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Things you need to do:

  • Identify yourself as having a disability
       
  • Make an appointment with one of our staff
       
  • Talk with one of our staff regarding your eligibility, documentation and accommodation
       
  • Bring the required documentation regarding your disability
       
  • Intake Form and appropriate documentation

Appropriate documentation for a learning disability should:

  • be conducted by a qualified professional.
       
  • validate the need for services based on the individuals current level of functioning in the educational setting.
       
  • include a comprehensive assessment battery and the resulting diagnostic report including a diagnostic interview, assessment of aptitude, academic achievement, information processing, and a specific diagnosis.
      
  • have standard test scores and/or percentiles and should be provided for measures.
       
  • document both the nature and severity of the learning disability.
      
  • include specific recommendations for accommodations
       
  • describe the impact the diagnosed learning disability has on specific major life activity as well as the degree of significance of this impact on the individual.
       
  • support specific recommendations with specific test results or clinical observations.

Stop by our office to obtain specific testing information prior to having testing done.

  
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Austin Peay State University
Office of Disability Services
P.O. Box 4578
Clarksville TN 37044
(931) 221-6230 (Voice)
(931) 221-6278 (Voice/TTY)
(931) 221-7102 (Fax)

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