Student Disability Services

Responsibilities of Students Requesting Academic Accommodations

Excerpted from the SDSU Policy Guide: Providing Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities

• The student will identify him/herself to SDS and provide professional verification of his/her disability. A professionally verified disability is a condition certified by a licensed physician, psychologist, audiologist, speech pathologist, registered nurse, social worker, rehabilitation counselor, physical therapist, corrective therapist, learning disability specialist, or other appropriate professional.

• If the student has a learning disability, he/she will provide testing and evaluation results dated no more than three years prior to the date of requesting accommodations at SDSU.

• The student will consult with a SDS counselor to determine specific accommodations that will be needed while he/she is enrolled in courses and/or completing testing requirements at SDSU.

• The student will meet with his/her individual instructors to discuss his/her disability and needed accommodations.

• The student will present a list of his/her required accommodations, as specified by SDS, to the faculty member(s) in whose class(es) accommodations or support services will be provided.

• The student will inform SDS of test dates and times for which authorized accommodations are needed. SDS will then provide appropriate accommodations.

• The student will abide by departmental, school, and University policies and academic regulations, as all students are expected to do.