Responsibilities for Students, ACC, and ACC's Office for Students With Disabilities

Student responsibilities

ACC responsibilities

OSD responsibilities

• Self identify or disclose their disability to the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD)
• Obtain documentation of assessment and test results and provide them to OSD
• Complete a request for services form each semester , especially when interpreter, note taker, reader, or other special services must be arranged
• Meet with OSD Supervisor each semester to obtain an accommodations letter for each class
• Act as independent adults, use appropriate self-advisory strategies
• Arrange their own weekly schedules
• Contact their instructors at start of semester to activate and adopt accommodations for each class
• Arrange for and obtain their own personal attendants, tutoring and individually fitted or designed assistive technologies
• Notify the OSD staff if OSD services are no longer needed
• Observe ACC rules for student conduct
• Be on time for services. OSD sponsored sessions are cancelled if a student has not arrived 15 minutes after their appointment time
• Participate in their educational planning
• Communicate to OSD in a timely manner any question or problems arising due to their disability or assigned accommodations

• Provide accessible facilities and related equipment
• Protect a student's right to privacy and confidentiality
• Provide access to programs and services
• Inform students of OSD office locations and procedures for requesting accommodations
• Make reasonable accommodations for students who meet the qualifying criteria
• Provide reasonable access to program and service choices equal to those available to the general public
• Suggest reasonable adjustments in teaching methods which do not alter the essential content of a course or program
• Assure that off-campus and contracted program facilities also comply with Section 504 (Subpart E) and ADA
• Inform students of their rights and responsibilities

• Assist students regarding educational and disability accommodative issues applicable under federal and state law
• Collect and evaluate educational, psychological, medical, and vocational diagnostic information provided by the student or others assisting the student, to determine eligibility for accommodations
• Advise students regarding appropriate course selection and individualized educational accommodations
• Coordinate the registration process for identified students with disabilities
• Arrange for appropriate reasonable accommodations
• Assist students in accessing technology available to address their identified accommodation needs
• Monitor the effectiveness of student accommodations and educational progress
• Educate students about student rights and responsibilities