Western Piedmont Community College
Western Piedmont Community College

Documentation for Services

To access accessibility services, a student MUST provide documentation to the Office of Accessibility Services.

Follow these steps:

  1. Submit documentation of your disability to the Coordinator of Accessibility Services. Disability documentation must verify the nature and extent of the disability in accordance with current professional standards. It must also be current and substantiate the need for all of the student’s requested accommodations. PLEASE NOTE: IEP’s are not considered acceptable documentation.
  2. Meet with the Coordinator of Accessibility Services to determine your eligibility for an Individual Academic Adjustment Plan (IAAP) based on your interview and your documentation.
  3. Give each instructor a copy of your IAAP and alert him or her that you plan to use them in that specific class.

*IMPORTANT: Accommodations are not retroactive, and they do not roll from semester to semester.  You must meet with the Coordinator of Accessibility Services to assess and reissue your IAAP at the beginning of each semester.

Documentation Requirements for Accommodations

To ensure the provision of reasonable and appropriate services, students with a qualifying diagnosis must identify themselves in a timely manner when an accommodation is needed. Because the provision of all reasonable accommodations and services is based upon assessment of the current impact of the individual’s disability on their academic performance, it is in the individual’s best interest to provide the most recent and appropriate documentation. Individuals who submit documentation that is not current, and or inadequate in scope and content or that does not address the current level of functioning or the need for accommodation(s) may be required to update the evaluation report. Records are confidential and are not part of the student’s academic file.

Eligibility for disability-related accommodations at Western Piedmont Community College requires current documentation of the disability from an appropriate professional source, who has NO personal relationship with the individual being evaluated, verifying the nature of the disability, the functional impact, and the need for specific accommodations.