Accessibility & Accommodations

Elon University’s commitment to inclusion and diversity extends to employees and applicants with disabilities. We recognize that individuals with disabilities help diversify and strengthen the workplace by bringing varied perspectives on how to confront challenges and overcome obstacles. Elon welcomes applicants with disabilities and strives to foster a disability-inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and supported.

Reasonable Accommodations

It’s important to note that the university is dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations for all employees experiencing permanent or temporary impairments. Reasonable accommodations are changes or adjustments to a job or work environment that permit a qualified individual with a disability to perform the essential functions of their job, without imposing an undue hardship on the operation of the University’s business or changing the essential functions of the position.

Requesting Accommodations

1. Faculty or staff member should initiate request with the office of Human Resources by completing the information on the ADA Reasonable Accommodation Request Form.
2. Faculty or staff members may need to provide any necessary supporting medical documentation and/or permission for the ADA Coordinator or designee to speak directly with your healthcare provider(s) about your specific request by completing the medical information form. Please upload the completed medical information form using this secure link.
3. ADA Coordinator or designee will gather relevant information from appropriate individuals identified as having a need to know, such as the individual’s supervisor, department head or Vice President, keeping medical information confidential.
4. Appropriate reasonable accommodation(s) will be identified.
5. ADA Coordinator or designee will communicate with all necessary impacted stakeholders, providing only the minimum details necessary to implement the accommodation and will facilitate the accommodation being made.
6. ADA Coordinator or designee will work with the requesting faculty or staff member to establish a timeline to review the accommodation effectiveness.
7. If a request for reasonable accommodation is not approved, ADA Coordinator or designee will communicate the factors utilized in the decision and explore additional options, as appropriate.

Notes

• Information regarding this accommodation request is confidential and will only be shared as needed with the appropriate personnel to consider the implementation of a reasonable accommodation. Information related to an accommodation request will not be placed in your employment file. All medical documentation will be kept confidential.
• For the purposes of the ADA, the term “disability” means, with respect to an individual–a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of such individual; a record of such an impairment; or being regarded as having such an impairment.

Resources

• ADA Coordinator: Elon’s ADA Coordinator is Megan Karbley, Director of Compliance and Title IX Coordinator, and can be reached at (336) 278-5787 or mkarbley@elon.edu.
• Advocates for Disability and Accessibility (ADA ERG): Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are employee-led groups formed around common interests, and/or a shared bond or background at Elon. The ADA ERG serves as a resource network for its members and the broader campus to promote greater access, equity and inclusivity for employees who navigate physical or mental impairments that substantially limit one or more major life activities, senses or cognition.

Frequently Asked Questions