Student Roles & Responsibilities
Every qualified student with a disability has the following rights:
- Equal access to programs, services, activities, and facilities available through The Washington Center.
- Reasonable and effective accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids as determined on a case-by-case basis.
- Appropriate confidentiality regarding information pertaining to disability, including disclosure, except as required by law.
- Reasonable accommodations to provide information in accessible formats
Every student with a disability has the responsibility to:
- Meet The Washington Center's qualifications, including essential technical, academic, and institutional standards.
- Identify as an individual with a disability and request accommodations in a timely manner.
- Provide documentation from an appropriate professional source (Rehab Counselor, disability office at home institution, doctor treating the particular disability) verifying the nature of the disability.
The Washington Center's Roles and Responsibilities
- Discuss the student's eligibility with home institution.
- Select from among equally effective/appropriate accommodations, adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids in consultation with the student.
- Deny requests for accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids when disability documentation does not identify a specific disability, fails to verify the need for the requested services, or is not provided in a timely manner.
- Deny requests for accommodations, adjustment, and/or auxiliary aids that are inappropriate or unreasonable based on disability documentation including any that:
- Pose a direct threat to the health and safety of others
- Constitute a substantial change or alteration of an essential course element/program standard; or
- Pose an undue financial or administrative burden on The Washington Center.
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Quick Links
Disability Services can be reached at disabilityservices@twc.edu
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