This handbook is a guide to understanding the requirements for providing reasonable accommodations for Kentucky State University (KSU) students as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

KSU recognizes the rights of current students and applicants for admission with disabilities. The university makes reasonable efforts to accommodate mobility, sensory, health, psychological, and learning disabilities to the degree that the accommodations do not place undue burden on the university or would result in a fundamental change in the nature of a program. While the ADA and Section 504 apply to disabilities of a substantial and long-term nature, Kentucky State University also elects to accommodate students with temporary disabilities through the Student Health Service to the extent practical.

The center of disability accommodation at KSU is the Disability Resource Center (DRC). This manual describes the practices of the DRC in meeting the academic accommodations needs of students with disabilities.

The DRC provides consultation, counseling, and coordination of accommodations for qualified, registered students. Services include, but are not limited to:

In addition to using assistive aids such as tape recorders, listening devices, low-vision assistance devices, and screen readers, DRC employs several note takers and readers to assist its special needs students. These individuals sit in on courses being taken by the special needs students to assure that the materials covered by the professors are taken down accurately and subsequently understood by the recipient.

For further information concerning the availability of services at the KSU DRC, call (502) 597-6041.

The Kentucky State University Office of Continuing and Distance Education (OCDE) is committed to making all alternative delivery courses and professional training workshops accessible to all students and faculty. This pertains to all Kentucky Virtual University (KYVU) online classes, and Kentucky Tele-Linking Network (KTLN) ITV offerings and all Center for Innovation in Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (CITLA) workshops. OCDE staff will work with the Disability Resource Center Director and the University Counsel to meet all Federal and State ADA guidelines. A student with a disability who needs accommodation in a course will be referred to the Disability Resource Center Director. OCDE will make every effort to provide accommodations to its offerings but