Essential abilities and characteristics for completion of the DVM degree consists of certain sensory, physical and cognitive abilities and emotional characteristics to assure that candidates for admission, promotion, and graduation are able to complete the entire course of study and participate fully in all aspects of DVM training, with or without accommodations. It is the policy of the SVM to provide qualified students who have disabilities with reasonable accommodations. It is the responsibility of the student seeking an accommodation to notify the Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services in the Dean of Students Office, complete an application and provide the required documentation and information.
Compensation through technology for deficiencies in any of the areas outlined above or below may be acceptable; however, such compensation should not preclude a candidate’s abilities to act reasonably and independently. The use of a trained intermediary would mean that a candidate’s judgment must be mediated by another person’s power of selection and observation; therefore, third parties cannot be used to assist students in accomplishing curricular requirements in the tasks specified below, where the candidate’s judgment would be so mediated as a result.