Accessibility Support
The technical standards delineated above must be met with, or without accommodations. Students who, after review of the technical standards, determine that accommodations will be necessary in order for them to fully engage in the program should contact Accessibility Resources to confidentially discuss their needs. Given the clinical nature of our programs, time may be needed to create and implement accommodations. Accommodations are never retroactive; therefore, timely requests are essential and encouraged.
The Implementation of accommodations is an interactive and iterative process:
Interactive in that Accessibility Resources, the student, and the faculty all participate in the implementation process. Accessibility Resources may seek information from appropriate MGH IHP personnel regarding essential standards for various curricular activities; conversely, MGH IHP personnel may seek information from Accessibility Resources regarding how to best facilitate a student’s accommodations in the program.
Iterative in that the students and/or faculty may find that new activities undertaken as the curriculum progresses (e.g., study in clinical vs. classroom settings) present challenges and barriers that were not anticipate when accommodations were first implemented. For this reason, we ask that students receiving accommodation maintain on-going contact with Accessibility Resources.