Columbia University Health Services

The Office of Disability Services has the right to:

• Request and receive current disability documentation that supports request for accommodations and services.
• Deny a request for accommodations and services if the request is not warranted, the student fails to provide appropriate documentation, or the request imposes a fundamental alteration to a College program or activity. 

The Office of Disability Services has the responsibility to:

• Provide information in accessible formats to students with disabilities.
• Ensure that courses, programs, services, and activities are accessible to students with disabilities.
• Review student applications and documentation to determine eligibility for services and make recommendations for accommodations. 
• Coordinate accommodations and services. 
• Maintain appropriate confidential records and communication, and only disclose this information when permitted by law.
• Serve as a liaison between students and faculty.
• Serve as a resource on disability issues for the Columbia campus community.

Faculty members have the right to:

• Establish standards for courses and academic programs.
• Consult with ODS to determine reasonable accommodations given the academic requirements of the course.

Faculty members have the responsibility to:

• Evaluate students solely on the basis of their academic performance.
• Work with the student and ODS to ensure the provision of reasonable accommodations .
• Foster an accessible learning environment to all learners.

Students with disabilities at Columbia have the right to:

• Access courses, programs, services, activities, and facilities offered through the University.
• Request reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids and services .

Students with disabilities have the responsibility to:

• Meet qualifications and maintain essential institutional standards for courses, programs, services, activities, and facilities.
• Initiate request for reasonable accommodations and support services.
• Document disability according to Columbia University’s established guidelines .
• Follow university procedures for obtaining reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids and services.