This policy derives from the UCHC Graduate School's commitment to non-discrimination for all persons in employment, access to facilities, student programs, activities, and services. Assurance of equal education opportunity rests upon legal foundations established by federal law, specifically the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 including Section 504, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 2990. Is regarded as having such an impairment which substantially limits one more major life activities such as self-care, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing or learning. The Health Center works with students in the development and implementation of reasonable accommodations to allow access to both physical facilities and educational programs. The Graduate School assists with reasonable accommodations and also provides assistance, if requested, in dealing with faculty, staff or students.
Documentation is required before accommodations are made.
This is not an exhaustive list, and none of these accommodations are made unless requested and agreed to by the student and the Health Center.