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Welcome
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Student development: your partners for growth and success.
Mission
Statement
The Center for Disability Services mission is to ensure that students with documented disabilities receive equal access to all college programs and to promote student independence and self-advocacy. We achieve this by providing reasonable and appropriate services and accommodations to otherwise qualified students, as well as support and education to all members of the community college, creating an environment of awareness and mutual respect.
Legal
Mandates
Post-secondary students with disabilities are guaranteed access to college
programs and services by the following federal laws:
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Director:
Debbie Sievers, M.A. |
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Office Location: L150 |
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Telephone: (708) 974-5711 |
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Fax: (708) 974-8330 |
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sievers@morainevalley.edu |
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Spring and Fall Office
Hours:
Mon.-Fri. 8a-4:30p
Summer Office
Hours:
Mon.-Thurs. 8a-4:30p
Fri. 8a-noon
Hours vary when classes are not in session. Call for
information.
Other Student Development Office Hours |
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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
“No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United
States...shall, solely by reason of his or her disability, be excluded from the
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination
under any program or activity receiving Federal
financial assistance.”
Title
II of the Americans with Disabilities Act
“Subject to the provisions of this title, no qualified individual with a
disability shall, by reason of such disability, be excluded from participation
in or be denied the benefits of the services, program, or activities of a public
entity, or be subjected to discrimination by such an entity.”
Moraine
Valley Community College is committed to the spirit and the letter of Section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. We
acknowledge the responsibility of all staff, faculty, and students to adhere to
the philosophy of equal access to opportunity.
Definition
of Disability
The law defines a person with a disability as someone who has a physical or
mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
The definition further indicates that you are a “person with a disability”
and entitled to protection from discrimination if you have a disability, if you
have a history of a disability, or if you are regarded as having a disability.
An
“otherwise qualified” disabled individual is defined as one who with an
auxiliary aid (e.g., tape recorder, text-on-tape, note-taker) or reasonable
accommodation (e.g., test proctoring, extended time for testing, sign language
interpreter) can meet the academic requirements that an institution can
demonstrate essential to its education program.
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