{"id":34,"date":"2012-10-05T02:27:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T02:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/accessingvassar\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2012-10-05T02:27:19","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T02:27:19","slug":"documentation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/accessingvassar\/sample-page\/documentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vassar College requires <em>recent <\/em>documentation of disability provided by a licensed professional. \u00a0What is considered recent documentation varies with each disability. \u00a0For learning and attention deficits, AEO will accept documentation from when the student was in high school or documentation that was conducted within the last three years. \u00a0Although documentation form middle school is too old, AEO considers this a starting point. \u00a0In other words, provisional accommodations for such persons will be provided; however, reevaluation is necessary. \u00a0For chronic medical conditions, diagnosis and a history of accommodations are important to AEO. \u00a0For both chronic medical conditions and psychiatric disorders, the most recent possible documentation is requested. \u00a0The main thing AEO is looking for is documentation is why an accommodation or service is necessary. \u00a0Documentation must show a functional limitation.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of obtaining documentation is the responsibility of the student. \u00a0Individualized Education Plans (IEP), high school 504 plans, or brief notes written by a physician are all <em>not <\/em>acceptable forms of documentation. \u00a0IEPs and 504 plans are not acceptable because the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act does not protect post secondary students the way it protects K-12 students. \u00a0A prior history of accommodations is also not enough to warrant college accommodations. \u00a0Many students do not register with AEO because they are unable to afford the cost of obtaining documentation.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"AEO website\" href=\"http:\/\/accessibilityandeducationalopportunity.vassar.edu\/index.html\">AEO website<\/a> lists specific <a title=\"Documentation and Guidelines\" href=\"http:\/\/accessibilityandeducationalopportunity.vassar.edu\/documentation\/index.html\">guidelines<\/a> for documentation of Attention Deficit Disorder\/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, learning disabilities, medical disabilities or chronic health impairments, and psychological disabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vassar College requires recent documentation of disability provided by a licensed professional. \u00a0What is considered recent documentation varies with each disability. \u00a0For learning and attention deficits, AEO will accept documentation from when the student was in high school or documentation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/accessingvassar\/sample-page\/documentation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/accessingvassar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/accessingvassar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/accessingvassar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/accessingvassar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/accessingvassar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/accessingvassar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/accessingvassar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/35"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/accessingvassar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/accessingvassar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}