| Rights & Responsibilities
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| I. |
Office of Services for
Students with Disabilities |
| The Office of Services for Students
with Disabilities has the right to: |
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Request and receive current disability
documentation that supports requests for accommodations, academic
adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids and services; |
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Deny a request for accommodations, academic
adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids and services if the documentation
demonstrates that the request is not warranted or the student fails
to provide appropriate documentation; |
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Select among equally effective accommodations,
academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids and services; |
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Refuse accommodations, academic adjustments,
and/or auxiliary aids and services that impose a fundamental alteration
of a college program or activity; |
| The Office of Services for Students
with Disabilities has the responsibility to: |
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Provide information to students with
disabilities in accessible formats upon request; |
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Ensure that courses, programs, services,
activities, and facilities are available and usable in the most integrated
and appropriate settings; |
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Review Application for Accommodations
and Services to determine eligibility for services and nature of accommodations;
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Provide or arrange reasonable accommodations,
academic adjustments, and auxiliary aids and services; |
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Maintain appropriate confidentiality of
records and communication, and to disclose such information only when
permitted by law; |
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Serve as a liaison between students and
faculty; |
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Serve as a resource on disability issues
for the BMCC campus community. |
| II. |
Faculty |
| Faculty members have the right
to: |
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Identify and establish standards for courses
and academic programs; |
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Verify through the Office of Services
for Students with Disabilities the eligibility for and nature of accommodations
before provision of accommodations occurs; |
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Request assistance and resources from
the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities. |
| Faculty members are responsible
for: |
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Evaluating students solely on the basis
of their academic performance; |
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Working with the student and the Office
of Services for Students with Disabilities to ensure the provision
of reasonable accommodations; |
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Fostering an accessible learning environment
to all learners; |
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Addressing concerns about disability accommodations
with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities. |
| III. |
Students |
| Students with disabilities at BMCC
have the right to: |
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Equal access to courses, programs, services,
activities, and facilities offered through the college; |
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Equal opportunity to learn; |
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Request for reasonable accommodations,
academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids and services; |
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Information in accessible formats. |
| Students with disabilities have
the responsibility to: |
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Meet qualifications and maintain essential
institutional standards for courses, programs, services, activities,
and facilities; |
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Identify themselves as individuals with
disabilities when requesting accommodations and seek information,
counsel, and assistance as necessary; |
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Document their disability according to
established guidelines and demonstrate how disability substantially
limits their participation in courses, programs, services, activities,
and facilities; |
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Follow published procedures for obtaining
reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary
aids and services. |
| Students are advised to: |
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Meet with each of their professors to
discuss the testing and academic accommodations that they anticipate
needing for each class; |
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Self disclose their disability status
to faculty and staff when appropriate; |
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Exercise self-advocacy to meet their
disability related needs. |
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