The Summer School is committed to creating an accessible academic and residential community where students with disabilities have equal opportunity to participate in, contribute to, and benefit from its academic and residential programs. Accessibility Services works with students, faculty, and staff on an individualized, case-by-case basis to provide appropriate services and reasonable accommodations to ensure the student has a rich and rewarding academic and campus experience. 

Services and accommodations are approved in advance and coordinated by accessibility services. Students in need of accommodations should contact the accessibility services office. To schedule an appointment, students can login to MyDCE, click on “request accommodation” and follow the prompts to register as a new student.  Students must complete the request process through MyDCE and include supporting clinical documentation for the housing or academic accommodations they request. Requests for accommodations and accompanying documentation are needed in advance to ensure enough time to review the request, evaluate the documentation, and coordinate the accommodation. It can take as long as two weeks to process and approve a request for accommodation. Accommodations may not be in place for the start of the summer term for requests received late.   

More information is available at: https://summer.harvard.edu/academic-opportunities-support/services/accessibility-services. 

Grievance Procedures 

Grievance procedures exist to investigate and resolve specific allegations of discrimination or harassment based on disability.  Students can choose to contact the Director of Accessibility Services and also have access to the University level grievance procedure through University Disability Resources File a Complaint.