University of Arizona

Students, Faculty, Staff, and Guests with disabilities have the right to:

  • Full and equal participation in the services, activities, and benefits of the University of Arizona;
  • Reasonable accommodations, academic/work adjustments and/or auxiliary aids and services;
  • Privacy and to not have confidential information freely disseminated throughout the campus; an

Students, Faculty, Staff and Guests with disabilities have the responsibility to:

  • Meet qualifications and maintain essential institutional standards for courses, programs, services, jobs and activities;
  • Identify as an individual with a disability when an accommodation is needed and to seek information, counsel and assistance as necessary;
  • Demonstrate and/or document how the disability limits their participation in courses, programs, services, jobs and activities; and
  • Follow published procedures for obtaining reasonable accommodations, academic/work adjustments and/or auxiliary aids and services; or when requesting barrier removal.

The University of Arizona has the right to:

  • Establish essential functions, abilities, skills, knowledge and standards for courses, programs, services, jobs and activities or facilities and to evaluate individuals with disabilities on this basis;
  • Determine the appropriate standards in developing, constructing, remodeling and maintaining facilities;
  • Confirm disability status and use an interactive process to determine whether requests for accommodations, academic/work adjustments and/or auxiliary aids and services are reasonable;
  • Select among equally effective accommodations, academic/work adjustments and/or auxiliary aids and services; and
  • Refuse unreasonable accommodations, academic/work adjustments or auxiliary aids and services, and/or facility-related barrier removal requests.

The University of Arizona has the responsibility to:

  • Provide information to faculty, staff, students and guests with disabilities in accessible formats upon request;
  • Ensure that courses, programs, services, jobs, activities and facilities, when viewed in their entirety, are available and usable in the most integrated and appropriate settings;
  • Respond to requests on a timely basis;
  • Provide or arrange reasonable accommodations, academic/work adjustments and/or auxiliary aids and services in courses, programs, services, jobs, activities and facilities; and
  • Maintain appropriate confidentiality of records and communication except where permitted or required by law.