Office of Services for Students with Disabilities
SMU's Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities is the primary contact for all students with disabilities, including physical disabilities, learning disabilities, eating disorders, and others.
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It is recommended that students with disabilities contact the Coordinator's Office immediately after reaching campus to get acquainted and to file necessary documentation. This step is required before accommodations can be arranged.
The Coordinator is:
Rebecca Marin
220 Memorial Health Center
Tele. 214-768-4557
Fax. 214-768-1225
Email: rmarin@smu.edu
Students with disabilities should be aware that, although they may have included information about their disability issues in their application materials, SMU Admissions is required by law to keep this information confidential. Therefore, this information is not shared with other offices of the University, including the Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities. For this reason, it is important that the students contact the Coordinator.
The Coordinator helps students with disabilities utilize resources they may need and helps them work with professors and staff in obtaining appropriate and reasonable accommodations.
Some students are reluctant to acknowledge disability issues or consider being tested to determine if they have such issues, because they feel that they should be fully independent and not ask for any accommodations. The University applauds this determination to be independent but strongly advises students to contact the Coordinator's office so that if a need for accommodation does arise, the process of arranging it can be handled more efficiently.
The Coordinator's office takes great care to maintain confidentiality in regard to students' personal information.
Other Resources:
Grievance and Appeals Procedures - Appeal procedures for students who wishing to appeal the outcome of a request that an academic policy, practice, or procedure be waived or altered because of a disability.
Other Disabilities-Related Sites - List of other web sites on disability issues. SMU does not endorse the sites behind these links but offers them for your additional research.
