UConn's Policies and Procedures Regarding Students with Disabilities

Student Rights and Responsibilities

Every student with a documented disability has the following rights:

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

Every student with a disability has the responsibility to:

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