Disability Resource Center

Faculty Notification

Will faculty find out I have a disability if I don’t tell them that?
In a word, NO. If you want the faculty to know about your disability you may pick up a letter from the Disability Resource Center (DRC) to use to tell the faculty member what reasonable accommodations you are recommended for and informing them of your connection to DRC. The letter DRC gives you lets the faculty know that you have registered with us and that we have documented your disability. The faculty are not required to know about your disability unless a real exception to class policy is requested. If you want them to have more specific information about your disability you will need to discuss that with them during their office hours.

How are the professors notified so that they know that a particular student has a disability and needs appropriate academic accommodations?
The student has to request a letter, to give to their professor, from the Disability Resource Center, stating that they have supplied documentation of their disability and are registered with this office. This letter confirms that the student has appropriate documentation on file that supports the academic accommodations requested.

It cannot not be stated enough that this notification is completely under the student’s control, as the office does not send letters, but provides the letter to the student to personally give to the professor.