Disability Support Services
Disclosure and Documentation of Disability
The University may not make inquiry regarding a prospective
student's disability status prior to admission to the institution. However, students may choose, at any time
during their association with the University, to disclose a documented
disability. Students should be aware
that certain disabilities and/or their mitigating therapies might delay or
preclude their participation in some of the University's programs of study due
to regulatory limitations of the Federal Aviation Administration. Students are encouraged to discuss these
concerns with an Aviation Medical Examiner or directly with the FAA in Oklahoma
City, OK by phoning (405) 954-4821.
Students must provide documentation of their disability in order
to receive protection from discrimination under the law. In order to receive accommodation, students
with disabilities must provide documentation that, without accommodation, they
would not have equal access and, therefore, be subject to discrimination.
Students who require
consideration for protection under the law and/or accommodation on the basis of
disability must provide comprehensive, written documentation of the disability,
on professional letterhead, to the office of Disability Support Services.
Modifications of the living and learning environments are based on the definition,
by DSS, of those modifications as appropriate and relevant to the individual
student's needs and capabilities.
Therefore, documentation must be current or recent enough to
determine the impact of the disability on the student's functioning in the higher
education environment. A high school Individual Educational Plan (IEP) or
504 Plan, alone, does not constitute appropriate documentation.
Students are encouraged
to document their disabilities upon matriculation, whether or not they have an
immediate need for protection or services.
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