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Disability
Services’ Mission and Goal
Disability Services is committed to ensuring equal treatment,
educational opportunity, academic freedom, and human
dignity for students with learning, physical/medical, and
psychological/psychiatric disabilities. Disability Services is
committed to providing reasonable and appropriate accommodations
to students with disabilities, assisting students with
disabilities in self-advocacy, assisting graduating students
transition out of Whittier College, providing academic support
and counseling, educating the Whittier College community about
disabilities and services provided, and by ensuring legal
compliance with state and federal disability laws.
Whittier College is dedicated to providing students with
learning, physical/medical, and psychological/psychiatric
disabilities access to the programs, services, and activities at
Whittier College as required by the Americans with Disabilities
Act (1990) and by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (1973).
Section 504 states: “No otherwise qualified individual shall,
solely by reason of his or her disability, be excluded from the
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to
discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal
financial assistance.” |
