Disclosure and Documentation of Disability

The University may not make inquiry regarding a prospective student's disability status prior to admission to the institution. However, students may choose, at any time during their association with the University, to disclose a documented disability. Students should be aware that certain disabilities and/or their mitigating therapies might delay or preclude their participation in some of the University's programs of study due to regulatory limitations of the Federal Aviation Administration. Students are encouraged to discuss these concerns with an Aviation Medical Examiner or directly with the FAA in Oklahoma City, OK: 405-954-4821.

Students must provide documentation of their disability in order to receive protection from discrimination under the law. In order to receive accommodation, students with disabilities must provide documentation that, without accommodation, they would not have equal access and, therefore, be subject to discrimination.

Students who require consideration for protection under the law and/or accommodation on the basis of disability must provide comprehensive, written documentation of the disability, on professional letterhead, to the office of Disability Support Services. Modifications of the living and learning environments are based on the definition, by DSS, of those modifications as appropriate and relevant to the individual student's needs and capabilities. Therefore, documentation must be current or recent enough to determine the impact of the disability on the student's functioning in the higher education environment. A high school Individual Educational Plan (IEP) or 504 Plan, alone, does not constitute appropriate documentation.

Students are encouraged to document their disabilities upon matriculation, whether or not they have an immediate need for protection or services.