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Confidentiality

Confidentiality is an extremely important part of working with students with disabilities. ODS is committed to maintaining the confidentiality of both current and former students with disabilities.

As a general rule, all information regarding a student's disability is confidential. This rule applies to all information regardless of its source--the students, faculty, ODS staff, or other involved parties. Students with disabilities can sign a Release of Information Waiver giving ODS permission to discuss the disability with faculty, parents, significant others, coaches, and/or advisers who require further information. Information will not be released without consent unless required by federal or state law.

Rights & Responsibilities

Students with a disability have the right to:

• Access all University offerings, including:
  • courses programs services activities facilities

  Information reasonably available in accessible formats;

• Receive reasonable accommodations which may include academic adjustments or auxiliary aids and services;
• Confidentiality of all information regarding their disabilities and to select those to whom that information will be disclosed.

Students with disabilities have the responsibility to:

• Meet qualifications and maintain necessary standards for courses, programs, services, activities, and facilities;

• Identify themselves as individuals with disabilities when accommodations are needed;

• Document (from an appropriate licensed clinical professional) how the disability limits one's participation in the University setting;

• Follow published procedures for obtaining reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids and services;

• Contact the ODS Director at the beginning of each semester so that appropriate accommodations can be made in a timely manner.
  ODS staff are available to assist you in determining which accommodations are appropriate and how to access these accommodations. Students are strongly encouraged to make this contact within the first six weeks of the semester. This includes filling out the required accommodation request form which indicates your need. Although ODS will work with each student requesting accommodations, late requests may result in a delay of accommodations.

UIS has the right to:

• Identify and establish standards for all University courses, programs, services, activities, and facilities and evaluate students on this basis;

• Request and receive current documentation supporting requests for accommodations;

• Deny a request for accommodations if documentation demonstrates an unwarranted request or if appropriate documentation is not provided;

• Select among equally effective accommodations;

• Refuse an accommodation that compromises academic standards, poses undue hardship, or affects the safety of others.

UIS has the responsibility to:

• Provide information to students with disabilities in accessible formats when requested;

• Ensure that University offerings, when viewed in their entirety, are available and usable in the most integrated and appropriate settings;

• Evaluate students on their abilities, not their disabilities;

• Provide or arrange reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities in University functions;

• Maintain appropriate confidentiality of records and communications, and to disclose where permitted or required by law.