Determining Reasonable Accommodations

A reasonable accommodation is a modification or adjustment to a course, program, service, activity, or facility that enables a qualified student with a disability to have an equal opportunity to attain the same level of performance or enjoy equal benefits and privileges as are available to similarly situated students without disabilities.  The college is obligated to provide accommodations only for the known limitations of an otherwise qualified disabled student.  To determine reasonable accommodations, LSS staff may seek information from appropriate college personnel regarding essential standards for courses, programs, services, activities, and facilities.

Reasonable accommodations are determined by examining:

•  the barriers resulting from the interaction between the documented disability and the campus environment.

• the possible accommodations that might remove the barriers.

• whether the student has access to the course, program, service, activity or facility without an accommodation.

• whether essential elements of the course, program, service, activity or facility are compromised by the accommodations.