Tarleton State University provides services to all qualified students with disabilities as defined by law. A person with a disability means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026an individual who, with or without reasonable accommodations to rules, policies, or practices, the removal of architectural, communication, or transportation barriers, or the provision of auxiliary aids and services, meets the essential requirements for the receipt of services or the participation in programs or activities\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. \u00a712131 [Sec. 201.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The definition of a disability includes a person who:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such a person\u2019s major life activities; has a record of such impairment, or is regarded as having such impairment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. \u00a712131 [Sec. 201.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A \u201cqualified\u201d person with a disability is defined as one\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cwho meets the academic and technical standards requisite to admission or participation in the education program or activity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 protects the rights of qualified individuals who have disabilities such as, but not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blindness\/visual impairment<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cerebral Palsy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deafness\/hearing impairment<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Epilepsy\/seizure disorders<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Orthopedic\/mobility impairment<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Specific learning disability<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speech\/language disorders<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spinal cord injury<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tourette\u2019s Syndrome<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Traumatic brain injury<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Also those with chronic illnesses, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AIDS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arthritis<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cancer<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cardiac disease<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diabetes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Multiple Sclerosis<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Muscular Dystrophy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Psychiatric disability<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n