
As a faculty member, you have the right to:
- require students to initiate requests for accommodations through Student Disability Services.
- require students to meet with you to discuss approved accommodations and sign the Approved Accommodations Summary before providing any accommodations.
- require students to take exams with you or your department, as long as all approved testing accommodations are provided.
- use test proctoring services offered by Student Disability Services.
- require all students to follow the .
- contact Student Disability Services with questions about an accommodation that you believe would fundamentally alter an essential component of the course.
What You May Not Do
You may not:
- deny a reasonable accommodation listed on a student's Approved Accommodations Summary.
- ask students questions about their disability, including their diagnosis or the nature of their disability.
- ask whether an approved accommodation is necessary.
- request disability documentation from a student.
Your Responsibilities
You are responsible for:
- providing approved accommodations in a timely manner after the student has completed the required SDS process.
- meeting with students to discuss accommodations listed on the Approved Accommodations Summary emailed to you by Student Disability Services.
- maintaining confidentiality of accommodation notices and all disability-related communications.
- ensuring instructional materials are available in accessible formats including captioned videos and text-readable documents.
- including an ADA statement in your course syllabus.
- referring students to Student Disability Services if they self-identify as having a disability or request accommodations without an SDS accommodation notice. Do not provide accommodations to students who are not registered with SDS.
- delivering all testing materials, including the ADA Test Intake form, to Student Disability Services by 2 p.m. the business day before a scheduled test when using SDS test proctoring services.
- contacting Student Disability Services with questions or concerns about an approved accommodation or the accommodation process.
Questions or Concerns About Accommodations
Contact Student Disability Services before denying, changing, delaying, or refusing an approved accommodation.
If an accommodation appears to conflict with an essential course requirement, academic standard, safety concern, clinical requirement, or course format, SDS will work with you, the student, and appropriate university offices to review the concern and determine next steps.
Student Disability Services is a resource for you throughout the accommodation process, not just when a problem arises. If you have questions at any point, reach out.
Questions about the accommodation process? Contact Student Disability Services at ADAFREEuafs or call 479-788-7577.