Student Rights and Responsibilities
Students with disabilities at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown have the right to:
- An equal opportunity to access the courses, programs, services, and activities
- Request reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments, or auxiliary aids and services
- Appropriate confidentiality of information regarding their disability, except as disclosures are required or permitted by law
Students with disabilities at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown have the responsibility to:
- Maintain institutional standards for academic performance and conduct
- Register with Disability Services and request an accommodation
- Provide appropriate documentation of a disability, including the functional limitation(s) of the disability and the impact on the access to and participation in courses, programs, services and activities
- Follow published procedures for requesting accommodations, academic adjustments, or auxiliary aids and services
- Request, in person, academic accommodations for each term the student is registered
University Rights and Responsibilities
The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown has the right to:
- Request and receive, through Disability Services, current documentation that identifies the existence of a disability and explains the functional limitations of the disability
- Suggest appropriate and reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments, or auxiliary aids and services based upon documentation submitted to the office
- Establish essential requirements and standards for courses, programs, services, or activities
- Select equally effective accommodations, adjustments, or auxiliary aids and services
- Deny an accommodation, adjustment, or auxiliary aid that fundamentally alters a course, program or activities
The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown has the responsibility to:
- Review submitted documentation without bias and seek appropriate relevant professional expertise when necessary
- Confer with the student and other relevant parties when determining accommodations, academic adjustments, or auxiliary aids and services
- Provide information in accessible formats upon request
- Respond to requests in a timely manner
- Maintain appropriate confidentiality of documentation and information