访问 and Accommodation Services

According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, 残疾是一种身体或精神上的损害，严重限制了一种或多种主要的生活活动. 与教育相关的主要生活活动包括但不限于步行, 睡觉, 吃, 学习, 阅读, 写作, 处理, 听力, 等.

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires recipients of federal funding to afford individuals with disabilities equal access to all services. In 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) spelled out in greater detail the obligations not only of recipients of federal funds but also private businesses and public spaces.

In 2008, 在一系列法院判决削弱了国会对《lol电竞菠菜》的意图之后, Congress passed the amendments act. The ADA Amendments Act reaffirms congress’s intention that the ADA applies to individuals with all types of disabilities including those suffering from long-term illnesses such as cancer or impairments to bodily systems and made clear that mitigating measures should not be taken into effect when determining whether an individual has a disability. The intent and effect of the amendments act was to significantly expand the number of people covered by the ADA.

An accommodation is an adjustment made to a policy and/or academic environment to ensure students with temporary or permanent disabilities have equal access 课程材料、信息、活动、项目、住房和其他校园设施.

Asking a student for more details regarding their disability is not permitted as the confidentiality of the student’s information must be maintained. It is an individual’s choice whether to disclose the nature of their disability to their faculty or to staff at the college.

A service animal is an animal that is trained to work or perform active tasks for an individual with a disability. 如果不清楚某只动物(狗和很少的迷你马)是否是服务性动物, anyone can ask following questions: (1) is the service animal required because of a disability and (2) what work or task the animal has been trained to perform? 如果你不确定这些问题是否得到了令人满意的回答, allow the person and animal to proceed, and contact 访问 & Accommodation Services on campus. An emotional support animal is not a service animal.

访问 & Accommodation Services at Genesee Community College encourages students with services animals to register their animals with our office. This can be helpful if the student and service animal are separated for any reason and we need to facilitate reunification. Please view our Service Animal Registration Form.

The laws governing mandated accommodations for students with disabilities are different at the post-secondary level (colleges and universities) than K-12. 因此，学生可能不会得到他们在高中时得到的住宿. In some cases, 学生在高中得到的住宿可能是一样的, 但在大学水平上，其他的住宿条件可能并不合理和合适. This is why each student’s documentation is reviewed and accommodations are discussed through the interactive process.

有关k-12服务和高等教育服务之间差异的信息, please see our document Transitioning to College Accommodations.

与高中不同，大学环境要求学生作为独立的成年人行事. If a student presents to 访问 & 住宿服务，当他们在校园遇到挑战, every effort will be made to assist the student in getting back on track within the parameters of our services. Daily monitoring, however, is not available.

年满18岁的学生在法律上被认为是成年人. 作为一个成年人，学生必须自我识别访问 & Accommodation Services and request accommodations. 住宿申请只接受学生本人提出的，不接受家长提出的. 很多时候，家长要求参加访问的第一次预约 & Accommodation Services. 如果得到学生的同意，这将非常有帮助. 如果学生希望在第一次会议后与家长分享信息，他们必须签署一份声明.

学生s must self-identify to 访问 & 住宿服务和住宿申请(这与一般招生过程分开). The first step includes completing our intake form and requesting a meeting with one of our staff. 学生s who are taking classes on the Genesee Community College campus will be asked to meet with an 访问 & 住宿办公室专业人员召开入学会议，讨论住宿流程. 学生s who are taking classes online only will need to communicate by phone or electronically with an 访问 & Accommodation Services Professional.

学生s who require or would like our intake form in a different format can contact our office by emailing us (access@杰纳西.edu) or by calling us at 585.343.0055 x6219. 我们很乐意以另一种格式提供我们的表格.

Each college/university may have different documentation guidelines and rules about what constitutes a reasonable accommodation. Upon transfer to Genesee Community College, 以前学校的信息是有帮助的，但它仍然是必要的 & Accommodation Office Professionals to review your documentation and determine what is reasonable at our institution.

No, there are no flags or identifying markers on students’ academic record if they utilize access services during their higher education experience. 进一步, 文件和残疾服务记录与其他学术记录分开保存.

文档指南根据残疾的类型而有所不同. 我们将通过交互过程确定需要哪些文档(如果有的话). 请注意，您不应该因为担心没有正确的文件而推迟与我们的会议. Each consultant will discuss specific third-party documentation needs during the initial interactive process meeting and steps you can take after the meeting. 我们的首要任务是与您会面，而不是审阅您的文件.

The office of 访问 & 住宿不包括辅导. 当学生需要辅导时，我们会将他们推荐到Genesee社区大学学习中心. 学生也可以在方便的时候通过学习中心获得辅导, without a referral. 所有GCC学生都可以免费获得专业和同行导师的辅导. 通过我们的学习中心提供的所有伟大的节目的更多信息, please visit the Learning Center’s page or email the Learning Center at tutoring@杰纳西.edu.

Please complete our electronic Intake for 访问 & Accommodation Services 并lol电竞菠菜的办公室申请初次预约(电子邮件: access@杰纳西.edu or phone: 585.343.0055 x6219)

请不要犹豫，到我们的办公室了解更多信息:

The Office of 访问 & Accommodations
Genesee Community College
房间C219
access@杰纳西.edu
电话: 585-343-0055 x6219