Accessing Services
In order to determine a student’s eligible services, we begin the intake process by meeting to review documentation and discuss the student’s needs. Services are provided based on the student’s disability documentation, functional limitations and an intake process. The intake process is a collaborative effort with the student to assess needs through an appointment.
To begin the process please complete our referral form. Student referrals, either self-referral or referral by a caring employee for ADA or Title IX Pregnancy and Parenting can be done by completing this form.
Students registered with SAS are accommodated in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act as Amended (ADAAA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. No qualified person will be denied access to, participation in, or the benefits of, any program or activity operated by the College because of disability. Nor will individuals with a disability be subjected to discrimination while participating in College programs or activities due to disability.
If you feel that you have been discriminated against by a College employee because of your disability, please contact YOUR SAS coordinator. Please visit our Forms and Links webpage for additional information.
HACC may provide accommodations based on functional limitations as determined by documentation and your intake appointment. We encourage students who feel they may benefit from accommodations to contact us to learn if they may qualify. We will guide students on required documentation and how this information should be provided.
Services include:
- Access to class notes
- Adaptive furniture
- Alternative media, including accessible textbooks, e-text and Braille
- Assistive technology, including access to software programs
- Disability counseling and advocacy
- Exam accommodations, including extended time and use of adaptive technology
- Sign language interpreters, real-time captioning and remote Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services
To obtain disability services, students must provide documentation and complete an intake. Once this is complete, the student will then be registered with SAS.
To begin this process, you must:
- Complete our referral form.
- You are able to securely include documentation when you submit the form
- This allows us to assign a coordinator to you
- Watch your email for follow up communication and next steps
HACC will contact you if you are required to provide a yearly update due to the changeable nature of your disability.
SAS maintains all documentation with confidentiality.
A licensed mental health professional must conduct the assessment/evaluation.
Documentation must:
- Have been completed within the last three years
- Be typed on official letterhead
- Include the date, name, title and professional credentials of the evaluator
- Be comprehensive and include the method of diagnosis and a specific diagnosis of ADHD based on DSM-IV criteria
- Describe the limits that ADHD imposes and describe the impact of ADHD on a major life activity in an educational setting
- State the specific recommendations for academic adjustments/accommodations
A licensed psychologist or neuropsychologist must conduct the assessment/evaluation.
Documentation must:
- Have been completed within the last three years
- Be typed on official letterhead
- Include the date, name, title and professional credentials of the evaluator
- State the specific disability
- Describe the limits the disability imposes and the impact of the disability on a major life activity in an educational setting
- State the specific recommendations for academic adjustments/accommodations
- Include psychological testing information, including specific test(s) (e.g. Wechsler or Stanford) and/or assessment procedures
- Include standardized academic testing results and list the name of instrument administered (e.g. Woodcock Johnson Psychoeducational Battery, Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT), Kauffman Test of Educational Achievement (KTEA) or Peabody Individual Achievement (PIAT)
You must provide a letter from a qualified physician or appropriate medical practitioner.
This letter must:
- Be typed on official letterhead
- Include the physician's or medical practitioner's name, title, professional credentials and assessment date
- State the specific disability
- Describe the limits the disability imposes and describe the impact of the disability on a major life activity in an educational setting
- State the specific recommendations for academic adjustments/accommodations
- Include the duration of the disabling condition
A licensed mental health professional must conduct the assessment/evaluation.
Documentation must:
- Must have been completed within the last three years
- Be typed on official letterhead
- State the specific disability
- Reflect the student's current level of functioning
- Include the date, name, title and professional credentials of the evaluator
- Include psychological testing information and state the specific test(s) (e.g. Wechsler or Stanford) and/or assessment procedures
- Describe the limits the disability imposes and the impact of the disability on a major life activity in an educational setting
- State the specific recommendations for academic adjustments/accommodations
We encourage students to reach out to SAS as soon as you have applied to HACC. However, students are welcome to contact SAS at any point throughout their HACC journey.
After you submit YOUR information, it can take up to two or more weeks to review the information and schedule an appointment.
At times, SAS may need to request additional information from students, medical providers and faculty to make an assessment about a requested accommodation.
Delays in beginning the registration process, submitting supporting documentation or responding to requests for additional information or meetings will delay accommodations and services.
