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At the college level, one must self-identify to the staff of Disability Services in order to receive accommodations. A student must also provide documentation that meets the eligibility criteria set forth by Disability Services.

Required Documentation

At GGC, we follow the Regents' Center for Learning Disorders (RCLD) Guidelines and Criteria.

• Provide Disability Services with a current, full psychological evaluation.
  This provides the most useful information to ensure appropriate accommodations for the following disabilities: attention deficit disorder, acquired brain injury, autism spectrum disorder and learning disabilities.

Appointment with Disability Services

• Make an appointment. 
  Once a student self-identifies and provides appropriate documentation, the student will make an appointment for an initial meeting.
   
• During the meeting
  • The student will meet with a Disability Services provider to discuss services, requested accommodations, and fill out required forms in order to register with Disability Services.
  • Accommodation letters may be drafted at this time or at a later appointment.

• Students are responsible for giving their letters to instructors. 
  Accommodation letters will be given to the student to provide to his/her instructors for services needed in each course.
   
• Services must be requested every semester from Disability Services. 
  Students registered with Disability Services must request services every semester by picking up their accommodation letters and distributing them to their instructors for classroom assistance.
   
• Faculty are only required to provide accommodations if they have received a letter. 
  Faculty members are not required to provide accommodations if they have not received an accommodation letter prepared by Disability Services.
   

For every accommodation, a student must initiate services. He or she must give the accommodation letter to the instructor, indicating what his or her needs are.

• Testing accommodations
  When a test is near and an accommodation is allowed, the student may collaborate with the instructor to provide the accommodation or make an appointment with Disability Services (at least three days in advance) for that accommodation.
   
• Notetaker accommodations
  • If that student is allowed a notetaker, he or she must communicate to the instructor about how that request is fulfilled.
  • A notetaker packet, along with a letter for the professor, may be picked up at the office.