In addition to meeting with you to discuss your lived experience of disability, impacts you experience during your academic pursuits, and related needs, our office also seeks out objective information about your disability-related needs from a Regulated Health Care Practitioner. Medical professionals have an important role to play when people with disabilities seek accommodation to allow them to benefit equally from and take part in education. The combination of your lived experience, and supplementary medical documentation, informs the accommodation process.
Students are required to submit medical documentation completed by your regulated health-care practitioner who is permitted to diagnose your specific disability(s) based on their training and license to practice. The Medical Documentation Form is designed to provide AccessAbility Services with confirmation your eligibility for disability-related academic accommodations and provides information on how your disability will impact your studies at university. For students with a learning disability please see our list of types of documention required below.
Disclosing a diagnosis is a choice and is not required to receive accommodations. Please note that if provided, a diagnosis alone does not automatically mean disability-related accommodation is required as people may not experience any limitations requiring accommodations even when they have a medical diagnosis. In some instances, diagnosis may be required to establish eligibility for certain federally or provincially funded bursaries and grants
If you are new to AccessAbility Services and have not yet registered, you may submit documentation attached to your Online Intake Registration Form. For info on how to register, please review our Intake process.
If you are registered with AccessAbility Services, please submit documentation using the myAIMS Document Upload Portal. Log-in to myAIMS and select "Upload Documents" from the main menu. Please review our Document Upload Portal Guide [PDF] for detailed step-by-step instructions
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For additional information on Concussions please visit Concussion Resources and Supports for students on campus
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