Disability Resource Services

                                                                    University of Wisconsin – La Crosse

                                      POLICY MANUAL

                                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 1. Introduction_ 1

1.1. Purpose of Policies and Procedures 1

1.2. University of Wisconsin System Mission 1

1.3. University of Wisconsin Board of Regents Policy Statement 1

1.4. University of Wisconsin – La Crosse - Philosophy 9

1.5. Responsibility for Funding Reasonable Accommodations Policy 9

1.6. Chancellor designation of responsible individuals to coordinate policy 10

1.7. University of Wisconsin – La Crosse Disability Accessibility Statement 10

1.8. Reasonable Accommodations: Office of Human Resources 11

1.9. ADA Employees 12

1.10. University of Wisconsin – La Crosse Disability Services Mission Statement 12

1.11. Association on Higher Education and Disabilities (AHEAD) Program Standards 13

1.12. University of Wisconsin – La Crosse (UW-L) Advisory Committee 15

1.13. Association on Higher Education and Disabilities (AHEAD) Code of Ethics 16

1.14. Association on Higher Education and Disabilities (AHEAD) Program Standards 55555

1.15. Networking with Collaborative Agencies 12

Section 2. Federal Laws and Legal Precedents Pertinent to Disability Services 17

2.1. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 17

2.2. Postsecondary School Provision of Auxiliary Aids _ 17

2.3. Americans with Disabilities Act – 1990_ 18

2.4. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) 19

2.5. Confidentiality 19

2.6. Legal Implications: Individual Needs 19

2.7. Council for the Advancement of Standards (CAS) 22

2.8. OCR’s Complaint Procedure22

Section 3. Documentation of Disabilities 27

3.1. Purpose of Documentation 27

3.2. Specific Learning Disabilities 27

3.3. Physical and Systemic Illness 27

3.4. Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD or ADD) 29

3.5. Physical and Systemic Illness 29

3.6. Psychiatric/Psychological Disorders 29

3.7. Hidden Disabilities 30

Section 4. Disabilities: Characteristics and Reasonable Accommodations 30

4.1. Etiquette and Disabilities 33

4.2. Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)/ Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) 33

4.3. Blind/Impaired Vision 35

4.4. Closed Head Injury/Traumatic Brain Injury 39

4.5. Deaf/Impaired Hearing 40