Eligibility for Services

Services are available to students with recently documented disabilities. Individuals, agency representatives, or transition case managers interested in services should contact the Office for Students with Disabilities or the Admissions Office.

Students who have completed assessments through Rehab Services, LD Specialists, or other educational or medical institutions are encouraged to forward those to the Office for Students with Disabilities. Assessments are used to assist with course and program selection, and to document the need for accommodation.

Students who will be requesting disability accommodations must identify themselves to the Office of Students with Disabilities, 270 Owen Hall. To verify eligibility, documentation must be provided that clearly indicates the presence of a disability on the pursuit of post-secondary education, and justification of the need for accommodations. A diagnosis alone (e.g. "learning disabled") is not sufficient to support a request for accommodations. The coordinator will determine eligibility for services based on the quality of the submitted documentation.

Students who want to request accommodations related to a disability must meet with the coordinator of the Office for Students with Disabilities and provide appropriate documentation of the disability. The student and the coordinator will review the disability documentation and determine reasonable accommodations for each course. At times, faculty for specific courses are also consulted about accommodation strategies in their respective areas. Once the accommodation plan is agreed to, it will be distributed with the consent of the student, generally via email, to specific faculty.

While students may initiate a contact at any time in the semester, early documentation is recommended and almost always has the best outcomes when seeking accommodations.

If changes to the accommodation plan are needed, students should first contact the coordinator of the Office for Students with Disabilities to initiate those changes.

The University is not obligated to retroactively address problems related to a lack of disability documentation, or documentation that is not timely.