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Eligibility For Services

Disabilities and Professionals
Services and Accommodations

To be eligible for services and accommodations through ODSS, students are required to provide written verification of their disability.

Documentation must be signed and dated by a qualified professional who has diagnosed the disability (see table below). ODSS reserves the right to request additional information if documentation is inconclusive.

The Office of Disability Support Services (ODSS) will determine appropriate accommodations based upon the functional limitations detailed in the medical/psychological documentation the student provides and through the intake interview.

The Office of Disability Support Services (ODSS) strongly recommends that students request a reevaluation in their junior year of high school. This will benefit the student as most colleges require current documentation.

Documentation of each disability must be provided by the corresponding professional and is not limited to the following list:

** NOTE: IEP/504 PLANS, SUMMARY OF PERFORMANCE (SOP) AND SOCIAL SECURITY AWARD LETTERS ALONE ARE NOT SUFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY.

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Disabilities and Professionals

Attention Deficit Disorder:

Psychologist/Psychiatrist/Medical Doctor (MD/DO) -- Documentation should not be older than 5 years, and not prior to 9th grade; include a diagnosis and functional limitations. If provided by a physician, must also be on letterhead stationary (prescription pad not accepted) and signed by the physician.

Developmental Disability:
Psychologist/Psychiatrist -- Documentation should include testing not older than 5 years, and not prior to 9th grade; include a diagnosis and functional limitations.

Emotional Impairment:
Psychologist/Psychiatrist/Clinical Social Worker -- Documentation should include testing not older than 5 years, and not prior to 9th grade; include a diagnosis and functional limitations.

Hearing Impairment:
Audiologist - Documentation must include an audiogram and should include functional limitations.

Learning Disability:
Psychologist (signed by the professional who administered the testing) Documentation should include testing not older than 5 years, not prior to 9th grade, include a diagnosis and functional limitations.

Physical Impairment:
Medical Doctor -- Documentation must include a diagnosis, functional limitations, be written on letterhead stationary (prescription pad not accepted) and be signed by the physician.

Traumatic Brain Injury:
Neuropsychologist/Neurologist -- Documentation must include a diagnosis and functional limitations.

Visual Impairment:
Ophthalmologist, Optometrist or MD/DO -- Documentation must state specific condition, level of vision (acuity and/or field restriction levels for both eyes).

Speech & Language Impairment:
Speech Pathologist -- Documentation must include a diagnosis and functional limitations.

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SERVICES AND ACCOMMODATIONS AVAILABLE THROUGH ODSS

Academic Advising

Alternative Textbook Format:

• Brailled Text or course materials, arrangements must be made 10 weeks prior to need.
• Enlarged Print, arrangements must be made 2 weeks prior to need
• E-Text copied to student's flash drive or sent via email, must turn in Alternate Text form & Textbook receipt to Reader Services. 

Assistive Listening Device                            Calculator usage

CCTV - Equipment usage                              Counseling --  career or personal

Dictation Software  --  Speech to Text digital audio Text player usage

Extended time on tests                                In-class Assistance

Learning Station Modifications                      Note Taking Paper

Permission to tape record lectures

Print enlargements for course materials, 1 week prior to need

Quiet room for tests                                    Readers for tests

Real Time Captioning                                    Scribes for Tests

Sign Language Interpreters

** NOTE:  Tutoring and personal care attendants are not accommodations under ADA and consequently are not provided by ODSS.

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Disability Support Services
Gannon Bldg, Room 204
Phone: (517) 483-1924
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