Contact Information
Carol Frazier,
Director
Academic Support
Services
Room 102 Reneau
Hall
cfrazier@muw.edu
662-329-7138 |
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Documenting a Learning Disability
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One
of
the goals of Academic Support Services at Mississippi University for
Women is to ensure that students with disabilities have an equal
opportunity to
learn and to express their knowledge. It is the policy and practice
of
MUW to comply with the requirements of the Americans With Disabilities
Act
of 1990 (ADA) and other federal and state laws prohibiting
discrimination on the basis of disability.
Who is eligible for services?
- Students enrolled in degree and
non-degree programs at Mississippi University for Women, who meet all
university program requirements, and who meet the definition of
disability are eligible for services. A person with a disability
is defined as any person who “...has a physical, emotional, or mental
impairment which substantially limits one or more of
life's major activities; has a record of disability or is regarded as
having
a disability” (P.L. 101-136).
What are students' responsibilities?
- To identify themselves to the
office of Academic Support Services to initiate the accommodations
process. See procedures
for requesting accommodations.
- To provide the Director of
Academic Support
Services with recent
documentation of the disability from a professional
qualified to make a diagnosis
- To submit a copy of the
accommodations plan
to each professor from whom accommodations will be requested
- To request specific, approved
accommodations
from professors in a timely manner
- To maintain academic
requirements of the University
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