NECI facilities are generally accessible to persons with physical disabilities. NECI is committed to maintaining a nondiscriminatory environment and to providing reasonable equal access to all its services, benefits, and facilities, regardless of the physical or cognitive disabilities a student may have. Anyone seriously considering a NECI program of study should look carefully at the Essential Program Eligibility Requirements for each degree and program, outlined in the academic catalog. Students needing special services should contact the Director of NECI’s Learning Center, who acts as NECI's disability coordinator. The Dean of Students acts as NECI's grievance coordinator. Both are committed to working with students to arrive at workable resolutions to their particular needs. It is critical for students needing certain services, such as sign language interpreters, to discuss their needs with the Director of NECI’s Learning Center as soon as they make their decision to attend so that there is adequate time to put the services in place.

NECI complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the requirements of the State of Vermont. NECI is committed to working with students to arrive at reasonable, appropriate accommodations for their needs. Accommodations cannot fundamentally alter the nature of a specific program, place an undue financial or administrative burden on NECI, give a student an unfair advantage over non-accommodated students, or render qualified an otherwise unqualified student. A student who seeks or needs special accommodations and/or auxiliary aids must provide, at his/her own expense, recent documentation (no more than two years old) of an assessment/evaluation of his/her learning disability(ies), psychological conditions, or attention disorder, prepared by a licensed psychologist, psychiatrist, learning disabilities specialist, or neuro-psychologist. The documentation must include testing/assessment in the following areas, as applicable: intelligence, reading, mathematics, spelling, written language, language processing, cognitive processing skills, and coping skills/mental well-being.

Upon acceptance, all students will receive a Learning Needs Intake Form, which should be completed and returned to the Director of the Learning Center. In addition, those students with particular learning concerns and/or documented learning issues should contact the Director of NECI's Learning Center at least two months before their term begins to discuss possible accommodations and/or use of auxiliary aids. The Learning Center staff is committed to providing all students with the support they need to be successful in NECI's programs. It is the student's responsibility to initiate the process of reviewing accommodation options with the Director of NECI’s Learning Centers at the earliest possible time after acceptance and his/her decision to attend. Please refer to the Student Handbook for more details: Section: Policies and Procedures for Students with Disabilities.