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WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
Students requesting services must provide official documentation to support the evidence of the disabling, limiting, or impairing conditions. The documentation should describe diagnosis, characteristics of the disability, as well as functional limitations for a college environment. Eligibility determination will be based on the degree (if any) to which the disability will affect a student's program of study and participation.
A student is eligible for services by:- having a disability defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act
- providing documentation that an ADA-defined disability exists
- meeting the criteria for the categories defined below:
BLIND/VISUALLY IMPAIRED: Blind or low vision students must meet defining criteria for the legally blind. Corrected vision that results in an inability to register visual stimuli for meaningful perception and/or processing without the use of special aids or environmental modifications.
DEAF/HARD OF HEARING: Corrected hearing that results in an inability to register auditory stimuli for meaningful perception and/or processing without the use of special aids or environmental modifications. Deaf-hearing acuity that falls in the severe to profound range of loss; with or without corrective devices. Audiogram is required.
CHRONIC HEALTH RELATED: Any condition documented by a qualified physician in writing and determined to require modifications of program settings so as to avoid contributing to the worsening of the condition or to allow the student to be fully included in the program.
LEARNING DISABILITY: Disorders manifested by significant difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities, or of social skills. These disorders are intrinsic to the individual and presumed to be due to central nervous system dysfunction. Even though a learning disability may occur concomitantly with other disabling conditions, with socio-environmental influences, and especially with attention deficit disorder, all of which may cause learning problems, a learning disability is not the direct result of those conditions or influences. Note: Students must meet criteria established by Regents Center for Learning Disorders
MOBILITY IMPAIRMENT: Any condition resulting in an impairment of mobility or motor functioning.
BRAIN INJURY/NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER: Difficult or impaired cognitive functioning in such areas as memory, motor output, executive control, etc., documented by a qualified professional attesting that a student is the subject of a brain injury or neurological disorder. Note: Students must meet criteria established by Regents Center for Learning Disorders
ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER: Disorder that results in the student's inability to attend as documented in a conclusive report from a qualified psychiatrist or psychologist qualified to make such a diagnosis. Note: Students must meet criteria established by Regents Center for Learning Disorders
COMMUNICATION DISORDER: An organic or cognitive condition that results in an inability to use the English oral language system for effective communication. Speech disorders, expressive and receptive aphasia and injuries are typical examples of conditions of communication disorder.
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS: Any psychological or emotional condition diagnosed by a qualified professional in which condition may be manifested in behavior or thoughts that interfere with the student's ability to function normally in an academic environment, and such inability may be the result of medication prescribed to control the condition.