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Disability Support
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Shepherd
University seeks to empower students with disabilities
to achieve their academic and personal goals.
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accordance with the Americans With Disabilities
Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, Shepherd University is committed
to fulfilling its ethical and legal responsibilities
to ensure equal opportunity for all students.
In addition, the University prohibits illegal
discrimination against any individual on the basis
of her/his disability. A person with a disability
is generally defined as any individual who (1)
has a physical or mental impairment; (2) has a
record of such impairment; or (3) is regarded
as having such an impairment, and the impairment
substantially limits one or more major life activities
such as self-care, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking,
breathing, or learning. Disabilities can include,
but are not limited to, mobility impairment, visual
or hearing impairments, systemic (medical) conditions,
psychological disorders (as defined by the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth
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Students with disabilities at Shepherd University
have the right to:
Equal
access to curricular and co curricular programs
across campus, including academic courses, student
services, employment, and student activities;
Reasonable
and appropriate accommodations;
Information
available in a timely manner and in an accessible
format;
Expect
all disability-related information will be treated
confidentially by all University employees;
and
Appeal
any disability-related accommodation decision.
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Students
with disabilities also must act as self-advocates.
In order to obtain disability-related accommodations,
students are responsible for completing all necessary
forms and providing all requested documentation
to the appropriate disability service provider
(listed below) in accordance with posted deadlines.
At a minimum, the documentation must be from an
appropriate and authorized professional (e.g.,
physician, clinical psychologist), it must be
timely, and it must verify the nature of the disability,
the functional limitations it imposes, and the
need for specific accommodations. The University
will not be liable for any costs associated with
obtaining such documentation.
All accommodations will be decided on a case-by-case
basis. Please note that the University has an
obligation to provide reasonable and appropriate
accommodations to ensure that students with disabilities
have access to all campus programs, services and
functions. However, if the University can provide
an accommodation that is equally as effective
as the one requested by the student but is less
expensive or less extensive, the University is
not required to provide the more expensive or
extensive one.
Please direct all accommodation inquires and
supporting accommodation documentation to Christana
Johnson, Director of Multicultural Student Affairs/ADA
Coordinator, at x5453 or cjohns12@shepherd.edu.
Request for accommodations for the upcoming semester
should be submitted as soon as possible and at
least two weeks before the beginning of classes.
Please click here to learn
more about available accommodations at Shepherd
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more information on our commitment to equal
opportunity for students with disabilities,
our support services, required documentation,
and confidentiality concerns please contact:
Christana Johnson
Director
of Multicultural Student Affairs/ADA Coordinator
Email: cjohns12@shepherd.edu
Phone: 304-876-5453 | 800-344-5231 x5453
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| Office
of Multicultural Student Affairs and Disability Support
Services
201
Student Center
Shepherd
University
Shepherdstown,
WV 25443
Phone:
1-800-344-5231
– x5453 or 304-876-5453
Email: cjohns12@shepherd.edu
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