: SUNY Brockport

To receive accommodations, an individual must engage in the self-identification process with Student Accessibility Services (SAS) and provide appropriate documentation.

For those seeking housing accommodations, please note that our appointments are currently booking out 2 -3 weeks. However, housing accommodations will still be considered even past the housing selection deadline.

Please note - medical documentation DOES NOT guarantee an accommodation. Documentation establishes there is a disability, and then the meeting with the student and accessibility specialist informs what reasonable accommodations will be put into place.

Step 1: Submit a Registration Form

All information is confidential and is securely maintained. On the registration form, be sure to indicate type of accommodations you are seeking. You can choose more than one.
• Academic
• Housing
• Assistance Animal

Step 2: Provide Eligibility Documentation

Please read our Documentation Guidelines for more information on the accommodation process and the role of documentation.

If you received accommodations in high school, you may provide a copy of your most recent Individualized Education Plan (IEP), Psychological evaluation, or a 504 plan.

You may also submit functional reports from community-based rehabilitation providers such as ACCES-VR and Commission for the Blind for registration purposes.

If you have a medical diagnosis that rises to the level of a disability, we recommend that you have your physician, or licensed counselor, complete our Clinical Assessment Form for a comprehensive evaluation and thorough documentation of your needs.

Another option is to have an *appropriate diagnostician provide a disability diagnosis with a description of the condition and its severity, measures to arrive at the diagnosis, prognosis, expected duration, how this condition affects you (functional limitations), recommendations for accommodations, provide direct connections between the functional limitations and the recommendations for accommodations, and include the side effects of prescribed medication if applicable.

*An appropriate licensed diagnostician or qualified clinician, can be a primary physician, nurse practitioner, physician’s assistant, licensed mental health professional, etc. The diagnostician must (1) have an established patient relationship with the student, (2) have provided treatment for the condition, and (3) be an impartial individual who is not a family member of the student.

Students submitting a request for an assistance animal should fill out Part A of our Assistance Animal Application and should have an appropriate diagnostician complete Part B of our Assistance Animal Application.

Students must also submit veterinarian documents for the animal. This includes an updated:

Clean bill of health
Vaccination records
Up to date Rabies vaccine

For more information, please refer to our “Animal on Campus Policy.”

Step 3: Schedule an Appointment

Once we receive your registration and any required applications, we will contact you via your Brockport email to set up an academic and/or housing meeting. Please note - it may take up to 2 weeks to meet with an accessibility specialist. Meetings can be attended remotely via Teams or in-person at the SAS office located in the Brown Building.

Step 4: Meet with an Accessibility Specialist

During the meeting, you will have an interactive conversation with an accessibility specialist about your disability and the functional limitations that may create barriers to equal access in the college environment. Some accommodations may be approved at the meeting, but others will be emailed to you within five business days.