Your McGill-specific rights and responsibilities
Students who register with Student Accessibility and Achievement have the same personal rights and responsibilities and academic rights and responsibilities as all McGill students. For more information, please consult the McGill Student Rights and Responsibilities web page and the Policy Concerning the Rights of Students with Disabilities.
Your Student Accessibility and Achievement-specific rights
Students registered with Student Accessibility and Achievement for reasons related to temporary, permanent, or episodic impairments have a right to access their education with reasonable accommodations. These accommodations are directly related to barriers faced and are determined in collaboration with an Access Services Advisor. If you have any questions about your accommodations or feel that you are not being reasonably accommodated in your courses, please schedule an appointment with an Access Services Advisor.
Your Student Accessibility and Achievement-specific responsibilities
Students who register with Student Accessibility and Achievement have responsibilities in the following areas:
Appointments and Accommodations
- Students are responsible to identify to Student Accessibility and Achievement, provide the appropriate supporting documentation, and participate in the process of accommodation planning.
- Students are responsible for scheduling follow-up appointments with Student Accessibility and Achievement to review or update their accommodation plans, when necessary.
- Students are responsible to notify Student Accessibility and Achievement, with 24 hours’ notice, if they are unable to attend a scheduled appointment.
- Students are responsible for knowing their accommodations and are encouraged to review these every semester.
Exams
- Students are responsible for signing up to write all tests (midterms, in-class tests, deferred exams, and summer course exams ), in which they wish to make use of their approved accommodations at least 14 days in advance using our exam sign-up form.
- Students are responsible for signing up to write all Fall and Winter semester exams in which they wish to make use of their approved accommodations at least one month before the final exam period using our exam sign-up form.
- Students are responsible for showing up to write their exams on time with all of the necessary approved materials.
- Students are responsible to notify the Student Accessibility and Achievement exam coordinators if they do not wish to write a scheduled exam at Student Accessibility and Achievement offices with at least 24 hours’ notice.
- Students are responsible for communicating any exam issues directly to one of the invigilators and/or exam coordinators.
Note-Sharing Program
- Students are responsible for signing up for note-sharing in their courses at the beginning of every semester.
- Students are responsible for communicating directly with their note-sharer if there are any problems in the quantity, quality, or timing of the uploading of their course notes.
- Students are responsible for communicating with Student Accessibility and Achievement should their efforts with the note-sharer be unproductive.
- Notes received through the note-sharing program are intended for personal use only, and are meant to be complementary to a student's own notes. Sharing these notes is in direct violation of Article 18(b) in the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures. Students who are found to be in violation of this Code will be reported to the Office of the Dean of Students.
Communication
- Students are responsible for communicating changes in their academic situation, barriers, or diagnoses to an Access Services Advisor.
- Students are responsible for being respectful in their communications with any and all Student Accessibility and Achievement staff.
Equipment Lending
- Students are responsible for contacting Student Accessibility and Achievement early in the semester to make arrangements for any specific technology they need to support them academically;
- Students are responsible for signing the lending agreement and following the guidelines for respectful use;
- Students are responsible for returning the borrowed equipment at the end of the semester on or before the agreed upon date in the lending agreement.