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Natural Partners in Supporting Students: Title IX and Disability

Originally presented Thursday, April 7, 2022 by Bea Awoniyi, Santa Fe College

Every school has someone identified as responsible for Title IX compliance. At some schools that role overlaps significantly with disability access responsibilities and at other institutions the two rarely interact. Hear from an Assistant Vice President and past AHEAD President about how the two offices can proactively create protocols for implementing joint student support, such as providing immediate academic accommodations to victims of sexual assault, supports for pregnant students and parents of newborns, and accommodations during the conduct process.