Rights and Responsibilities

Students

Who are seeking services/information from Student Disability Resources have a

Right to...

• Appropriate confidentiality of all information regarding the disability, except disclosures required or permitted by law.

Responsibility to...

• Meet qualifications and maintain essential institutional standards for courses, programs, services, jobs, activities, and facilities.
• Self-disclose the need for academic accommodations, auxiliary aids, and/or services to the disability services office at the campus the student is attending.
• Demonstrate or document (from an appropriate professional) how the condition significantly impairs functioning in courses, programs, services, activities, and facilities.
  • The cost of obtaining documentation is the responsibility of the student.
  • If the initial documentation is incomplete or inadequate to determine the current functional limitations of the disorder and/or the reasonable academic accommodations, auxiliary aids, and/or services, the disability services office has the right to require additional documentation.
• Follow the currently published policies, procedures, and guidelines for obtaining services through the disability services office.

Penn State University

In relation to students seeking services/information from Student Disability Resources have a

Right to...

• Request and receive through the disability services office current documentation that confirms disability status and supports requests for academic accommodations, auxiliary aids, and/or services.
• Deny a request for academic accommodations, auxiliary aids, and/or services if:
  • the student fails to provide appropriate documentation that meets Penn State’s documentation guidelines
  • the documentation does not indicate the student’s current functional impairment(s)
  • the documentation does not support that the student has a disability as defined by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 1973 or Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008

Responsibility to:

• Respond to requests in a timely manner
• Maintain appropriate confidentiality of all information regarding the disability, except disclosures required or permitted by law