DISABILITIES ACT
Information for Persons with Disabilities
Cleveland State University has a long established policy of non-discrimination on the basis of
disability in education and employment. The goals and objectives of this policy are to provide equal
educational and employment opportunities to enable persons with disabilities in the university to function
adequately, both personally and professionally, within the academic, social, and broader communities.
The University takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified persons with
disabilities and disabled veterans. The University makes reasonable accommodation to the physical and
mental limitations of employees and applicants for employment, wherever such an accommodation does not
impose an undue hardship on the conduct of the University's mission to educate.
No otherwise qualified student or applicant for admission with a disability shall be excluded from the
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or
activity solely because of a disability. Such a person will not, on the basis of disability , be denied
admission or be subjected to discrimination in recruitment or admission. No qualified student with a
disability will be, on the basis of disability, excluded from, or discriminated against, in any academic
research, occupational training, housing, health, counseling, financial aid, physical education, athletic,
recreation, transportation, or other educational or extracurricular program. The University's programs,
when viewed in their entirety, will be readily accessible to persons with disabilities whether by barrier
free structures or reasonable program adjustments. To the extent that it is financially feasible, the
University will continue to provide in a central location necessary auxiliary educational aids for
students with impaired sensory, manual, ambulatory, or speaking skills.
The Affirmative Action Office is actively involved in the implementation of the 1990 Americans with
Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and provides assistance to the University community so
that reasonable and consistent standards are applied to accommodations for staff and students.
Employees and student workers, including graduate assistants, can be identified as a person with a
disability or as a disabled veteran by printing and completing the Invitation to Self Identify Form and
returning the form to the Affirmative Action Office.
Click here
to download the form. Forms are also available in the Affirmative Action Office and the Office of Services
for Persons with Disabilities.
Students with disabilities needing accommodations should contact the Office of Disability Services. Click here for details.
The Office of Services to Persons with Disabilities provides a full range of services to students and assists staff with requests for accommodations requiring equipment or special aid to perform the essential functions of the job. Parking permits for persons with disabilities can also be obtained from the Office of Services to Persons with Disabilities.
The Affirmative Action Office investigates and resolves all complaints of discrimination on the basis of disability or disabled veteran status. Click here to review complaint & grievance procedures.