Students wishing to receive
special accommodations through DSS must provide verification of a
disability from a physician or other qualified professional in at least
one of the following areas:
Mobility, visual, hearing, or speech disability
Learning Disability or Developmentally-delayed disability
Traumatic brain injury
Psychological or psychiatric disability
Other chronic health condition that negatively impacts
ones
performance or participation in a learning environment.
Per
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504:
Individuals with disabilities are defined as persons with
a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more
major life activities. People who have a history of, or who are regarded
as having a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one
or more major life activities, are also covered. Major life activities
include caring for one's self, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking,
breathing, working, performing manual tasks, and learning. Some examples
of impairments which may substantially limit major life activities, even
with the help of medication or aids/devices, are: AIDS, alcoholism,
blindness or visual impairment, cancer, deafness or hearing impairment,
diabetes, drug addiction, heart disease, and mental illness. |
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