Documentation Guidelines
If you have a disability that substantially limits one or more major life activities, you may be eligible for academic accommodations. To determine eligibility, we will need comprehensive, relevant documentation from an appropriate licensed healthcare professional that explains the impact of your disability and provides a recommendation for accommodation.
SAS reviews clinical documentation, the student’s self-report, and the program requirements for which the student is enrolled. All documentation is reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and accommodations are determined through an interactive process. Submitting evidence of a diagnosis alone may not meet the standard of a disabling condition or be sufficient to warrant accommodations. All accommodation recommendations must be logically related to the student’s functional limitations based on evidence from the clinical evaluation.
SAS reserves the right to request updated documentation and/or additional documentation to support specific accommodations.
Students may submit their Individualized Educational Program (IEP), 504 plans, and/or history of services previously received as supplemental information; however, these documents alone may not be sufficient for documentation purposes.
If the documentation submitted does not contain sufficient information to determine appropriate accommodations, the student will be contacted.
For a more complete overview of documentation guidelines, please view the Provider Form for Requesting Disability-Related Accommodations PDF. This document includes fillable fields for providers to submit documentation.
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