Students

Students with documented disabilities have the right to:

• Equal access to courses, programs, services, jobs, activities and facilities available through the college
• Individualized professional assessment of the documentation supporting the disabling condition and its impact on function in an academic environment
• Appropriate and reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids determined on a case-by-case basis
• Appropriate confidentiality of all information pertaining to the disability with the choice of to whom to disclose the disability, except as required by law
• Information reasonably available in accessible formats

Students with documented disabilities have the responsibility to:

• Meet the essential qualifications and institutional standards of Rhodes
• Disclose the disability in a timely manner to SDS when seeking an accommodation
• Follow the specific procedures for obtaining appropriate and reasonable accommodations
• Provide documentation from an appropriate professional source that verifies the nature of the disability, functional limitations, and the need for special accommodation
• Develop self-advocacy skills and motivation leading to self-reliance and independence