All students, regardless of disability, must meet the same admission and graduation requirements.
Check out the differences between high school and college accommodations for students with disabilities.
For further information, contact Aneita Cooper, Director of Counseling, at 870-759-4184.
Disability accommodations are offered through Williams Baptist University Counseling Services. It is our desire to help students make the transition into college life and connect them with those services and resources needed to be successful in college.
In accordance with Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, WBU provides reasonable accommodations and temporary accommodations to students with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, including learning.
It is important for students to understand that at WBU, students who wish to receive accommodations must self-identify to our counselors in order to begin the accommodation process. Please note that current and appropriate documentation of a disability is required in order to obtain requested services.
As students move into the adult world, self-advocacy and self-reliance become very important skills. The ability to cope with the challenges of daily living, as well as the ability to clearly communicate one’s needs contribute to a successful college outcome.
Williams Baptist University is committed to providing all students with optimum learning experiences. This commitment applies to students who have special needs due to a disability.
If you have a disability and will need accommodations while attending WBU, please complete this form.
Reasonable accommodation does not negate requirements for successful completion of a program, course, service and/or activity, adherence to generally acceptable standards of behavior and the College’s General and Academic Student Rights and Responsibilities, and adherence to administrative and faculty/staff directions and instructions.
In determining the College’s ability to offer reasonable accommodation to an otherwise qualified student with a disability, each request for an accommodation will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Factors to be examined include among others:
Attendant Care Accommodation:
An otherwise qualified student who requires attendant care services must make arrangements to provide for his/her own attendant care services. The College does not assume the coordination or financial responsibilities for attendant care services.
Disclaimer:
The College is not required to offer or provide accommodation, to admit or to continue to admit, an individual with a disability to any particular program, course, service, and/or provide educational opportunities and other services when:
WBU realizes that students attend college at various times in their lives and may not have documentation that complies with the College’s Documentation Policy. In order to show good faith efforts toward students with disabilities, the College will consider temporary accommodations if the documentation the student can provide supports the accommodation requested. If insufficient documentation is received, the following may occur:
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