Susie Rood and Steven Scoles December 5, 2013 SDS and CMED Susie Rood and Steven Scoles December 5, 2013

Student Disability Services What the heck do we do? Just about everything related to functioning with a disability Currently have 771 students who have disclosed some type of disability and use accommodations. Undergraduates Graduate Doctoral Guests On campus, remote location Online

Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act of 2008 Congress reauthorized and amended the ADA in 2008. Expanded conditions which could be considered a disability. Brief History Provides Civil Rights Protection for people with disabilities Passed in 1990 by George H. Bush (first one) Civil Rights legislation; enforced by the Office of Civil Rights; Department of Justice

Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act of 2008 Impact Doesn’t affect impact higher education as a learning institution Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Section 504 and 508 Major impact as a business, i.e. hiring, accessibility, accommodating employees, etc. Expanded, clarified, and reiterated what the basic definition of ‘disability’ was. Used to be Having a physical or mental impairment that limited a major life activity A record of such an impairment Being regarded as someone with such an impairment

Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act of 2008 NOW: definitions of major life activities AND: ADDED major bodily functions AND: ADDED episodic or in remission disabilities

Where is your brain? What are actions which are major life activities?

Major Life Activities Caring for yourself Bending Performing manual tasks Speaking Seeing Breathing Hearing Learning Eating Reading Sleeping Concentrating Walking Thinking Standing Communicating Lifting Working

Where is your brain? What are major bodily functions and episodic disorders?

Major Bodily Functions and Episodic Disorders Functions of the immune system Cell Growth Digestive, bladder and bowel functions Neurological and brain functions Respiratory and circulatory functions Endocrine functions Reproductive function

AND temporary impairments

Disability- Impairment-SDS Student Disability Services operates in the area of IMPAIRMENT Not all disabilities are impairments but all impairments CAN BE considered a disability. We need a clear understanding of the symptoms and a diagnosis

You decide I had anxiety. OK, how does your anxiety impact you? When I know I have a test, I get really nervous and my stomach is a bit upset *Is this an impairment?

You decide I have anxiety Ok, how does your anxiety impact you? My hands shake, I get all sweaty, I start to forget things, it gets hard to breath, and I feel like I’m going to pass out. *Is this an impairment?

Purpose and philosophy of SDS Great, what does SDS do? SDS is one of the three legs supporting a healthy individual SDS does NOT change the person We change the ENVIRONMENT SO THE PERSON CAN FUNCTION We alter facilities and policies Provide accommodations which allow an Individual with a condition to Function as independently And freely as possible

We Accommodate Anxiety/Panic Attack individuals Counseling Medical Care Accommodations (Cause-change (Treatment) (Make it work in the Person) short/long term)

Working Together Please refer students to Disability Services 120 Park Library SDS@CMICH.EDU Work with us to assist students and you if needed We have toys  We can accommodate