Disability Services
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Documentation Requirements
In order to be eligible for services and accommodations as a student with a disability, one must provide comprehensive documentation. Testing must have been completed within the last five years. The assessment must be of sufficient breadth and depth to cover a wide range of potential deficits, and to detect subtle psychological and executive functioning problems. Information needs to be provided about individual strengths and weaknesses to allow for more effective decisions regarding the most appropriate accommodations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Learning Disability?
Learning Disabilities (LD) are a group of disorders manifested by significant difficulties in the acquistion and use of listening, spelling, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical ability. These disorders are intrinsic to the individual, presumed to be due to central nervous system dysfunction and may occur across the life span. In additions, there may be problems in organization skills, self-regulatory behaviors, and social skills. A learning disability is NOT the result of:
1. mental illness
2. visual, hearing, or motor impairments,
3. emotional disturbance, or
4. environmental, cultural or economic disadvantage.
For more information please visit the Learning Disabilities Association of Canada
Are there accommodations that can help me deal with my Learning Disability?
Accommodations are determined on an individual basis. The documentation must provide evidence of deficiencies that justify putting the accommodation into place.
Do I have to reveal my disability to get accommodations?
Student have the right not to provide documentation of a Learning Disability. However, King's is under no obligation to provide accommodations if students do not identify themselves. If a students discloses a disabling condition to a faculty or staff member, the faculty or staff members have been asked to refer the student to our office for the verification of the disability and determination of appropriate accommodations.