Disability Resource Center

ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES

The Disability Resource Center is the designated office on the campus of the Dixie State College of Utah to evaluate disability documentation and to determine eligibility and implement reasonable accommodations for students enrolled at Dixie State College.  In order for students with disabilities attending Dixie State College to be protected from discrimination and receive accommodations and support, they Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of

Must qualify for services under the mandates of 973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).  It is the sole responsibility of the student to provide documentation for the purpose of determining eligibility for services.

The Dixie State College Disability Resource Center must receive written documentation before supports or accommodations are available.  The written report should be,

1. Dated within three years, typed on professional letterhead.
2. Name, title, credentials, and signature of the qualified professional writing the report.
3. History of the individual’s disabling condition.
4. Diagnosis of disability – Dixie State College policy requires documentation that reflects a battery of test results; they mirror the adult based norms (WAIS-III) that are required to determents eligibility for all post secondary education. Which is primarily derived from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-Version IV, or the International Classification of Disease ICD where appropriate.
5. Description of individual’s functional limitations as a result of the disability and/or treatment must limit one or more major life activities such as learning,  walking, sitting, standing, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, reading, writing, working, performing mathematical calculations, and caring for oneself.

The diagnostician must be an impartial individual who is not a family member of the student, however must be a medical doctor, licensed clinical social worker, or a licensed psychologist.
For more information, please visit the Documentation Guidelines page, or please consult the printed Student Handbook.