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Rights

To not be denied access due to disability.
To receive reasonable accommodations which provide equal opportunity.
To have access to auxiliary aids/assistive technology.
To receive assistance from the Office of Academic Support Services in removing any academic, physical or attitudinal barriers.
To not be discriminated against due to a disability or receive any retaliatory discrimination.
To confidentiality of all documentation related to his or her disability.

Responsibilities

To self-identify themselves to the Office of Academic Support Services.
To provide documentation -- with current functional limitations and recommendations for academic support -- by a qualified practitioner.
To present Documentation Confirmation to faculty within the first two weeks of the semester.
To provide a minimum of a two-week notice for all accommodation requests including but not limited to adaptive technology, physically accessible classrooms, interpreters or texts in alternative format.
To provide one-week notice to the instructor and Director of Academic Support when they will be testing at CASA.
To assume responsibility for testing procedures and notifying faculty and Academic Support accordingly.
To assume personal responsibility for meeting with faculty and requesting assistance through supplemental services such as the CASA Tutoring Center.
To meet the University's graduation requirements.

For further information, please contact Ms. LaDonna Bridges at 508-626-4906 or lbridges@framingham.edu.