Eligibility for Students as
Students with a Disability

Referral of a
Student to the Office
of Disability Services

Syllabus Statements

Confidentiality and Disability - Guidelines
for Faculty

Web Construction and ADA Guidelines

Project and Paper Extension Policies

Language of Disability

Reasonable Accommodations
by Disability

Project Success Workshops

Buffalo State College complies with the mandates of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 in recognizing the rights and needs of students with disabilities. All students who receive support through the Disability Services Office must meet the stringent documentation standards as students with disabilities that substantially limit their performance in a college environment.

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 states:
“No otherwise qualified person with a disability in the United States … shall, solely by reason of … disability, be denied the benefits of, be excluded from participation in, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance….”

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 reinforces the requirements of Section 504.

An individual can be recognized as a person with a disability under the Section 504 Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (the ADA) if they are:

• Anyone who has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activity
• Anyone who has a history of such an impairment OR
• Anyone who is regarded as having such an impairment.

“Substantially limits” means that the individual’s manner, rate, or duration of performing a life function is significantly different than that of most people

Qualified person with a disability…
“A qualified person with a disability” is one “who meets the academic and technical standards requisite to admission or participation in the education program or activity.”