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Accommodation Requests

Once the Office of Disability Services has determined that a student has a disability and has conferred with the student about reasonable and appropriate accommodations for the disability that are both reasonable and appropriate, they will write a request to the student's instructors. The director and the student will sign the request. The student must make an appointment with the instructor in order to present the letter and discuss the accommodations listed in the request. The student is not required to present the accommodation request at the start of the semester. However, the instructor is not required to provide an accommodation until he/she receives the request. Students must provide instructors with accommodation requests each semester.

The letter will not specify the student's disability, since this would be a violation of the student's right to privacy. The student may or may not choose to divulge his/her disability to the instructor. The letter WILL specify the accommodations that the Office of Disability Services has agreed upon with the student. If you, the instructor, do not understand the accommodations requested, please call the Office of Disability Services as soon as possible for clarification.

For samples of the Accommodation Request Form, please your choice of format below:download

For brief descriptions of common disabling conditions, please see Appendix C.