What is my son or daughter’s role as a college student with a disability at CMU?
• Any student’s role is to successfully transition into an independent adult. We know that students with disabilities face the same challenges as every college bound young adult plus the challenges related to limitations imposed by disabilities. However, their role still remains to successfully transition into an independent adult. The time for dependence is coming to a close. Therefore: • “We do nothing about the student, without the student” – Any action regarding access to services, seeking special assistance or providing reasonable accommodation must be initiated by the student. • “We speak with the student, not about the student” – All communication in any matter related to the student flows through the student. • “No one speaks for the student, or acts for the student but the student” – We look to the student to express his/her needs, provide us with information that will help us assist him/her, and keep in contact with us. • Federal Law requires this. University policies require
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