Hello,
 
I am posting the response to Katherine's  message from Idris  Muhammad.
 
 

If an institution restricts disabled students that  are receiving financial 
aid from the provision of testing but offers it to  similarly situated 
non-disabled students,then the institution has violated  anti-discrimination law. 
However, keep in mind, the provision of  psychoeducational testing to students is 
not a reasonable  accommodation required under Section 504 or the ADA.
 


Respectfully yours,

Idris  A. Muhammad, Director
Student Disability Services
(386)  506-3076
muhammi at dbcc.edu




Thanks,
 
Rochelle
 
 
 
Rochelle  Kenyon
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Center  for Literacy Studies at the University of Tennessee
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I realize receiving financial aid isn't a  protected status.  But what about 
people who have disabilities who have  received financial aid or who have 
borrowed money, only to fail because of an  undiagnosed disability?
 
Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt
_www.luxuriouschoices.net_ (http://www.luxuriouschoices.net/)  

 
 
 
 
I do not believe it is a civil rights  violation to omit screening anyone 
receiving college Federal Financial Aid,  particularly, including those students 
who have failed in a higher education  system.  The "receipt of financial aid" 
is not a protected classification  under Federal or state civil rights laws.
 

Respectfully yours,

Idris A.  Muhammad, Director
Student Disability Services
(386) 506-3076
_muhammi at dbcc.edu_ (mailto:muhammi at dbcc.edu)  








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