ELIGIBILITY
POLICIES & PROCEDURES

Documentation

1. The ACCESS Department must have received documentation of your disability before you receive any services.
2. Students must sign all required documents, forms, and releases in order to receive services.
3. The documentation should be forwarded directly from a licensed professional or from an educational institution from which you have previously received disability services.
4. The ACCESS Department may request that you seek an additional evaluation if a) the presented documentation is older than three years, b) there has been a change in the nature or degree of your disability, or c)there has been the onset of an additional disability.
5. Hand-carried documents may be accepted at the discretion of the department director; however, additional supporting documentation may be required.

Provision of Services

1. A student must complete a new Accommodations Agreement Form with his or her Resource Advisor at the beginning of each term in order to receive services.
2. Services are provided based on the testing results and recommendations in the documentation, as reflected in the ACCESS Department Accommodation Agreement Form.
3. Although the ACCESS Department will make a reasonable effort to obtain needed services and equipment to accommodate your disability, it cannot guarantee that all services or equipment will be available at the time requested.

I acknowledge receiving and reviewing these policies and procedures and my obligations in order to be eligible for disability services from:

The ACCESS Department
Miami-Dade College
Wolfson 300 N.E. 2nd Avenue, #1180
Miami, Florida  33132

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