Students with Disabilities

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINITORY POLICY

The San Francisco School of Massage & Bodywork does not discriminate in admission or access to our program on the basis of age, race, color, sex, disability, sexual orientation, religion or national origin. If you would like to request an academic adjustment or auxiliary aids, please contact the School Director at 415-474-4600 or San Francisco School of Massage, 475 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 . You may request academic adjustments or auxiliary aids at any time. The School Director is responsible for coordinating compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Applicants, who are persons with disabilities, as defined in paragraph 104.3(j) of the regulation under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, may apply for admittance into the program. SFSM will bear the costs of providing academic adjustments (e.g., large print student handouts, in-class and out-of-class tutorial support, longer or independent test-taking…), auxiliary aids, or reasonable accommodations unless doing so presents an undue hardship.

Requests for an Accommodation or Auxiliary Aid or Service

Any qualified individual with a disability requesting an accommodation or auxiliary aid or service
should follow this procedure:

• Notify the School Director in writing of the type of accommodation needed, date needed, documentation of the nature and extent of the disability, and of the need for the accommodation or auxiliary aid.
• The request should be made at least four weeks in advance of the date needed.
• You may contact the School Director in the following ways:
• By telephone at 415-474-4600
• By mail at: School Director
  San Francisco School of Massage
  475 Valencia Street
  San Francisco, CA 94103
• The School Director will respond within two weeks of receiving the request.
• If you would like to appeal the decision regarding your request, your appeal will be forwarded to the SFSM Appeals Committee with all the previously requested information. Appeals must be submitted within one week of the date of the School Director’s response.