Process for Requesting Accommodations
In compliance with the ADA, students must self-identify, provide documentation of their disability and request services and accommodations. Specific procedures and documentation requirements are in place, but we are still dependent on the student coming forward. Accommodations requested after the fact are not appropriate and generally need not be provided.
PROCEDURES FOR INITIAL CONTACT
- Students must submit current documentation of their disability. Specific documentation requirements can be obtained by contacting Mike Chambers, Director of Disability Services, at (478) 445-5931 or by e-mail at mike.chambers@gcsu.edu. Students with disabilities will provide sufficient documentation (as determined by the Director of Disability Services) in support of his/her documented disability.
- Documentation will be evaluated and reviewed by the Disability Services Director and/or the Regent's Center for Learning Disorders to determine appropriate accommodations. Accommodations for students with diagnosed and documented disabilities will be made on an individual basis.
- Students requesting accommodations are required to meet with Mr. Chambers in order to review recommended academic accommodations. Instructions regarding procedures for the implementation of accommodations will also be shared with the student.
- Reasonable academic accommodations are based on the current impact of the disability on academic performance; therefore it is in the student's best interest to provide current and complete documentation.
- If it is determined that the documentation is inadequate in scope or content, or does not address the student's current level of functioning and need for accommodation, or that the evaluator does not have the appropriate qualifications, reevaluation may be required.
- Reasonable academic accommodations in the post secondary environment may differ from those available in the secondary school.
- Depending on the nature of the disability and the accommodations requested, the amount of advance notice provided may impact the University's ability to provide accommodations.
- Delays in presenting requests or providing documentation will affect promptness in arranging accommodations
Filing a Grievance:
Complaints of failure to provide reasonable accommodation of a qualified disability or allegations of discrimination based on disability can be filed with the GC Chief Diversity Officer within ninety (90) days of the last incident.
Yves-Rose SaintDic
Director of Employment and Training
Chief Diversity Officer
Hall House
CBX 028
Yves-rose.saintdic@gcsu.edu
Telephone: (478) 445-1382
Fax: (478) 445-0491
* Please note that Georgia College processes all discrimination and harassment complaints, including harassment based on disability, in accordance with the procedures outlined in the Sexual Harassment Policy.
