Prospective/New Students
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Academic accommodations
[+] Documentation of your disability
[-] Documentation of your disability
- a. Psychiatric disabilities
- b. Medical disabilities
- c. Physical disabilities - -visually impaired, hearing impaired, mobility impaired, etc.
- d. Learning Disabilities
- e. Attention deficit disorder
- f. In Recovery from addiction
You are responsible for providing the University with documentation of your disability. Do not send your documentation with your application. In general, documentation of a disability must be current and support the requested academic accommodations. Current is defined as within the last 6 months for psychiatric disabilities, 5 years for learning disabilities, 3 years for ADD and other disabilities. Permanent physical or sensory disabilities do not have this type of time line on documentation.
The University at Albany follows the documentation guidelines published on the ETS web site for test takers with disabilities.
High school students - - documentation may be from the high school or from your physician or psychiatrist. You will need documentation from the appropriate source.
Transfer or Graduate students - - - if you registered with disability services at your former school, check with their policy on documentation. Some schools will give a copy or fax a copy of your documentation on file while others will NOT release the information since they did not create the documentation. You may be required to go back to the original source for your documentation.
[-] Housing
Most students live in residence while attending the University at Albany. If you have special housing needs, you will need to document those needs through the Health Center or through the Disability Resource Center. There are a limited number of accessible rooms, and these are reserved for students with physical or medical disabilities.
If you desire a single room, check out the Residential Life web pages for rates and availability.
[+] How to qualify for Admission to the University at Albany
[-] How to qualify for Admission to the University at Albany
[+] Parking/cars on campus
Scholarship/Financial Aid
