DSR Policies/Procedures

Gadsden State Community College has adopted an internal grievance procedure providing for prompt and equitable resolution of complaints alleging any action prohibited by the U. S. Department of Justice regulations implementing Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Title II states, in part, that “no otherwise qualified disabled individual shall, solely by reason of such disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, 或者在公共实体赞助的项目或活动中受到歧视.

 

1. An ADA Complaint Form must be filed, in writing, 在涉嫌违规的十(10)个工作日内向ADA协调员提交. 它必须包含提交人的姓名和地址, 它必须简要描述涉嫌违反规定的行为.
2. 在适当的情况下，应在提出投诉后进行调查. The investigation shall be conducted by the ADA Coordinator. 这些规则要求进行非正式但彻底的调查, affording all interested persons and their representatives, if any, an opportunity to submit evidence relevant to a complaint.
3. A written determination as to the validity of the complaint and a description of the resolution shall be issued by the ADA Coordinator and a copy forwarded to the complainant no later than ten (10) business days after the completion of the investigation, via certified mail, personal delivery or student email.
4. 如果解决计划未能使投诉人得到满意的解决, the complainant may choose to pursue a formal appeal through the DSR office by requesting that the evidence be presented to the Disability Services Committee. (由一名GSCC员工和两名社区成员组成的三人委员会).  A meeting will be scheduled for the Committee to review all evidence connected with the case and if needed to interview all interested persons and their representatives.   
5. 委员会会根据调查结果向投诉人提交书面裁定, defendant, 并在会议结束后十(10)个工作日内通知DSR办公室. 

所有与残疾有关的投诉应寄至:

Pamela Clough
ADA Coordinator, DSR Office
Gadsden State
P.O. Box 227
Gadsden, AL 35902

Students may need to seek course substitutions on the basis of a documented disability that inhibits the ability to learn certain subjects. 虽然辅导和住宿可能会帮助一些学生在这些课程中取得成功, 其他人可能无法成功，即使使用学术调整和住宿. 在这种情况下，学生可以提交课程替换请求.

 

对课程替换的考虑是根据具体情况进行的.  如欲请求审议，应采用下列程序:

1. Student must have a diagnosed disability that would prohibit his/her ability to learn the subject matter in question. 残疾证明文件必须提交给ADA协调员.   

2. Student must complete the Course Substitution Request Form or submit a letter/statement to the ADA Coordinator specifically requesting the substitution as an accommodation for the educational functional limitations caused by the documented disability. This letter/statement should include:

• The student’s name, address, G number, and major
• The name of the course where the substitution is requested
• An explanation of the functional limitations related to their disability (not the specific diagnosis)
• A rationale for the substitution request
• 任何先前尝试完成该课程的历史记录

3. The ADA Coordinator, in coordination with the appropriate division chair, will review the student’s letter/statement, disability documentation and transcripts.

• If the course in question is considered to be an essential part of the student’s program or a requirement for certification or licensure, a substitution cannot be granted.
• 如果没有足够的数据来支持课程替换的请求, ADA协调员将与学生讨论其他选择.
• If documentation verifies the presence of a disability that would warrant a course substitution, the appropriate division chair will recommend a logical course for substitution best suited for the student’s major.

4. The ADA Coordinator will submit the recommendation of the division chair to the appropriate Dean who will either approve or reject the request for substitution.  

• If the substitution is approved, the Registrar will be informed so that the student’s records can be credited with the substitution. The student will be notified of the decision.
• If the course substitution is not approved, 通知学生将包括该课程不能被替代的原因.

5. In the event that the course substitution request is denied, there is an appeal provision in place.

• 学生应从ADA协调员处获得课程替代申诉表.
• Once the appeal form is received, the ADA Coordinator will schedule a Disability Services Committee meeting within seven business days.

The decision of the Disability Service Committee shall constitute the final decision with respect to the student’s request; there shall be no further appeal.

Emergency Procedures:

In case of fire evacuation, residents should convene across the street from Fowler Hall’s front doors on the steps leading to Inzer Hall.  如果有龙卷风警报，居民应在地下室走廊寻求安全.  在紧急情况下需要帮助的居民应到大堂报告.  Staff or Security will assist you to the safety area. After an emergency or drill, all residents must stay in the designated area until they are released by the proper college authority.

Persons with mobility impairments requiring assistance will be transported to the basement using lift chairs located at the entrances to both first floor hallways. Students with hearing and visual impairments will be are given individual alert by dorm staff or security.  有听力障碍的学生也可以使用闪烁的火警警报器.

Students with Disabilities:

Students with documented disabilities should request reasonable accommodations from the Residence Hall Director before moving into the Residence Hall. Some accommodations such as minor renovations or blinking fire alarms for students with hearing impairments require substantial lead time. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case by-case basis by the Residence Hall Director and the ADA Coordinator, Pamela Clough (pclough@herbalifa.com; 256-549-8462).

交通:十大赌博app拥有一个小车队的无障碍货车, mini buses and buses that are available to serve dorm students on weekends for dining/shopping trips. Students with mobility impairments may request transportation accommodations in order to access the Wallace Drive campus. The College provides general transportation using the DART system by purchasing multiple-trip passes and will supplement the DART system as needed for students to attend classes and on-campus functions. Please contact the ADA Coordinator, Pamela Clough (pclough@herbalifa.com; 256-549-8462) for DART passes and to request transportation to off-hour Gadsden State Events.

这项政策规定了服务性动物在十大赌博app校园和财产上的存在. 它适用于所有使用服务性动物帮助的个人, 以及其他可能与服务性动物互动或接触的人. Gadsden State is committed to compliance with federal and state disability rights laws and recognizes the importance of Service Animals to some individuals with disabilities. This policy sets forth general guidelines applicable to the presence of Service Animals to ensure these rights are upheld without interruption of campus functions and activities.

 

The ADA defines a service animal as a dog that has been individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual or other mental disability. The work or tasks performed by the service animal must be directly related to the individual’s disability. Tasks may include, but are not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, 提醒听力受损的人注意入侵者或声音, pulling a wheelchair, or retrieving dropped items.

Other animals do NOT qualify as service animals. 未被训练去执行减轻残疾影响的任务的狗, including dogs that are used purely for emotional support, are not service animals.  (See Definitions)

在某些情况下，服务性动物可能会被限制、排除或移除(见下文)。.

总之，确保动物的控制(和安全)是学生的责任. 请参阅服务动物程序和服务动物申请表. 而援助动物的使用者则享有合法的访问权, with that comes the responsibility of ensuring that the animal behaves and responds appropriately at all times.

Restriction of the Service Animal:

Under the ADA's regulations for service animals, service animals have a right to be anywhere that a human is, unless an entity can demonstrate that there would be either a direct threat or fundamental alteration in the program or activity with the presence of the service animal. Also, service animals are also restricted to entering labs unless they have the proper personal protective equipment. 

• 进入实验室的服务犬在该环境中必须受到保护. 该PPE由狗佩戴并由主人购买，包括以下内容:
  • Disposable or reusable boots to cover the feet such as commercially available products (Pawz Rubber Dog Boots)  
  • Disposable lab coats such as Maytex lab coat.
  • Disposable plastic-backed absorbent lab paper or pet pads for the dog to lie on during lab to protect them from whatever might be on the floor.
• If appropriate PPE is not brought to the lab, 那么服务犬将不允许进入实验室.
• Service dogs can only be excluded from the laboratory if the dog is out of control and the handler does not take effective action to control it or if the dog is not housebroken.
• Faculty / Lab Assistants have a right to request the needs assessment provided by the Disability Services Office of the respective campus.

Removal of the Service Animal:

在下列情况下，加兹登州可以暂时移除或永久排除该服务动物:

1. 动物对他人的健康或安全构成直接威胁;
2. 动物的出现导致了学院计划的根本改变;
3. The animal or its presence creates an unreasonable disturbance in or interference with the Gadsden State community; or
4. The Owner does not comply with this policy

如果确定有必要限制或排除服务性动物, GSCC will take other actions to ensure that the individual with disabilities will still be offered the opportunity to participate in services, programs and activities provided by GSCC.

Conflicting Disabilities:

Individuals with medical issues that may be impacted by the presence of service animals should communicate with Disability Services and Resources if they have a concern about exposure to a service animal. The individual will be asked to provide documentation that identifies a disability and the need for an accommodation. DSR will facilitate a process to resolve the conflict that considers the disability-related needs/accommodations of all persons involved.

Questions not covered in this policy should be directed to the Disability Services and Resources Office.

PROCEDURES REGARDING SERVICE ANIMALS

As a general rule, The College will modify policies, practices, 以及允许残疾人士使用服务性动物的程序.

Students should contact Disability Services and Resources office to complete a Service Animal Request form.  Pam Clough (256) 549 – 8462, Joe Ford Center, Room 106.

Employees may request to have a service animal as a workplace accommodation through Disability Services and Resources - Pam Clough (256) 549 – 8462.  Joe Ford Center, Room 106.

Guests may be accompanied by a service animal when participating in programs and accessing services without requesting an accommodation, but are welcome to contact GSCC’s Disability Services and Resources office for information or guidance.

REQUESTS:

• New requests can be made by scheduling a meeting with the ADA Coordinator to discuss the accommodation request process.  请携带服务动物申请表及所需文件. Subsequent requests must be made on an annual basis; students submit the Service Animal Request Form with current documentation relevant for that academic year.      

RESPONSIBILITIES:

     Individuals Using Service Animals

• 确保这只动物在它的训练员的控制下，使用挽具, on a leash or tether in most cases. In instances where a person’s disability or the service animal’s performance of work or tasks precludes use of a harness, leash or tether, the service animal must still otherwise be under control (e.g. by voice control, signals, or other effective means).
• Responsible for the care and supervision of the service animal; animal must be as unobtrusive as possible. 
• Assure that service animals control their waste elimination.
• Comply with GSCC’s policies, rules or procedures.

     Faculty, Staff, and Students

• Allow service animals to accompany the person they are assisting in all areas of campus where members of the public, participants in services, programs or activities, or invitees are allowed.
• Do not distract a service animal in any way. 未经训练者允许，不要抚摸、喂食或与动物互动.
• 不要将残障人士与其服务动物分开.
• Disability Services and Resources will contact faculty members of students who have requested and received the accommodation of a service animal. 在所有其他情况下，您可以要求澄清动物作为服务性动物的地位 only 当动物不是服务性动物时. 你只可查询两次，以确定该动物是否为服务性动物:
  1. Is the animal required because of a disability? and
  2. What work or task has the animal been trained to perform?

In no circumstances can you ask questions regarding the nature of the person’s disability using the service animal.

CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING SERVICE ANIMALS

DEFINITIONS:

• Companion animal: In recent years, these animals have been prescribed as treatment for some disabilities for their calming influence, affections, stability or even a feeling of security. 它们没有受过训练，也没有得到服务性动物的法律保护. Extremely extenuating circumstances in the student’s documentation would be necessary to permit a companion animal on campus.
• A dog in training: A dog being trained; however, it has the same rights as a fully trained dog when accompanied by a trainer and identified as such.
• Partner/handler: A person with a service or therapy animal. A person with a disability is called a partner; a person without a disability is called a handler.
• Service Animal: A dog individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability.
• Team残疾人士或管理人员以及他或她的服务动物. 这两个人作为一个有凝聚力的团队来完成日常生活的任务.
• Therapy Animal: A therapy animal does not assist an individual with a disability in the activities of daily living, 从历史上看，它们没有受到服务性动物法律的保护. The use of therapy animals for mental disorders, i.e., agoraphobia has assisted the individual to safely leave the house and participate in community and educational activities. 文件需要明确说明治疗动物的需求.

TYPES OF SERVICE DOGS:

• Guide dog is a carefully trained dog that serves as a travel tool by persons who are blind or have severe visual impairment.
• Hearing dog is a dog who has been trained to alert a person with significant hearing loss or who is deaf when a sound, e.g., know on the door, occurs.
• Service dog 狗是否受过训练以协助行动不便或健康受损的人. Types of duties the dog may perform include carrying, fetching, opening doors, ringing doorbells, activating elevator buttons, steadying a person while walking, helping a person up after the person falls, etc. Service dogs are sometimes referred to as assistance dogs.
• Sig dog is a dog trained to assist a person with autism. The dog alerts the partner to distracting repetitive movements common among those with autism, allowing the person to stop the movement (e.g., hand flapping). A person with autism may have problems with sensory input and need the same support services from a dog that a dog might give to a person who is blind or deaf.
• Seizure response dog is a dog trained to assist a person with a seizure disorder; how the dog serves the person depends on the person’s needs. 狗可能会在癫痫发作时守护病人，或者狗可能会寻求帮助. 一些狗不知何故学会了预测癫痫发作并提前警告人.