Privacy and confidentality
Disclosure
We have a responsibility to protect the privacy of the student with a disability and the need to ensure that relevant staff are informed of the student's needs so that required adjustments to their course can be made.
Disability Resources have confidentiality release procedures which clarify the ways in which information will be used within the university. Fundamental to this process is that students are required to sign a consent form as part of registering with Disability Resources, where students nominate the level of disclosure that is relevant to their situation.
Many universities have also established clear guidelines to facilitate the confidential disclosure of disability-related information, reinforcing that staff do not necessarily need to know the nature of the disability only the impact the disability will have on the student's ability to study.