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Step 1: Registration and Documentation

Step 1 in registering with Accessible Learning requires you to do the following:

  1. Review Disability Documentation Requirements.
  2. If applicable, review Interim Accommodations, UW Double Degree, or Service Animals.
  3. Complete the Accessible Learning Registration Form.
  4. Submit your documentation.
  5. Promptly respond to messages from Accessible Learning in your myLaurier inbox about next steps.

How to Complete the Accessible Learning Registration Form and Upload Documentation - Video
How to Complete the Accessible Learning Registration Form and Upload Documentation Transcript (Word)

Once we receive your (a) registration form and (b) disability documentation, we will email your myLaurier email address about next steps.

What's in a Name?

We recognize that a person's name is central to their identity so getting your name right is important to us. To ensure we have it correct, and that our system correctly picks up your preferred name from Banner, visit Preferred Name at Laurier. 

Documentation Requirements

Students seeking academic accommodations at Laurier due to a disability are required to submit up-to-date documentation to support their request. 

Disability documentation supports academic accommodation planning by: 

  • Confirming that you are a person with a disability.
  • Describing how your disability effects your learning at university.

Individual Education Plans

An Individual Education Plan (IEP) alone is not sufficient documentation to access academic accommodations at Laurier.

A history of receiving IEPs or accommodations in highschool does not guarantee eligiblity at university. 

In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, academic accommodations at Laurier are provided only to students who submit current documentation confirming a diagnosed disability.

Disability Categories

To access the correct form, select the category that best reflects your disability or disabilities. A qualified healthcare practitioner—someone who can diagnose diagnose and treat your disability—must complete the form. 

Important: Students are NOT obligated to disclose their medical diagnosis to Accessible Learning when requesting academic accommodations at Laurier. Indicating a disability category is not the same as sharing a diagnosis. Category information helps Accessible Learning assess your needs and design approrpiate accommodation and support plans.

Recommended Accommodations

Healthcare practitioners may recommend academic accommodations linked directly to assessment results and a student's disability-related functional limitations.

Important: Laurier retains the authority to approve accommodations based on its own evaluation of a student's access needs within the academic environment.

Email our Intake Team team if you:

  • Need our forms in an alternate format.
  • Are unsure which category best reflects your disability (or disabilities).
  • Have questions about our documentation requirements.

Other Documentation Requirements

See below for documentation requirements and information pertaining to service animals, interim accommodations, and double degree programs with the University of Waterloo.

Submit Documentation

Do not email a copy of your documentation to Accessible Learning. Accessible Learning will not accept emailed or faxed copies of documentation due to security and privacy concerns.

Prepare Your Documentation

Documentation must:

  • Include all the pages.
  • Be legible.
  • Be uploaded in a single PDF file.

Convert photos to a single PDF file if submitting photos of your documentation. Accessible Learning will not review illegible or incomplete documentation. Once your documentation is prepared, follow the instructions below for submitting it to Accessible Learning.