ADA Request

    Advisor

    Purpose

    Accommodations

    Request Information

    Documentation Requirements

    High School vs. Higher Ed

    Confidentiality

1. Contact the Disability Services Office by:

·         Calling Keith Bundy, ADA Advisor, at 256-5121 or

·         Completing the Disability Request Form at     
    http://www.departments.dsu.edu/student_services/Development/default.htm or

·         Returning the Disability Notification card that came with your registration materials. 

2. Provide documentation of the disability.  Mail or fax the information to 820 N. Washington Ave., Madison, SD 57042 or 605-256-5150.  Here’s the kind of documentation we need.  Students wishing accommodations need to have their schools (or the qualified professional* who tested them) forward copies of the student’s testing/diagnosis records.  These records should include:

·        a specific diagnosis (with evidence of the current level of impairment);

·        the scores (and subtest scores) the student received on the academic achievement
   tests, aptitude/cognitive ability tests, and information processing;

·        a copy of their Individual Education Plan (IEP) with the accommodations the student is
   used to receiving (This document alone is not sufficient to receive accommodations).

3. Discuss accommodations with ADA Coordinator prior to the start of the academic year and, if accommodations are desired, before placement testing. 

It is very important that students request accommodations and submit their documentation as soon as possible.  Each student may be required to submit medical or other diagnostic documentation of her/his disability and limitations and /or to participate in additional evaluation prior to receiving accommodations. Each student will be responsible for making timely and appropriate disclosures and requests to Disability Services for accommodations. Each student will also be responsible for actively participating in the securing of his or her accommodations and auxiliary aids. Students must follow the school’s procedures in applying for academic accommodations.  Accommodations are not retroactive; if a student waits until the middle of the semester to request accommodations, any assignments turned in before that student is approved for accommodations are not covered.  The university has no obligation to provide academic adjustments until receipt of sufficient specific information to enable it to evaluate a student’s needs and the school’s ability to provide the needed academic adjustments.  Requests for accommodations must be made every semester the student registers for classes.