3.4 - Reasonable Accommodations

The University of Oklahoma is committed to the goal of achieving equal educational opportunity and full participation for students with disabilities. Consistent with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, The University of Oklahoma ensures that no “qualified individual with a disability” will be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination solely on the basis of disability under any program or activity offered by The University of Oklahoma.

Accommodations on the basis of disability are available by contacting the Student Accommodations Services (SAS).  Contact information can be found in course syllabi. Students requesting disability-related services or accommodations are required to submit appropriate documentation to substantiate the disability. The SAS staff will review the documentation and will contact the student to begin an interactive process to obtain the appropriate accommodations. Students can expect to receive a response to their University email account within 15 University business days of the Center’s receipt of the documentation explaining their final eligibility determination. 

If students need accommodations regarding Family Medical Leave for Pregnancy or Parenting they may need to contact the SAS office. Additional pregnancy policy information can be found in Section 6 of this handbook. 

Student Accommodations Services websites:  
OU Health Oklahoma City
OU-Tulsa
 

Students may need program modifications because of a documented pregnancy or childbirth. Program Faculty will discuss the options available to students who have declared they are pregnant, including course sequencing, clinical make up, requesting reasonable accommodations, and voluntarily reporting the pregnancy.  

Academic options for the student may include the following:

• Continue in all aspects of the program; 
• Withdraw from clinic courses during the pregnancy but continue in didactic courses.  An “I” grade would be assigned for the clinic course, which would be completed after the birth of the baby.  Graduation may be delayed; 
• Take a Leave of Absence from the program.  No credit would be lost and “I” grades would be assigned to all courses in progress.  The student would arrange with the Program Director to resume coursework after the birth of the baby.  Graduation would likely be delayed;  
• Programmatic accommodations are subject to approval through the College of Allied Health Academic Dean and/or the OU Health Student Accommodations Services (SAS). 

Also see MIRS Student Handbook, Section 5: Radiation Safety Policies 
OUHSC Student Handbook: 4.18 Pregnancy

 

A student who is absent from class for a religious observance may have an examination, presentation, clinical experience or other “in class” required class work rescheduled without penalty. It is the student’s responsibility to notify the instructor of the potential absence during the first week of classes.  Rescheduling of make-up work will be at the instructor’s discretion.