Reasonable Accommodation Policy - Disability Services

Policy

Northern Michigan University is committed to providing students, faculty, and staff with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from its programs, services, and activities. To that end, Northern Michigan University provides students, faculty, and staff with reasonable accommodation in a timely manner when such accommodations are necessary to make the University's programs, services, and activities accessible to individuals with disabilities unless such accommodation would fundamentally alter the nature of the program, service, or activity.

Students seeking accommodations should submit their request to the University's Disability Services Office. Students with disabilities may request academic accommodations; housing and dining accommodations; modifications to University policies, rules, and regulations; environmental adjustments such as the removal of architectural, communication, or transportation barriers; and auxiliary aids and services.

Northern Michigan University's Disability Services Office uses an interactive process of consulting with the student and conducts an individualized assessment of each student to determine, on a case-by-case basis, whether and what accommodations can be made to allow a student with a disability to participate in and benefit from the programs, services, and activities at Northern Michigan University, and to continue to participate in and benefit from the University's programs, services, and activities while receiving treatment for a health condition.

Employees seeking accommodations should submit their requests to Human Resources.

Anyone who believes that she or he has been wrongly denied an accommodation may file a grievance. Click to view the ADA/Section 504 Grievance Procedure. Grievances should be addressed to:

Retaliation against anyone who files a grievance or cooperates in the investigation of a grievance is prohibited.