Accessibility Compliance
The mission of the Office of Accessibility Compliance is to help students receive equal opportunities to participate in and benefit from the college experience. To ensure the best learning environments, we offer individualized assessments of documented needs to provide viable and appropriate accommodations in areas of academics, housing, assistance animals, and parking, and work collaboratively with other personnel and resources across campus.
American Disabilities Act
Under the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and amended by Congress in 2008, all colleges and universities receiving federal financial assistance are legally bound to prohibit discrimination in the recruitment, admissions, and educational process of students with disabling conditions that affect major life activities. Our goal is to be in complete compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act as well as the Fair Housing Act with respect to Assistance Animals in our campus residences.
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Lees-McRae values diversity and inclusion within its campus community and seeks to provide an affirming environment for all its students. Accessibility Compliance provides the opportunity for you to disclose your disability status, provide supporting documentation from a qualified clinician, and to request specific accommodations or services. From this information, you will then meet with a representative from the Office of Compliance for an individualized assessment and the creation of a viable and appropriate accommodation plan. You are an important part of Lees-McRae College, and we are here to work in collaboration with you in your success.
Please note that there in fact are some disabilities that Lees-McRae College is unable to provide adequate accommodations for, either because of the lack of staffing and funding or, often, because our campus is on the side of a mountain! This means that we cannot, for example, provide a suitable learning environment for persons who have been diagnosed as lacking most or all essential “executive functioning” skills and we cannot remake our campus into a uniformly flat surface. That said, Lees-McRae provides ramps where possible, Student Success and tutoring services, health (physical and mental) resources, and more. If you have concerns about what is or is not possible on our campus, please reach out.