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Office of Support Services for Students and Employees with Disabilities
Jackson State University

Documentation

In order for a student, employee, or campus visitor to receive services in the university setting, he/she must disclose his or her disability to the ADA Coordinator who will ask him or her to provide documentation regarding the disability when applicable. The student, employee, or campus visitor is responsible for the cost of documentation. If the documentation is incomplete or inadequate to decide the extent of the disability, the ADA Coordinator may ask for additional documentation. Services or accommodations may be denied pending the receipt of documentation. Documentation is not limited to but may include the following criteria:

HEARING IMPAIRMENT:
A student or employee who is hearing impaired must provide documentation from a licensed audiologist. This documentation must show the diagnosis and information on how the disability affects the student or employee in the academic or work setting and possible accommodations.

LEARNING DISABILITY:
A student or employee who has a learning disability must provide documentation from a licensed psychologist: clinical, educational, school, neuropsychologist, or from a learning disability specialist. Documentation must include the following: diagnostic interview, academic achievement, diagnosis, assessment of aptitude, information processing, and how the disability affects the student or employee in the academic or work setting?

Testing should include one of the following from each category:

Aptitude
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Revised
Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery-Revised:
Test of Cognitive Ability
Daufman Adolescent and Adult Intelligence
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (4th edition)

Achievement
Scholastic Abilities Test for Adults
Stanford Test of Academic Skills
Woodcock-Johnson Psycho Educational Battery Revised:
-Test of Achievement
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test