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Prospective Students

The Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), The American with Disabilities Amendments Act (2008) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (1973) are designed to prevent discrimination against individuals with disabilities. To comply with this legislation, Monroe County Community College has developed a non-discrimination policy.

What is a Disability?

The Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), The Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act (2008) and Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act (1973) specifies that a person with a disability is one who has a physical impairment or a mental or psychological disorder that includes the following:

Physical Impairments	[and/or]	Mental/Psychological Impairments
Neurological Musculoskeletal Respiratory Cardiovascular Reproductive Digestive Genito-urinary Hemic Lymphatic Skin Endocrine	[and/or]	Specific learning disabilities Emotional or mental illness Organic brain syndrome Developmental disabilities

which substantially limits one or more:

Major Life Activities
Self-care Manual tasks Walking Seeing Hearing Speaking Breathing Standing Thinking Concentrating Reading Learning Sleeping Working Bending	Communicating Reproducing Normal cell growth Immune system function Digestive function Bowel function Bladder function Neurological function Brain function Respiratory function Circulatory function Endocrine function Has a history of an impairment