Fulfilling the Promise of the Americans with Disabilities Act at MU

HERE ARE SOME WAYS YOU CAN HELP...

Know your ADA responsibilities and ADA rights:

• as a University official
• as an individual with a disability

The ADA is a civil rights law. Title II of the ADA prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities who are otherwise qualified to participate in programs, activities, and services of state and local public entities, such as MU.

Title II of the ADA applies to:

• employment practices,
• educational practices,
• construction, alteration, or renovation of buildings and facilities,
• communication with people with disabilities,
• criteria for program eligibility, and
• other programs and activities that may be discriminatory.

Support compliance efforts:

MU has a continuing responsibility to monitor and address compliance issues. Because of this continuing responsibility, the ADA requires a "public entity that employs 50 or more persons [to] designate at least one employee to coordinate its efforts to comply with and fulfill its responsibilities under Title II, including the investigation of complaints. A public entity shall make available the name, office address, and telephone number of any designated employee" (from the U. S. Department of Justice ADA Title II Technical Assistance Manual).

MU's designated ADA Coordinator is: Lee Henson, 465 McReynolds Hall, 573-884-7278, fax: 573-882-1809, hensonl@missouri.edu.

In addition, the ADA requires a public entity to adopt and publish grievance procedures providing for prompt and equitable resolution of complaints alleging any action that would be prohibited by Title II.

Informal grievances or complaints may be brought to the ADA Coordinator. If informal resolution is not achieved, formal grievances may be submitted to the Office of the Provost, Human Resource Services, or the Director of Student Life, for faculty, staff, or students respectively.

Please support compliance efforts by informing the ADA Coordinator about any MU disability-related issues that need attention.

Support independence, empowerment, and inclusion:

Some suggestions:

• Include disability in diversity programs and affirmative action initiatives.
• Learn more about disability issues. The ADA Coordinator can provide and refer you to sources of disability awareness and ADA training, assistive technology information, reviews of jobs to help determine essential functions and reasonable accommodations, and other disability-related technical assistance.
• Include faculty, staff, and students with disabilities on committees and other working groups, just as you would minorities and others from groups that might otherwise be unrepresented.
• Invite people with disabilities to share their experiences with you - in the classroom and as part of other MU events. For information about potential resources on and off campus, please contact the ADA Coordinator.
• Offer communication accessibility at MU events and in MU publications. Event planning guidelines are on the ADA Coordinator website.

Involve MU's network of ADA contacts/coordinators:

To improve campus self-evaluation, transition planning, and compliance monitoring, people in various MU units were appointed to help identify and advise on disability-related issues affecting their units.

If you have a disability-related complaint or concern about MU, or an idea for improving MU's accessibility, contact the campus ADA coordinator or a unit contact/coordinator:

Agriculture: Evelyn Lindell

Arts and Science: Michael O'Brien, Carla Schlink

Biological Sciences: Julie Codemo

Black Studies: Julius E. Thompson

Business and Public Administration: Kenneth Evans

Business Services: Patsy Higgins

Campus Dining: Julaine Kiehn

Campus Facilities: Gerald Morgan

Career Center: Rob McDaniels

Chemistry: Phil Silverman

Counseling Center: Kathleen Boggs, Linda Wolszon

Dalton Research Center: Susan Hatfield

Disability Services: Matt Buckley

Education: Rosemary Fleharty, Rebecca McCathren

Educational and Counseling Psychology: Jim de Jong, Greg Holliday

Engineering: Tom Marrero

Engineering Library: Judy Maseles

Environmental Health and Safety: Peter Ashbrook

Extension: Renetta Gallup, Julie Middleton

Food Science and Human Nutrition: Pauline Landhuis

Geological Science Library: Stephen Stanton

Graduate School: Ruth Erwin

Health Related Professions: Beth Hays

Health Sciences Library: Deb Ward

Hearnes Center: Roger Crumpton

Human Environmental Sciences: Teresa Howard

Human Resource Services: Teresa Long, Jatha Sadowski

IAT Services: Darren Gabbert, Will Kiehl, Abbie O'Sullivan, Mike Peplow

Information Science and Learning Technologies: Toni Milstead

Intercollegiate Athletics: Tim Hickman

International Programs and Faculty Development: Handy Williamson

Jesse Hall: John Murray

Journalism: Pat Cloyd, Lee Wilkins

Laboratory Animal Medicine: Dana Armontrout, Cindy DeHaven

Law: Martha Dragich Pearson

Libraries: Leo Agnew, Bob Almony, Cynthia Cotner, June DeWeese

Life Sciences Center: Ginny Booker

Medicine: Dana Armontrout, Robert McCallum, Judy Nolke

Military Science: Jason Coster

Missouri Unions: Greg Flippin

Mizzou Arena: Roger Crumpton

MU Conference Office: Joy Millard

Museum of Art & Archaeology: Jeff Wilcox

Nursing: Carol Yonkman

Office of Research: Mariette Marsh

Parking and Transportation: Jim Joy, Linda Turner

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Brick Johnstone, Laura Schopp

Physiology: Melissa Peterson

Psychology: Gayle Stogsdill

Recreation Services and Facilities: Dan Shipp

Research Reactor: John Kemp

Residential Life: Harriett Green-Sappington

Reynolds Alumni Center: Caroline Lanham, Doris Mayuiers

Social Work: Tammy Freelin

Sociology: Mary Oakes, Deborah Friedrich

Student Affairs: Rich Anderson

Student Success Center: Marla Applebaum Wilcox

Telecommunications: Beth Chancellor

University Stores: Mindy Frederick

University Police: Kevin Richardson

Veterinary Medicine: Ron Cott

Veterinary Medicine Library: Trenton Boyd

Revised June 2005