U.S. Department of Education
Office for Civil Rights
Washington, D.C. 20202

September 2011

More and more high school students with disabilities are planning to continue their 高等学校教育，包括职业学校和职业学校 and four- year colleges, and universities. As a student with a disability, you need to be well informed about your rights and responsibilities as well as the responsibilities postsecondary schools have toward you. Being well informed will help ensure you have 有充分的机会享受高等教育的好处 without confusion or delay.

The information in this pamphlet, provided by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U. S. 教育部，解释学生的权利和责任 准备接受高等教育的残疾人士. This pamphlet also explains the obligations of a postsecondary school to provide academic adjustments, 包括辅助艾滋病和服务，以确保学校不歧视 on the basis of disability.

OCR enforces Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (第二章)，禁止基于残疾的歧视. Practically 美国的每个学区和高等教育学校都必须遵守 one or both of these laws, which have similar requirements.*/

尽管Section 504和Title II同时适用于学区和高等教育 schools, the responsibilities of postsecondary schools differ significantly from those of school districts.

Moreover, you will have responsibilities as a postsecondary student that you do not have as a high school student. OCR strongly encourages you to know your responsibilities and those of postsecondary schools under Section 504 and Title II. Doing so will improve your opportunity to succeed as you enter postsecondary education.

下面的问题和答案提供了更具体的信息来帮助您 succeed.

As a student with a disability leaving high school and entering postsecondary education, will I see differences in my rights and how they are addressed?

Yes. 第504节和第二章保护小学生、中学生和大学生 from discrimination. Nevertheless, several of the requirements that apply through 高中不同于高中以后的要求. For instance, Section 504 requires a school district to provide a free appropriate public 为该区管辖范围内的每个残疾儿童提供教育(FAPE). Whatever 对于残疾，学区必须确定个人的教育需求 and provide any regular or special education and related aids and services necessary to meet those needs as well as it is meeting the needs of students without disabilities.

Unlike your high school, however, your postsecondary school is not required to provide FAPE. 相反，你的高等教育学校需要提供适当的学术 adjustments as necessary to ensure that it does not discriminate on the basis of disability. In addition, if your postsecondary school provides housing to nondisabled students, it must provide comparable, convenient, and accessible housing to students with disabilities at the same cost.

其他重要的区别，你需要知道，甚至在你到达你的 postsecondary school, are addressed in the remaining questions.

高等院校可以因为我有残疾而拒绝我的入学申请吗?

No. 如果你符合入学的基本要求，高等学校可以 not deny your admission simply because you have a disability.

我是否需要通知大专院校我有残疾?

No. 但如果你想要学校提供学术调整，你必须确定 yourself as having a disability. Likewise, you should let the school know about your 残疾，如果你想确保你被分配到无障碍设施. In any event, your disclosure of a disability is always voluntary.

What academic adjustments must a postsecondary school provide?

The appropriate academic adjustment must be determined based on your disability and individual needs. Academic adjustments may include auxiliary aids and services, as well as modifications to academic requirements as necessary to ensure equal educational opportunity. Examples of adjustments are: arranging for priority registration; reducing a course load; substituting one course for another; providing note takers, recording 设备，手语翻译，延长测试时间，如果是电话 are provided in dorm rooms, a TTY in your dorm room; and equipping school computers 具有屏幕读取，语音识别或其他自适应软件或硬件.

在提供学术调整时，你的高等教育学校不需要 lower or substantially modify essential requirements. For example, although your school 可能需要提供延长的测试时间，是否需要更改 substantive content of the test. In addition, your postsecondary school does not have to make adjustments that would fundamentally alter the nature of a service, program, 或活动，否则会导致不当的财政或行政负担. Finally, your postsecondary school does not have to provide personal attendants, individually prescribed devices, readers for personal use or study, or other devices or services of a personal nature, such as tutoring and typing.

If I want an academic adjustment, what must I do?

You must inform the school that you have a disability and need an academic adjustment. 不像你的学区，你的中学后学校不需要识别 you as having a disability or to assess your needs.

Your postsecondary school may require you to follow reasonable procedures to request an academic adjustment. You are responsible for knowing and following those procedures. In their publications providing general information, postsecondary schools usually include information on the procedures and contacts for requesting an academic adjustment. 这些出版物包括招聘材料、目录和学生手册， and are often available on school websites. Many schools also have staff whose purpose is to assist students with disabilities. If you are unable to locate the procedures, ask a school official, such as an admissions officer or counselor.

When should I request an academic adjustment?

虽然你可以要求你的高等教育学校进行学术调整 any time, you should request it as early as possible. Some academic adjustments may take more time to provide than others. You should follow your school’s procedures to ensure that the school has enough time to review your request and provide an appropriate academic adjustment.

我是否需要证明我有残疾才能获得学业调整?

Generally, yes. 你的学校可能会要求你提供证明文件 你目前有残疾，需要进行学业调整.

What documentation should I provide?

Schools may set reasonable standards for documentation. Some schools require more documentation than others. They may require you to provide documentation prepared by an appropriate professional, such as a medical doctor, psychologist, or other qualified diagnostician. 所需的文件可能包括以下一项或多项: 你目前的残疾诊断，以及支持信息，如 诊断的日期，诊断是如何得出的，以及 the diagnosing professional; information on how your disability affects a major life activity; and information on how the disability affects your academic performance. The documentation should provide enough information for you and your school to decide what is an appropriate academic adjustment.

An individualized education program (IEP) or Section 504 plan, if you have one, may help identify services that have been effective for you. This is generally not sufficient 然而，由于文献的差异，高等教育 and high school education. What you need to meet the new demands of postsecondary education may be different from what worked for you in high school. Also, in some cases, the nature of a disability may change.

If the documentation that you have does not meet the postsecondary school’s requirements, 学校的工作人员应该及时告诉你还需要哪些额外的文件 you need to provide. You may need a new evaluation in order to provide the required documentation.

Who has to pay for a new evaluation?

Neither your high school nor your postsecondary school is required to conduct or pay for a new evaluation to document your disability and need for an academic adjustment. 因此，您可能必须付费或寻找资金来支付适当的专业人员 for an evaluation. If you are eligible for services through your state vocational 康复机构，你可能有资格免费进行评估. You may locate your state vocational rehabilitation agency at http://rsa.ed.gov by clicking on “Info about RSA,” then “People and Offices,” and then “State Agencies/ Contacts.”

Once the school has received the necessary documentation from me, what should I expect?

To determine an appropriate academic adjustment, the school will review your request in light of the essential requirements for the relevant program. It is important to 请记住，学校不需要降低或放弃基本要求. If you have requested a specific academic adjustment, the school may offer that academic adjustment, or it may offer an effective alternative. The school may also conduct 它自己对你的残疾和需求进行评估，费用自理.

You should expect your school to work with you in an interactive process to identify an appropriate academic adjustment. Unlike the experience you may have had in high 然而，不要指望你的大专院校会邀请你的父母来 participate in the process or to develop an IEP for you.

What if the academic adjustment we identified is not working?

一旦你意识到结果和你想的不一样，马上让学校知道 expected. 如果你等到课程结束后再纠正问题可能就太晚了 activity is completed. You and your school should work together to resolve the problem.

高等教育院校可否向我收取学业调整费?

No. Nor may it charge students with disabilities more for participating in its programs 比那些没有残疾的学生收费要多.

如果我认为学校歧视我，我该怎么办?

Practically every postsecondary school must have a person—frequently called the Section 504 Coordinator, ADA Coordinator, or Disability Services Coordinator—who coordinates the school’s compliance with Section 504,Title II, or both laws. You may contact that person for information about how to address your concerns.

The school must also have grievance procedures. These procedures are not the same 这是你在高中时熟悉的正当程序. But 高等学校的申诉程序必须包括确保 您可以充分和公平地提出您的关切，并且必须提供及时和有效的解决方案 equitable resolution of complaints.

学校出版物，如学生手册和目录，通常描述 steps that you must take to start the grievance process. Often, schools have both formal and informal processes. If you decide to use a grievance process, you should be prepared to present all the reasons that support your request.

If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of the school’s grievance procedures or wish to pursue an alternative to using those procedures, you may file a complaint against the school with OCR or in a court. You may learn more about the OCR complaint process from the brochure 如何向民权办公室提出歧视投诉，您可以通过以下地址和电话号码与我们联系， or at http://www.ed.gov/ocr/docs/howto.html.

If you would like more information about the responsibilities of postsecondary schools to students with disabilities, read the OCR brochure Auxiliary Aids and Services for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities: Higher Education’s Obligations Under Section 504 and Title II of the ADA. 您可以通过以下地址和电话与我们联系，或通过以下方式获取副本 at http://www.ed.gov/ocr/docs/auxaids.html.

Students with disabilities who know their rights and responsibilities are much better equipped to succeed in postsecondary school. We encourage you to work with the staff at your school because they, too, want you to succeed. Seek the support of family, friends, and fellow students, including those with disabilities. Know your talents and capitalize on them, and believe in yourself as you embrace new challenges in your education.

To receive more information about the civil rights of students with disabilities in education institutions, you may contact us at:

Customer Service Team
Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education
Washington, D.C. 20202-1100

Phone: 1-800-421-3481
TDD: 1- 877-521-2172
Email: ocr@ed.gov
Web site: www.ed.gov/ocr

*/You may be familiar with another federal law that applies to the education of students 残障人士教育法(IDEA). That law is administered by the Office of Special Education Programs in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in the U.S. Department of Education. The IDEA and its individualized education program (IEP) provisions do not apply to postsecondary schools. 本小册子不讨论IDEA或州和地方法律 apply.

This publication is in the public domain. Authorization to reproduce it in whole or in part is granted. The publication’s citation should be: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 残疾学生准备接受高等教育:了解你的权利 and Responsibilities, Washington, D.C., 2011.