Eligibility for Academic Accommodations
To be eligible for disability-related accommodations, students must have a documented disability as defined by the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504, and/or the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). Accommodations are available to students whose disabilities include, but are not limited to, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, deafness and hard-of-hearing, physical disability and/or health-related impairment, psychological and/or psychiatric disability, specific learning disability (such as dyslexia), speech impairment, visual impairment, or other disabilities which require administrative or academic accommodations.
Students seeking academic accommodations are required to provide recent documentation from an appropriate health care provider or professional (please see SDS Disability Documentation Requirements). The cost of obtaining documentation is to be paid by the student. If documentation is incomplete, nonspecific, or otherwise inadequate to determine the disability and/or reasonable accommodations, Student Disability Services will require additional documentation.
After admission to the university, students who have a disability that may require academic accommodations must submit current disability documentation along with a completed "Documentation Review Form" to Student Disability Services. Please see Student Disability Services Disability Doc Requirement. If the documentation meet SDS criteria, the student will be contacted to setup an Intake Interview. If the documentation does not meet SDS criteria, the student will be contacted to submit more documentation. All information is confidential and will be used only to assist the student.
To schedule an intake interview, contact Student Disability Services, telephone (407) 823-2371 or TTY/TDD users telephone (407) 823-2116.
