Welcome to the

Office of Disability Services (ODS)

MISSION STATEMENT

Equal educational access and opportunity for all members of our community is the one unequivocal value underlying the mission of the Office of Disability Services (ODS). In the Jesuit tradition of cura personalis, members of ODS staff work with each student individually to better understand his or her strengths and limitations in order to develop an effective accommodation plan.

The Office of Disability Services collaborates with students, faculty, and staff to ensure appropriate services for students with disabilities. Fordham University will make reasonable accommodations, and provide appropriate auxiliary aids and services to assist otherwise qualified persons in achieving access to its programs, services, and facilities in accordance with Section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

We believe that our policies and mission carry out the intent of Section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act, which states:

"No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States, as defined in section 7(20), shall solely by reason of his or her disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."