Faculty and Student Rights and Responsibilities – Disability Services

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Students at Cambridge College with a documented disability have the right to:

• reasonable accommodations as prescribed by law.
• equal access to education, programs, services, jobs, activities, and facilities.
• confidentiality regarding the nature of their disability and records provided to the Office of Disability Services.

Students at Cambridge College with a documented disability have a responsibility to:

• meet requirements for courses, programs, services, and activities as established by the College.
• abide by the College’s Code of Conduct.
• self-identify to the Office of Disability Services as an individual with a disability.
• provide documentation of a disability from a qualified professional.
• request an accommodation in a timely manner.
• notify the Office of Disability Services in a timely manner if there is a problem with an accommodation. 
• follow published procedures for obtaining reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments, and auxiliary aids or services.
• regularly check their College email account and reply to communications from the Office of Disability Services.
• inform the Office of Disability Services of any changes in their schedule and request accommodations for newly added classes.

Faculty at Cambridge College have the right to:

• receive written notice of a student's accommodation.
• determine course content, and teaching methods, and assessment methods, and ensure that standards in their course are not lowered or compromised. 
• communicate with the Office of Disability Services if they believe that a specific accommodation request is inappropriate for the course, or if the nature of the accommodation would alter the essential requirements of a course and collaborate to identify an alternative accommodation for the student.

Faculty at Cambridge College have the responsibility to:

• provide approved accommodations together with the Office of Disability Services.
• respect student confidentiality.
• learn about disability policies and procedures, and cooperate with the coordination of services.
• familiarize themselves with the accommodations for each student and reach out to the Office of Disability Support to clarify any questions about accommodations or services.
• modify instruction to allow for the accommodations to be implemented as described in the accommodation letter.
• provide handouts, notes, or other materials related to their class, when requested from the Office of Disability Services, in a timely manner.
• regularly check Cambridge College email and reply to communications from the Office of Disability Services in a timely manner.