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</div> <div class="container"> <div class="breadcrumb"> <div id="crumbs" role="navigation" aria-label="breadcrumb"><a href="https://accessibility.jhu.edu">Home</a> <span class="bread-sep">/</span> <span class="current">Rights and Responsibilities</span></div> </div> </div> <main role="main" id="main" tabindex="-1"> <section id="mainContent" class="container pt-2"> <div class="narrow-width"> <p></p> <div class="wp-block-customblock-custom-full-separator" class="wp-block-customblock-custom-full-separator"><div class="row"><div class="hr">Full Separator</div></div></div> <h4 class="wp-block-customblock-custom-headline-title">Student Disability Services</h4> <h4 class="wp-block-customblock-custom-headline-title">Rights and Responsibilities of Students, Faculty and SDS</h4> <p>Johns Hopkins University is committed to providing students with disabilities equitable and inclusive experiences in courses, programs and activities. <strong>Student Disability Services (SDS) is the designated office that approves and coordinates accommodations, working in conjunction with the students, faculty and staff to provide access in a given course.</strong></p> <p><strong>Students with disabilities have the responsibility to:</strong></p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Meet the school and university鈥檚 technical, academic, and institutional standards.</li> <li>Self-identify and follow Student Disability Services processes for requesting and using accommodations.</li> <li>Request accommodations and self-advocate in a timely way.</li> <li>Communicate effectively around the use of accommodations, including notifying faculty in a timely way.</li> <li>Engage in an interactive process with SDS and their faculty as needed.</li> <li>Report concerns or issues with accommodation, ask questions, and request assistance in a timely manner.</li> <li>Provide SDS with information needed to coordinate accommodations (ex. course registration information, dates classes are not meeting, information about materials needed in alternate format, etc.).</li> <li>Read and respond to all correspondence from Student Disability Services and faculty in a timely manner.</li> <li>Abide by the university and school鈥檚 Honor Code and Code of Conduct.</li> <li>Notify Student Disability Services if the approved accommodations require adjustments or are no longer needed.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Students with disabilities have the right to:</strong></p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Review and respond to requests for accommodation in a timely manner.</li> <li>Provide information about policies and procedures as well as guide the interactive process to support accommodation delivery.</li> <li>Coordinate academic adjustments, auxiliary aids, and other reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities approved for accommodations in university sponsored courses, programs and activities.</li> <li>Maintain confidentiality of student documentation and disability specific information.</li> <li>Act in accordance with federal and state laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability.</li> <li>Respond to questions from faculty and students with regard to specific accommodations and how they can be implemented effectively.</li> <li>Assist faculty and students with resolution of disability or accommodation-related concerns.</li> <li>Support and guide the interactive process, including resolving concerns in a timely way.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Student Disability Services (SDS) has the right to:</strong></p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Request current, appropriate, and comprehensive documentation, completed by a qualified professional, to support a request for academic adjustments or other reasonable accommodations.</li> <li>Determine what is reasonable and appropriate based on the documentation submitted, the interactive conversation, and the academic program requirements.</li> <li>Discuss accommodations with faculty or staff on a need-to-know basis in order to provide effective services.</li> <li>Release disability information to a third party only with the signed consent of the student.</li> <li>Respect and courtesy.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Faculty have the responsibility to:</strong></p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Ensure that their courses are accessible and appropriate accommodations are provided as requested.</li> <li>Provide accommodations when presented with an accommodation letter from Student Disability Services.</li> <li>Connect at the student鈥檚 request to discuss how accommodations will work in their course.</li> <li>Consult with SDS before approving any changes or additional accommodations that would not be provided to all students.</li> <li>Direct all questions/concerns regarding accommodations for students with disabilities to Student Disability Services.</li> <li>Maintain confidentiality around the use of accommodations to the greatest degree possible.</li> <li>Act in accordance with federal and state laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Faculty have the right to: </strong></p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Establish academic and technical standards for their course (in conjunction with their department/school).</li> <li>Request that students utilize the designated Student Disability Services process for requesting and using accommodations.</li> <li>Consult with SDS to determine what accommodations are reasonable for a given course.</li> <li>Consult with SDS and/or the student if concerns arise with the accommodation process.</li> <li>Evaluate the academic work of students with disabilities according to the same criteria of evaluation utilized for all other students in the class.</li> <li>Respect and courtesy.</li> </ul> <p>If you have questions or concerns, please contact Student Disability Services at your school.</p> </div> </section> </main> <footer> <div class="container py-5"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-3"><a class="footer-logo" 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