A Letter of Disclosure is a University of Hartford document issued by the department of Learning Plus to a student who has filed appropriate documentation verifying the presence of a Learning Disability and/or Attention Deficit Disorder and is eligible to receive specific services and accommodations.
First-Semester, First Year Students and Transfer Students: Make an appointment at Learning Plus, A 209, to meet with the Director to draft the Letter of Disclosure. The original will remain in the student's confidential file at Learning Plus. Copies of the Letter of Disclosure will be issued the day following the initial meeting. The student must then submit the copies of the Letter of Disclosure to professors.
Returning Students: Sign up for the desired number of copies of the Letter of Disclosure at the reception desk at Learning Plus, A 209, within the first 3 weeks of the semester. Documents will be available to be picked up by the student after NOON the day following the written request. Students then submit the Letters of Disclosure to each of their professors.
It is the student's responsibility to contact the department of Learning Plus within the first 3 weeks of the semester to obtain a Letter of Disclosure. This procedure must be repeated each semester.
The student is required to provide a professor with a Letter of Disclosure in order to receive any accommodations. At the postsecondary level, accommodations are not automatically provided for students who have special needs as they are in schools, grades K-12. Letters of Disclosure must be provided each semester to each professor in whose class the student wishes to receive accommodations.
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST OFFICE OF STUDENT AFFAIRS
A209 860.768.4312 GSU307 860.768.4260
E. Lynne Golden, Director Suzanne Anderson McNeil, Asst VP
Learning Plus Student Affairs
LETTER OF DISCLOSURE SAMPLE
Semester
Dear Professor:
Under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, the University is required to make reasonable classroom accommodations available to students with disabilities who are qualified, with or without such accommodations, for the programs and courses in which they are enrolled. Reasonable classroom accommodations are intended to give qualified students with disabilities equal or equivalent access to educational programs.
The student identified below has a well-documented, diagnosed disability that substantially impairs her/his ability to engage in one or more major life activities, examples of which include, without limitation, learning, writing, remembering, reading, calculating, walking, seeing and hearing. By law, the nature of the student’s disability is confidential.
It has been determined that he/she qualifies for the disability accommodations and/or services listed below. Please call the designated administrator, who has signed the document, if you have questions or concerns about this student’s approved accommodations and services. Please note: the student maintains the right to access or to waive accommodations on a semester-by-semester, course-by-course, or task-by-task basis.
Student’s Name:
Thank you, in advance, for supporting this student’s right to access or waive approved disability accommodations.
Administrator’s Signature:______________________________ Date:______________
Student’s Signature:___________________________________
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