About Our Services

Our Mandate

Montclair State University is committed to the full inclusion of students with disabilities in all curricular and co-curricular activities as mandated by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The Disability Resource Center (DRC) will assist students in receiving the accommodations and services necessary to equalize access. The DRC provides assistance to students with physical, sensory, learning, psychological, neurological, and chronic medical disabilities. The mission of the DRC is to unite the Montclair State University community in an effort to provide students with disabilities the excellence and equity in education to which they are legally entitled.

Accommodations

The DRC provides accommodations to assist students in their academic and student life-related activities. Mandated by law, accommodations are determined on a case-by-case basis and require supporting documentation and an appointment with one of the DRC professional staff. Below is a sample of potential accommodations available; exact accommodations may differ by student:

Additional Resources & Support

In addition to accommodations, the DRC also provides a variety of resources for additional support in and out of the classroom. Please speak with your DRC Counselor or visit the Student Resources webpage for additional resources.

Rights and Responsibilities

The university has the following rights and responsibilities:

Rights:

To identify and establish essential functions, abilities, skills, and knowledge for employment, courses, programs, services, and activities and to evaluate faculty, staff, and students on this basis.
To request and receive current documentation that supports requests for reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary services.
To deny a request for accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary services if the documentation demonstrates that they are not warranted, or if the individual fails to provide appropriate documentation.
To select among equally effective reasonable accommodations, adjustments, and/or auxiliary services.
To refuse an unreasonable accommodation, adjustment, and/or auxiliary service or one that imposes and undue hardship or fundamental alternation on a program or activity of the university.

Responsibilities:

To provide information to faculty, staff, students, and guests with disabilities in accessible formats upon request.
To ensure that employment, courses, programs, services, and activities when viewed in their entirety are available and usable in the most integrated and appropriate settings.
To evaluate faculty, staff, students, and applicants on their abilities and not on their disabilities.
To provide or arrange reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary services for faculty, staff, students, and guests with disabilities in employment, courses, programs, services, facilities, and activities.
To maintain appropriate confidentiality of records and communication, except where permitted/required by law.