The University of Missouri is committed to equal educational opportunities for qualified students without regard to disabling condition. The university, therefore, will take necessary action to ensure that no qualified student with a disability is denied access to any particular course or educational program.  Such action includes an assessment of the student's abilities and an evaluation of the requirements of the particular course or program.

If the university determines that some type of auxiliary aid is required, it will assist the qualified student with a disability in obtaining the necessary auxiliary aid from other sources. If the necessary auxiliary aid is not available from other sources, the university, at its option, will provide the necessary appropriate auxiliary aid.

Requests for the assessments must be made to the director of Disability Access  Services no later than six weeks prior to the beginning of the next semester.  If an unfavorable determination is made, the student may appeal the decision.  See Discrimination Grievance Procedure, Appendix.

The university will make reasonable modifications to its academic requirements, if necessary to comply with legal requirements ensuring that such academic requirements  do not discriminate or have the effect of discriminating on the basis of a student's  known and adequately documented disability, unless the requested modification would require alteration of essential elements of the program or essential elements of directly related licensing requirements or would result in undue financial or administrative burdens.

The divisional dean's office, in cooperation with the director of Disability Access Services and the department through which the requirement is fulfilled, will determine the appropriate modification or substitution.