Disabilities Access

If you believe that you have been discriminated against based on a disability, you should contact the Office of Civil Rights Compliance at 662-325-5839. 

If you believe that an approved disability-related accommodation is not being followed, students may contact the Disability Resource Center at 662-325-3335 and employees may contact Human Resources Management at 662-325-3713. Alternatively, students or employees may always contact the Office of Civil Rights Compliance directly.

MSU will fully comply with applicable laws governing service and assistance animals. It is important to understand the distinction between the two types of animals. Relevant policies are found here.

Mississippi State policies require that university websites and online resources meet nationally-recognized standards for accessibility. The university’s policy on World Wide Web Pages and other Electronic Publications requires that most publicly-accessible university web content meet the accessibility standards described in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 at the AA level of accessibility.

If you are a supervisor and you receive request from an employee for a job-related disability accommodation, you are required to make reasonable accommodations provided they do not present an undue burden or fundamentally alter the nature of the job. 

If you are an instructor and have received a disability-related accommodation request from a student, or from the Disability Resource Center on behalf of a student, you are required to make reasonable accommodations provided they do not present an undue burden or fundamentally alter the nature of the course or program. 

If you encounter problems accessing university buildings, classrooms, or other facilities due to a disability, you should contact the Director of Federal Regulatory Compliance, Brett Harvey, at 662-325-8124. 

Students seeking disability-related accommodations should register with MSU’s Disability Resource Center. Once you are registered, you can schedule an initial session to discuss the accommodations you need. DSS will engage in an interactive process with you to determine what accommodations are appropriate, and will notify professors of approved accommodations. You have important responsibilities for communicating with DSS and your professors throughout this process, which are discussed more fully on the DSS website linked above.

You should submit that request to Human Resources Management using the MSU Disability Accommodation Request Form. After a request for a reasonable accommodation is made, appropriate university officials will engage with you in an interactive process to attempt to identify an appropriate and reasonable accommodation. More information about this procedure is available in the university’s Reasonable Accommodation in Employment Policy.

Yes. Mississippi State policies and federal laws prohibit discrimination against persons with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination and requires reasonable accommodations for disabled individuals in employment and public services, among other things. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 bars discrimination in connection with federally funded programs or activities, including those at MSU.