Accessibility Services
Contact Information
Accessibility Services
Lisa Seneca
Interim Director of Accessibility Services
2nd Floor Mahoney Library
Saint Elizabeth University
Convent Road
Morristown, NJ 07960-6989
Location
Phone: (973) 290-4261
accessibility@steu.edu
Saint Elizabeth University recognizes the access needs of all disabled individuals and complies with the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Consequently, the University recognizes the need for some disabled individuals, due to the nature and severity of their disability, to utilize an emotional support animal or service animal while on campus, and within campus facilities.
Emotional Support Animal
An Emotional Support Animal is an animal that provides therapeutic benefits to a person with a mental health or psychiatric disability.
To be approved for an Emotional Support Animal on campus, the health care provider must complete the Housing Accommodation Form.
If the Emotional Support Animal is approved, a meeting between Accessibility Services and the student will be arranged to continue the registration process. No Emotional Support Animals are allowed on campus until this process is completed and final approval is given.
Service Animal Policy
Service Animals are animals that are individually trained to perform specific tasks for people with disabilities such as guiding people who are blind; alerting people who are deaf; pulling wheelchairs; or other specific tasks related to an individual’s specific disability needs. Service animals may also perform such tasks as: retrieving objects from the floor or other location, opening doors or pushing elevator buttons. Contact the Office of Accessibility Services is you have a Service Animal.
Visiting Service Animal
Please contact campus security and inform them that you will be on campus with a Service Animal at security@steu.edu or call 973-290-4090.
Licensing and health records are required for all animals on campus, other than visiting Service Animals.
Conflicting Disabilities
Persons with conflicting disabilities, such as a respiratory illness or allergies, should contact the Office of Accessibility Services and provide medical documentation citing the nature of the disability and the nature of the conflict. Resolution of the conflict will be based on the disability needs of the parties involved.
Appeal Procedure
Appeals concerning this policy may be addressed through the Office of Accessibility Services and the Assistant Dean of Student Success.