What is my role?

As a community member, you are an integral part of your Institution or company’s efforts to comply with these laws. Just as you are not free to discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, religion, gender or ethnicity, so too, you cannot discriminate against individuals with disabilities. Part of not discriminating against people with disabilities is the provision of reasonable accommodations or “academic adjustments” and”auxiliary aids and services”. Institutional compliance is a shared responsibility of which community members are a necessary part. Your employment in that capacity requires that you assist in fulfilling its compliance responsibilities in connection with the ADA as well as other civil rights statutes.