
Documentation Guidelines
Please share these guidelines with the professional who manages your disability-related condition(s). Documentation should be provided in the form of a letter or report typed on letterhead paper.
The documentation should include:
- Information that is current and relevant to the college setting
- Information that has been prepared by a professional who is licensed to diagnose or treat the condition for which you are seeking service, and is familiar with the history and functional implications of your condition
- Diagnosis, prognosis, and nature of the disability
- Relevant developmental, medical, social, educational, and/or accommodation history
- Clinical assessment or method of determining presence of a disability
- Functional limitations imposed by the disability, severity of limitations imposed, and impact on major life activities
- Expected manifestation of the disability in a college setting
- Prescribed medications that could affect classroom performance (please describe effects)
- Suggested accommodations, with rationale for each accommodation requested
- Professional’s signature, professional credentials and contact number
Please note: If you are requesting information from your high school, please ask them to provide your most recent 504 Plan, Evaluation Report (ER), and/or Individual Educational Plan (IEP).