Fall Semester 2011
For those who have or think that you may have a disability (learning, physical or psychological), you are encouraged to contact Services for Students with Disabilities, Room G10, Bellarmine, 610-660-1774 or 610-660-1620 as early as possible in the semester. Reasonable accommodations can only be offered to students with current (within 3 years) documentation of the disability and to the extent that such accommodation does not interfere with the essential requirements of a particular course or program.
Once it is determined by the Director of Services for Students with Disabilities (“Director”) that a student qualifies for consideration for a reasonable accommodation, the Director will be in touch with the student’s professors in whose courses such accommodation is being requested to discuss the instructional essential requirements of the particular course and the type of accommodation being sought by the student in connection with the course. With this specific information related to the course and the documentation of the student’s disability, the Director will determine what accommodation, if any, can be offered to the student.
In the event that a student does not initiate this process at the start of the semester or at the start of his/her enrollment at Saint Joseph’s, but at some point during the academic year wishes to request extended time to take examinations and/or an examination in a distraction free environment, such requests must be discussed with the Director a minimum of two (2) weeks prior to the scheduled date of the exam. In addition, all students requesting extended time to take examinations in a distraction-free environment must complete the Extended-Time Request Form, present it to the professor a minimum of one (1) week prior to the scheduled date for signature and return the completed Form to the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities three (3) days prior to the date of the examination. Failure to follow these procedures could result in a denial of the request as untimely.
All other mid-semester requests for reasonable accommodation should be discussed with the Director as soon as possible.
Accommodations Grievance Procedures for Students with Disabilities
The Office of Services for Students with Disabilities will seek to provide a reasonable accommodation to qualified students with disabilities. However, there may be times when a disagreement as to what is a reasonable accommodation or as to the nature of the reasonable accommodation being provided will occur between the student and the University. The student has a right to file a grievance for complaints regarding a requested or offered reasonable accommodation on the basis of a disability under Section 504 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and University policies.
If you have any questions contact Jim Scott, Director, Services for Students with Disabilities – Bellarmine – Room G10 - 610-660-1774 or jscott@sju.edu