Northwest Missouri State University is committed to providing students with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate in the University’s programs, courses and activities. Title IX and Equity, Accessibility and Accommodations, provides learning and living accommodations at no cost to any student who has a documented disability as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
A diagnosed disability is a condition that substantially limits "major life activity," such as walking, hearing, seeing, speaking, breathing, or learning. ADA laws protect:
If you have a disability that you think would qualify for a living or learning accommodation, please complete the accommodation application and provide supporting medical documentation, or contact ada@rlsgen.com.
How to Request an Accommodation
To make a formal request for learning or living accommodation(s) to Title IX and Equity, Accessibility and Accommodations:
Students self-disclose the need for an accommodation, and must complete and then submit the fillable form below. Students must also submit separately (ada@rlsgen.com), supporting documentation about your disability from your health or counseling professional. For more information please see the documentation guidelines in the section Disability Documentation and Requirements.
Title IX and Equity, Accessibility and Accommodations provides a range of reasonable accommodations, including, but not limited to:
Test accommodations (examples: extended time, minimal distraction, reader)
Note taking assistance (computer usage or lecture recording)
Assistance with hearing
Referrals to other services and programs
Students with approved accommodations are eligible for early registration.
Disability Documentation and Requirements
A supporting letter completed by a licensed professionalwho is knowledgeable in the field of the student's particular disability.
Include a statement of diagnosis by the medical professional you are seeing.
Include the length of time the licensed professional has been treating the student for the disability; the number of visits with the licensed professional may also be required.
Include a description of the current status of the disability.
Relate how the student's disability affects his/her living or learning.
Recommend appropriate accommodations and state how they are remedial to the disability.
Be dated and signed by the licensed professional on agency letterhead (prescriptions are not accepted). Letter must be sent in WORD or PDF format as an attachment when emailed.
Initial supporting documentation must be no older than one year.
Title IX and Equity, Accessibility and Accommodations may request additional or more recent documentation as needed.
Confidentiality will be maintained for all documentation related to a student's disability.
