欢迎来到乔治敦学院残疾人服务中心!
The mission of the Office of Disability Services is to work toward a campus community where students with disabilities can fully participate in all aspects of College life. We work collaboratively with students, faculty, and staff to create inclusive environments.
Contact Us
Disability Services
400 East College Street
1st floor Highbaugh Hall
Georgetown, KY 40324
Phone: 502.863.7073
Email: [email protected]
Fax: 502.868.8882
What is a Disability?
A disability is a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. In other words, 一种身体或精神的状态，防止, impairs, interferes, or limits a person’s ability to engage or participate in certain tasks or actions compared to their peers.
What are Accommodations?
Accommodations are adjustments made to a policy and/or to the environment to ensure students with disabilities have equal access to course material, information, activities, programs, housing, and other campus facilities. In other words, accommodations try to circumvent barriers that interfere with a disabled student’s ability to have an equal experience as students without disabilities.
向残疾服务机构登记
If you are facing disability-related barriers that prevent access to education and an equitable campus experience, 残疾服务(DS)希望与您进行对话. Please contact DS as soon as possible as accommodations are not retroactive. 要开始此过程，请完成并 submit the DS Student Information Form, found below.
Requesting Accommodations
Accommodations can be requested for all facets of the College experience, including for academics, housing, dining, on-campus work, parking, etc. 不同请求的文档需求可能不同, but the Disability Services Coordinator is available to walk you through the process.
住宿不是自动的，会议是必不可少的. Together we will explore how your disability impacts you in the living and learning environment of Georgetown College, 哪些住宿避开了障碍, 说明你残疾的具体限制, 以及如何通知相应的部门.
Accommodations are not retroactive, so it is in your best interest to seek accommodations early.
It should be noted that accommodations will not lower academic standards, compromise the integrity of, 或者从根本上改变任何程序. Therefore, academic accommodations may vary, 取决于学习成果和课程设计.
Documentation
文档将有助于指导对话, but we encourage you to reach out even if you currently do not have any documentation. You, the student, are the primary source of information regarding your disability. Although documentation is needed to support and substantiate accommodation requests, 不应该因为缺乏支持而耽误你寻求帮助.
如果你有身体或心理问题, 您的医疗保健提供者或治疗师可以完成 DS Verification Form, found below, or use it as a guide for writing a statement that gives enough information to make an informed decision about your accommodation request/s. 高中的IEP或504计划不能转到大学, 但它们可能会提供有用的信息. 如果你有学习障碍，在K-12接受过测试, the school psychologist might have a copy of the assessment you can share with us.
Documentation must be completed by a credentialed healthcare professional or licensed therapist to (1) verify the presence of a disability (a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits at least one major life activity), (2) describe the severity and functional limitations or the current impact, as well as (3) confirm the relationship between the disability and the requested accommodation/s.
Appeals and Grievances
Students who are concerned that they have been denied equal access or disagree with a denied accommodation for their documented disability may follow our grievance process.
欲知详情，请参阅 GC住宿解决和申诉流程 for further details.
Animals on Campus
Georgetown College is committed to assuring equal access to all persons, as required by law. The College permits Service Animals, 根据《赌博导航所有网站大全》的定义, access to all areas where persons are normally allowed to go with some exceptions. The College reserves the right to restrict service animals from certain locations where the animal would pose health or safety hazards. 进入这些地区将逐案考虑. For more information about service animals, please refer to the Service Animal process below.
While Georgetown College’s Student Housing Policy does not allow pets (with the exception of small fish), the College will allow exceptions to the no-pets policy in Student Housing and permit Assistance Animals, 根据《赌博导航所有网站大全》的定义, to qualified students with disabilities who require the use of such support. Emotional Support Animals are a type of assistance animal that is prescribed by a healthcare provider or therapist as part of an individual’s treatment plan and deemed necessary for the individual’s mental health. Assistance animals, 包括情感支持动物, are not allowed in Student Housing prior to their approval by Disability Services. Students requesting this accommodation should refer to the Assistance Animals process below for more information. 欧空局申请表格可在此找到: 援助动物-欧空局政策确认表.docx.
Privacy
Documentation and sensitive student information will be kept private by Disability Services. As a general rule, the nature of a student’s disability is not shared with others. Limited information, 例如与残疾有关的需要或批准的住宿, 是否会向合适的校园合作伙伴(例如.g. 住宿生活、教师、厨师等.)，以便协调住宿安排. 所有共享信息均以 FERPA guidelines.
