8.2 Accessibility Resources and Accommodations
Accessibility Resources, within the Office of Student and Alumni Services (OSAS), supports the Institute’s mission and value of diversity by facilitating and supporting equal access to its programs and services for students who experience a disability. To contact the OSAS Accessibility Resources, students can email ihpar@mghihp.edu.
To be eligible for disability-related services, individuals must have a documented disability as defined by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and/or the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Eligible disabilities include physical and mental impairments which may include but are not limited to vision, hearing, mobility, learning, systemic, psychiatric, and brain injury that substantially limit one or more major life activities.
Accessibility Resources will request documentation from an appropriate professional to certify individuals as having a disability. The cost of obtaining documentation will be borne by the student.
If the initial documentation is incomplete or inadequate to determine the extent of the disability and appropriate accommodations, Accessibility Resources has the discretion to require supplemental assessment. The cost of the supplemental assessment shall also be borne by the student.
Pending receipt of the eligibility documentation, Accessibility Resources and/or the Institute reserves the right to deny services and accommodations.
Disability evaluations must have been performed within five years of the date of submission; otherwise students will be asked to submit a current evaluation at the student's own expense. (OSAS can provide assistance in locating appropriate, licensed evaluators.) All information provided will be kept confidential, except as required by law.
Unless a student has disclosed that they have had accommodations, Instructors cannot ask students if they have disabilities. Instructors may ask if the student has had accommodations in the past and advise the student to schedule an appointment with Accessibility Services to determine their eligibility.