The University of Connecticut is committed to achieving equal educational opportunities and full participation for persons with disabilities. It is the University.s policy that no person be excluded from participating in any University program or activity, be denied benefits of any university program or activity, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination with regard to any University program or activity. Assurance of equal educational 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 1990. By federal law, a person with a disability is any person who:

has a physical or mental impairment
has a record of such impairment
is regarded as having such impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities such as self-care, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, or learning.

Every student with a documented disability has the following rights:

equal access to courses, programs, services, jobs, activities, and facilities available through the University.
reasonable and appropriate accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids determined on a case-by-case basis.
appropriate confidentiality of all information pertaining to his/her disability with the choice of whom to disclose their disability to, except as required by law.
information reasonably available in accessible formats.

Every student with a disability has the responsibility to:

meet the University's qualifications and essential technical, academic, and institutional standards.
identify themselves in a timely manner as an individual with a disability when seeking an accommodation.
provide documentation from an appropriate professional source that verifies the nature of the disability, functional limitations, and the need for specific accommodations.
follow specific procedures for obtaining reasonable and appropriate accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids.

For further information on Students with Disabilities, consult the University of Connecticut General Catalog or log on to the website of the Center for Students with Disabilities at http://www.csd.uconn.edu/