Montclair State University

Our Mandate
How you can receive our services
Accommodations and Services provided
Your Rights and Responsibilities

Our Mandate:
Montclair State University is committed to the full inclusion of students with disabilities in all curricular and co-curricular activities as mandated by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The Disability Resource Center (DRC) will assist you in receiving the accommodations and services necessary to equalize access. The DRC provides assistance to students with physical, sensory, learning, psychological, neurological, and chronic medical disabilities. TOP

How you can receive our services:

1. Self Disclosure: You must come to us! In college, it is your responsibility to disclose your disability to the DRC and request accommodations and services. To register with the DRC, you must submit a Registration Form and Confidentiality Form.

2. Documentation: You must provide documentation of your disability from a qualified professional. Documentation must include functional limitations and your need for specific accommodations.

3. Meet your Counselor: Make an appointment with your DRC counselor. We’ll discuss your needs and carefully plan your accommodations.

4. Notify Faculty: Receive letters for your faculty informing them of your accommodation needs. Accommodation request forms must be renewed every semester.

5. Follow Through! Keep in touch with your counselor. Share your successes and brainstorm ways to improve your performance in classes that are challenging you. TOP

DRC provides these accommodations and services (Appropriate academic accommodations are determined on a case-by-case basis and must be supported by documentation.):

• Academic Accommodations
  • Note takers
  • Readers
  • Scribes
  • Extended Testing Time
  • Textbooks on CD
• Equipment Loans
  • AlphaSmarts (portable computer keyboards)
  • Tape recorders
  • Calculators
  • Assistive Listening Devices
• Specialized Academic Advising
• Counseling
• Housing Accommodations
• Adaptive Technology
  • Dictation Software
  • Reading Software
  • Screen Enlarging Software
  • Graphic Organizing Software TOP

Your Rights and Responsibilities:

As a student with a disability, you have the right to:

• Equal access to courses, programs, services, jobs, activities, and facilities available within the University.
• Reasonable and appropriate accommodations, academic adjustments, and /or auxiliary aids as determined on a case-by-case basis.
• Appropriate confidentiality for all information pertaining to disability. Details regarding your disability cannot be released nor discussed with anyone without your written consent. Disability information is never part of your academic record, nor noted on your transcript.
• Information reasonably available in accessible formats.

As a student with a disability, you have the responsibility to:

• Be qualified. Meet all academic and technical standards.
• Self-identify and fully participate in the accommodation process.
• You must be involved in the planning, negotiation, and implementation of all accommodations.
• Make requests for accommodations in a timely and reasonable manner
• Provide proper documentation to justify all requests. Documentation that verifies the nature of the disability must be provided by an appropriate professional source.

As a student registered with the DRC, you are also responsible for adhering to all office policies and procedures. You should be especially familiar with this useful information. TOP

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