To receive disability-related support
services, appropriate documentation of a student's disability is
required. This information will remain in a confidential file with the
Disability Services Coordinator. Please use the guidelines in the following section and send your disability
related documentation to:
Ms. Ronda Purdy
Disability Services Coordinator
Bellarmine University
2001 Newburg Road
Nolen C. Allen Hall, 403
Louisville, KY 40205
Confidentiality
Students with disabilities are protected from
discrimination under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. These government
mandates for nondiscrimination carry within them rules regarding the
confidential treatment of disability related information. Documentation
from an appropriate source that persons with disabilities must
provide to establish the existence of their disability and their need
for accommodation is maintained by the Disability Services Coordinator
in secure files with limited access. Disability related information
is only shared when there is a compelling reason. This may mean
sharing with faculty only the information that the student has a
documented disability and the need for accommodations, or information
may be shared for the formal investigation of a complaint, or for
providing emergency services.