Registering with the disability services office
How to sign up with the campus disability office, what the first meeting covers, and why registering early pays off.
Students with disabilities
How to request accommodations, how vocational rehabilitation, SSI, SSDI and ABLE accounts sit beside student aid, and the disability-related costs a school can count.
Usually decides: Your school's disability services office
The documentation accommodations usually ask for
What a disability office usually wants on paper, who can write it, and how to keep going while records are on their way.
Vocational rehabilitation and college costs
How a state vocational rehabilitation agency can help pay for college when your studies lead to the job goal in your plan.
A reduced course load and your aid
When a lighter schedule is an approved accommodation, here is how federal aid, progress rules and scholarships respond to it.
SSI, SSDI and money you earn as a student
How a paycheck, work-study and scholarships can affect SSI or SSDI while you study, and the rules that protect student earnings.
ABLE accounts for students
How an ABLE account lets a student with a disability save for school and daily costs without putting SSI or Medicaid at risk.
Accessible housing and meal plan adjustments
How to request an accessible room, a single, an assistance animal or a meal plan change, and the deadlines that come first.
Disability-related costs in your cost of attendance
How to ask the aid office to add assistive technology, care and other disability costs to your budget, and what papers to bring.
Testing accommodations and the campus exam center
How extended time, a quieter room and other exam changes are booked through the campus exam center, and what to do when one goes wrong.
Assistive technology and accessible course materials
How to get textbooks in accessible formats, captioned videos and assistive software, and why asking before the term begins saves weeks.