Overview
The following links provide guidance for students with disabilities, parents, and physicians or licensed professionals in meeting students' responsibility to demonstrate and/or document the nature of the disability and educational limitation it imposes.
- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders (AD/HD)
- Physical/Other Health Disorders
- Psychiatric/Psychological Disorders
- Sensory Impairments (Hearing, Vision)
- Specific Learning Disability
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Information regarding a student’s disability provided to the Disabilities Resource Center (DRC) is considered confidential and cannot be released to individuals or agencies outside the college without a student’s signed consent. Disability records are covered under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Under FERPA, information regarding a student’s disability can be legally subpoenaed. It can also be released to the Santa Fe College administration if there is a threat to self or others or if there is a legitimate educational need to know.
Disability documentation is maintained by the DRC in locked files and secure electronic storage, separate from the student's other academic records.
All documentation/information is confidential and should be submitted to:
Disabilities Resource Center: Northwest Campus, Building S, Room 229, 3000 NW 83rd Street, Gainesville, FL 32606
Business Hours: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
Voice/TTY: 352-395-4400
Fax: 352-395-4100
Email: drc@sfcollege.edu
Confidentiality
All documentation of disability submitted to DRC will be held in confidence. No information about the student's disability will be revealed to any member of the SF faculty or staff or any other person without the expressed written consent of the subject student, or on the basis of a clear, educational need to know.