Documentation Guidelines: Reading and Seeing Accommodations

When requesting reading and seeing accommodations, documentation should demonstrate:

• The student’s disability
• Documentation demonstrating the impact of that disability on the student’s ability to read

For students with visual disabilities:

• Documentation of the student’s visual disability, including a comprehensive visual examination within the past two years
• Descriptive information from the school, such as a functional visual evaluation or Teacher Survey Form

For students with learning disabilities:

• Documentation of the student’s learning disability, including a comprehensive cognitive and academic evaluation
• A comprehensive measure of reading ability
• Descriptive information from school, which could be submitted via the Teacher Survey Form