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Disability Accommodation Policy

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, University of Holy Cross provides disability accommodations for students with identified and/or diagnosed disabilities. Students with disabilities need not inform their instructors about the nature of their disabilities, but they are responsible for contacting and providing appropriate documentation to the Disability Services Coordinator prior to receiving accommodation(s). Requests for accommodations must be made each semester in which the student wishes to receive service. The process for requesting an accommodation is

  • The student contacts the Disability Services Coordinator to provide appropriate documentation regarding the disability.
  • The Disability Services Coordinator provides a letter of accommodation, which must be signed by the student prior to its being distributed to faculty.
  • The student submits his or her schedule each semester to request the release of the accommodation letter to faculty. Accommodation letters are NOT automatically sent to faculty; the student must request accommodation(s) each semester.
  • The Disability Services Coordinator notifies the student when the accommodation letter has been sent to the faculty members requested.
  • Once the accommodation letter has been sent to the faculty requested by the student, it is the student’s responsibility to meet with each faculty member to discuss how his or her accommodation(s) may be met within each course.

University of Holy Cross attempts to meet reasonable accommodations requested. A reasonable accommodation is a modification to a non-essential aspect of a course, program, service, or facility, which does not impose an undue burden and which enables a qualified student with a disability to have adequate opportunity to participate and to demonstrate his or her ability. Such accommodations are determined on an individual basis, depending upon the nature and extent of the disability. If a student has a documented disability which requires accommodation(s), or if more information is needed, please contact the Disability Services Coordinator at (504) 398-2236.