The University of Texas at Brownsville is subject to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Section 402 of the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 which requires affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified handicapped individuals, qualified disabled veterans, and veterans of the Vietnam Era. If you are handicapped, a disabled veteran, or a veteran of the Vietnam Era and would like to be considered under this act, please tell us. Submission of this information is voluntary and refusal to provide it will not subject you to discharge or disciplinary treatment. If you are handicapped, or have a disability, we would like to include you under the affirmative action program. It would assist us if you tell about a. any special methods, skills, and procedures which qualify you for positions that you might not otherwise be able to do because of your handicap, or the skills and procedures you use or intent to use to perform the job notwithstanding the disability and b. the accommodations we could make which would enable you to perform the job properly and safely,including special equipment, changes in the physical layout of the job, elimination of certain duties relating to the job or other accommodations.
Accommodations are subject to business necessities and financial costs.
A form will be made available to each applicant providing the opportunity to identify himself or herself on a voluntary basis. Please see next section for identification form. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 provides all applicants and employees be offered the opportunity to identify themselves as handicapped. It is the policy of The University of Texas at Brownsville to take affirmative action for handicapped persons, disabled veterans, and veterans of the Vietnam Era. The University of Texas at Brownsville will make reasonable accommodation for the disability of handicapped individuals and disabled Veterans.