SDS and CMED Susie Rood and Steven ScolesDecember 5, 2013

Student Disability Services• What the heck do we do?• Just about everything related to functioning with a disability

• Currently have 771 students who have disclosed some type of disability and use accommodations.• Undergraduates• Graduate• Doctoral• Guests• On campus, remote location• Online

Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act of 2008

• Congress reauthorized and amended the ADA in 2008.

• Expanded conditions which could be considered a disability.

• Brief History• Provides Civil Rights Protection for people with disabilities• Passed in 1990 by George H. Bush (first one)• Civil Rights legislation; enforced by the Office of Civil Rights;

Department of Justice

Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act of 2008• Impact• Doesn’t affect impact higher education as a learning institution

Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Section 504 and 508

• Major impact as a business, i.e. hiring, accessibility, accommodating employees, etc.

• Expanded, clarified, and reiterated what the basic definition of ‘disability’ was.

• Used to be• Having a physical or mental impairment that limited a major life

activity• A record of such an impairment• Being regarded as someone with such an impairment

Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act of 2008

• NOW: definitions of major life activities

• AND: ADDED major bodily functions

• AND: ADDED episodic or in remission disabilities

Where is your brain?• What are actions which are major life activities?

Major Life Activities

• Caring for yourself Bending• Performing manual tasks Speaking• Seeing Breathing• Hearing Learning• Eating Reading• Sleeping Concentrating• Walking Thinking• Standing Communicating• Lifting Working

Where is your brain?• What are major bodily functions and episodic disorders?

Major Bodily Functions and Episodic Disorders

• Functions of the immune system• Cell Growth• Digestive, bladder and bowel functions• Neurological and brain functions• Respiratory and circulatory functions• Endocrine functions• Reproductive function

AND temporary impairments

Disability- Impairment-SDS• Student Disability Services operates in the area of

IMPAIRMENT

• Not all disabilities are impairments but all impairments CAN BE considered a disability.

• We need a clear understanding of the symptoms and a diagnosis

You decide• I had anxiety. • OK, how does your anxiety impact you?• When I know I have a test, I get really nervous and my

stomach is a bit upset• *Is this an impairment?

You decide• I have anxiety• Ok, how does your anxiety impact you?• My hands shake, I get all sweaty, I start to forget things, it gets

hard to breath, and I feel like I’m going to pass out.• *Is this an impairment?

Purpose and philosophy of SDS• Great, what does SDS do?• SDS is one of the three legs supporting a healthy individual

• SDS does NOT change the person• We change the ENVIRONMENT SO THE PERSON CAN FUNCTION

• We alter facilities and policies• Provide accommodations which allow an• Individual with a condition to • Function as independently• And freely as possible

We Accommodate• Anxiety/Panic Attack individuals

• Counseling Medical Care Accommodations• (Cause-change (Treatment) (Make it work in the• Person) short/long term)

Working Together• Please refer students to Disability Services• 120 Park Library SDS@CMICH.EDU

• Work with us to assist students and you if needed

• We have toys

• We can accommodate