Specific Information about the Rights and Responsibilities of Students with Disabilities
Lesley University is committed to the full participation of its students in all of its programs. In addition to this long-standing Lesley philosophy, students with disabilities have specific legal rights guaranteed by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), civil rights laws enacted to protect otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities from discrimination on the basis of disability. Title III of the ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of public accommodations, such as universities. The following is a summary of Lesley policy and procedures for students with disabilities seeking services under these laws (sometimes colloquially termed and referred to by Lesley as “reasonable accommodations”).
An essential component of Title III of the ADA is the right of a qualified individual with a disability to a reasonable modification of policies where necessary to afford such individual an equal benefit. The process for obtaining a reasonable modification is an interactive one that begins with the student’s request for a change in the usual manner in which things are done. Further, in accordance with Title III of the ADA, Lesley University will make reasonable modifications to our rules, policies, practices, and procedures, when such modifications are necessary to afford goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Lesley University does not charge individuals with disabilities for reasonable modifications or other actions required by the ADA.
For more information, please contact Dan Newman in Disability Services, or see lesley.edu/students/health-wellness-safety/disability-services