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ability@uwlax.edu |
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DRS Mission
Statement & Objectives |
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The
Disability Resource Services mission is to collaborate with
students with disabilities to identify, reduce, or eliminate
barriers to obtaining education within the most integrated
settings possible. |
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In pursuit of its mission, the Disability Resource Center
(DRS) will: |
develop and facilitate self-advocacy, empowerment, responsibility,
independence, personal growth, understanding of his or her disability,
and the development and use of compensatory skills in students with
disabilities. |
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assure that all services at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse that
are provided to students with disabilities are in compliance with the
legal mandates regarding people with disabilities. |
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provide timely, efficient, and equitable accommodations and services
when such services are required to ensure equal access to educational
opportunities and services for students with disabilities. |
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promote awareness of the types of services and accommodations that are
available through DRS among students, prospective students, the
community, and the University of Wisconsin System by contacting all
incoming freshman and transfer students, by presenting informational
workshops, and by distributing informational material in a broad range
of settings. |
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strive to maintain the academic integrity of the University of
Wisconsin-La Crosse and the degrees it presents by monitoring the types
of academic substitutions and accommodations that are made for students
with disabilities and by assuring that these accommodations are being
used responsibly by both the student and the instructor. |
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act as a liaison between the students and the university faculty and
staff and community organizations/agencies by assisting in the
negotiation of accommodations, promoting effective educational
experiences for students with disabilities, and providing the necessary
services to enable students with disabilities to have equal access to
the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. |
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educate the community, faculty, staff and the students about
disabilities by organizing the Representatives for Individuals with
Disabilities (RID) from each academic department and unit, training them
to present informational in-services for their departments, and
preparing them to respond to student feedback about the quality of
educational accommodations each department provides to students with
disabilities. |
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ensure that all students with disabilities that are being serviced by
DRS have appropriate updated documentation indicating the need for
specific accommodations in the university setting. |
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keep abreast of all the current trends and issues related to individuals
with disabilities and will inform the relevant faculty and staff persons
of these issues. |
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refer students to other community and campus organizations when
appropriate. |
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